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Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022

Does the IRS say people who steal property must report that in their tax returns?

Christiana Dillard, Lead Stories

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According to Internal Revenue Service Publication 17, you should report stolen property as income.

An IRS spokesperson says the stolen property summary exists because there has not been a tax law passed by Congress to make such income tax-exempt. Therefore, stolen property is considered taxable income.

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