You know you're getting desperate when you try to claim your grandmother's 80th birthday party as a business expense.
One woman tried to write off the $2,500 she spent throwing the party, saying that because she handed out samples from her coffee company, the party should be considered a business meeting and allowable as a business deduction.
Her tax preparer and managing partner of Millennial Tax, Meisa Bonelli, didn't buy it.
