Can models and actors deduct the cost of plastic surgery as a business expense?
Yes. Models and actors can use cosmetics, hair care, clothing, physical fitness and expensive dentistry which is purely cosmetic as business expenses. The treatment of entertainers has a specific tax law not applicable to others. Some performers may be able to show that an expenditure on cosmetic surgery has been incurred solely for professional purposes. That expenditure may be allowed. A clever accountant finds all the loopholes in tax laws. Example – A radio performer wants to do TV work but her crooked teeth are preventing this so she has cosmetic dentistry to give her a perfect smile. She can establish as fact that she was happy with her appearance until she was not able to do the TV work. This establishes the fact that the cosmetic work was purely to enable her to work in TV.
