According to Abba: The Official Photo Book, published to mark 40 years since they won Eurovision with Waterloo, the band’s style was influenced in part by laws that allowed the cost of outfits to be deducted against tax – so long as the costumes were so outrageous they could not possibly be worn on the street.

  • @jaybone
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    63 months ago

    If someone else bought the costumes, then they certainly can’t write them off.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      33 months ago

      I think I figured it out!

      They were going to have to wear costumes regardless, but they would be able to not pay taxes on them if the costumes were crazy enough.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          23 months ago

          @[email protected] explained it:

          I think it was even better than that. It wasn’t just the tax on the costume, it was the entire cost of them could be deducted from their tax bill. The more extravagant and expensive, the smaller that years tax bill!

          • @[email protected]
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            3 months ago

            I’ve read the comment, but that’s not how taxes usually work. (It is, however, like a lot of people with little knowledge about the topic think tax deductions in general work - which makes me suspicious)

            It would take bit more of the than that comment at face value to convince me that apparent law exist(ed)

      • @jaybone
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        33 months ago

        I appreciate the amount of thought you’ve put into this, while I just make cynical comments.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          33 months ago

          It made me start thinking about it and then it bothered me enough to try to figure it out.

          As we often hear over in Lemmy Shitpost, “I know this is a shitpost, but…”