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Alpaca owners accused of using farms for tax breaks

Name: Alpaca owners accused of using farms for tax breaks
Uploaded: 2017-06-05T07:42:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 43 s
Description: Tax write-offs are getting special attention as government leaders work to overhaul the U.S. tax code. As a whole, tax write-offs cost the U.S. Treasury about $1.2 trillion in 2015. One senator is concerned people are using alpacas to get tax breaks. Tony Dokoupil reports.

Tax write-offs are getting special attention as government leaders work to overhaul the U.S. tax code. As a whole, tax write-offs cost the U.S. Treasury about $1.2 trillion in 2015. One senator is concerned people are using alpacas to get tax breaks. Tony Dokoupil reports.