There’s a surprising winner in the latest draft of Senate Republicans’ domestic policy megabill: whaling boat captains.
Buried in the 940-page bill is a provision upping a deduction some can take for whale-hunting-related expenses to $50,000 from the current $10,000.
It’s one of the more unusual breaks in the tax code and often mocked because it allows people to deduct the cost of maintaining boats and weapons as a charitable contribution.
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But it’s long been important to Alaskan lawmakers. Spokespeople for Alaska Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
