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Lori Singleton-Clarke, recipient of the DP.com 21-Gun Salute

INTERNETS! Do you realize that you will never win if you go toe to toe with the IRS? Do you? Internets! We are speaking of a virtual impossibility. A chance so low, you would be crazy to risk it. Wesley Snipes [ll] tried it – and look where it got him.

BUT INTERNETS! Never give up on the human spirit. The human spirit is capable of incapable feats, Internets! Today’s DP.com 21-Gun Salute goes to a sister who challenged the IRS and won. From the front page of the Money & Investing section of the weekend’s Wall Skreet Journal:

A Maryland nurse accomplished two rare feats in her battle with the Internal Revenue Service: She defended herself against the agency’s lawyers and won, and she got a ruling that could help tens of thousands of students deduct the cost of an M.B.A. degree on their taxes.

The U.S. Tax Court handed Lori Singleton-Clarke her victory last month, saying the 47-year-old Bryantown, Md., woman had properly deducted nearly $15,000 in business school tuition. The Tax Court ruling should make it easier for many other professionals to deduct the expense of a Master in Business Administration degree.

Even the man in the robe gave this sister crazy propers:

Reached Friday by phone, Judge Goldberg said: “I remember the case well because Ms. Singleton-Clarke was so articulate and well-prepared. Too many taxpayers are not.”

INTERNETS! Dare to be different. Dare to challenge the system. Dare to stand up and say, This shit ain’t right! Dare to be great. Lori Singleton-Clarke did. Will you, Internets?