George Steinbrenner in 1973 was the head of a ship building and commercial real estate conglomerate. He has a reputation for being arrogant, bombastic, demanding, and it is usually 'his way or the highway'. He comes to you about purchasing the New York Yankee baseball franchise and the related stadium. He says he paid $2 million on investigating the acquisition of the package. He wants a deduction for whatever money he spends. He asked you to look into the transaction and report back to him about the tax consequences of the $2 million investigation expenditure. What do you think?

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The tax consequences of the 2 million investigation expenditure would depend on whether the expendit... View the full answer