You can also take deductions for costs relating to criminal activity!

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So then if you get caught and these are taken away from you, I assume you can declare it as a loss and get an equivalent deduction the next year? I wonder if anyone's ever used this to their advantage to game their tax rates?

"damn, I can't steal any more this year or I go up another tax bracket"

Americans will never understand tax brackets.

Internet users will never understand sarcasm.

Or more accurately: “I need to steal at least $3k more in stuff so I can properly tax loss harvest on my criminal activities”

From what I remember you actually can't claim deductions for illegal activity. I believe the post title is wrong.