Abba admit outrageous outfits were worn to avoid tax
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New book reveals band's style was influenced by Swedish laws that allowed cost of outfits to be deducted against tax

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.

    • Flying SquidOPEnglish
      1•2 hours 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!