Tax Deductions for Professional Athletes

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND THE . RESPONSIBILITY OF TAX PREPARERS WHO SIGN OFF ON THEIR RETURNS . ALAN POGROSZEWSKI* & KARI SMOKER** I. INTRODUCTION. In November 2010, former Los Angeles Laker, Lamar Odom, sued the In-ternal Revenue Service (IRS) because it disallowed tax deductions of $12,000 ................
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