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ABBA singer says group wore outlandish costumes to avoid tax
National Post ^
| Feb. 18, 2014
| National Post Staff
Posted on 02/18/2014 6:51:21 PM PST by rickmichaels
Swedish disco titans ABBA werent as fond of sequins as it may have appeared.
According to ABBA: The Official Photo Book, released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the group career-making Eurovision victory for Waterloo, the Swedish foursome adopted their outlandish dressing style in order to ensure they could deduct the cost of their costumes under Swedish tax code.
According to the book, Swedish laws allowed work wear to be tax deductible so long as it was demonstrably apparel that couldnt be worn on the street which, with its garish coloring and liberal use of sparkle, ABBAs certainly was.
In my honest opinion we looked like nuts in those years, group member Bjorn Ulvaeus says in the book. Nobody can have been as badly dressed on stage as we were.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: abba; donyourgayapparel; sweden; taxes
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To: rickmichaels
Why didn’t they pay their taxes like good happy Socialists?
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posted on
02/18/2014 6:52:33 PM PST
by
Lizavetta
To: rickmichaels
But, but I thought everybody loved paying taxes.
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posted on
02/18/2014 6:53:45 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: rickmichaels
and this is how you become a supergroup bilderburger
To: rickmichaels
If only this could explain the rest of the ‘70s.
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posted on
02/18/2014 6:58:34 PM PST
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: rickmichaels
Well there goes my excuse for wearing that stuff.
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posted on
02/18/2014 6:58:36 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Lizavetta
“Why didnt they pay their taxes like good happy Socialists?”
I read that at one point Abba was Sweden’s leading taxpayer. BTW, May West was told in a audit that she could not take off her wardrobe. She had herself suited up and proved she could not sit in her dresses. She got to deduct them.
To: rickmichaels
This applies in the US too.
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:00:00 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
To: rickmichaels; a fool in paradise
Brabra Streisand! They wore it 'coz they're fags, fans!
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:00:55 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: Gen.Blather
Take off her wardrobe... from her taxes of course. Not literally, in the presence of the auditor.
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:01:05 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you. See my page.)
To: Gen.Blather
Leave it to May West...”Is that pistol in your pocket or are ya just glad to see me?”
To: workerbee
I can explain the 70’s in one word: DRUGS.
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:03:02 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: rickmichaels
“Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man’s world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man’s world”
To: All
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:05:43 PM PST
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: rickmichaels
Gee, citizens will modify their behavior to retain their wealth in socialist countries, too. Who woulda thunk it?
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02/18/2014 7:07:25 PM PST
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Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: workerbee
like who remembers the 70’s
To: Revolting cat!
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02/18/2014 7:11:08 PM PST
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workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: cloudmountain
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:41:22 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: bigheadfred
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02/18/2014 7:42:31 PM PST
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null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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