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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 1:48 am
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Originally Posted by mtparadis
The IRS will charge you when you're given miles (see the AA sweepstakes winner), but won't let you deduct them we you give them away.
If you give away the miles you've won and paid taxes on, the IRS would probably agree to allow you to claim a deduction of the amount of tax you paid for them.
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