Wow, interesting question. We have never considered this. First, we’re not tax experts. Not at all. We pay someone to do our taxes. But, according to our 30-second research on this subject, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) does not allow individual taxpayers to deduct obituary expenses on their income tax. You should probably talk to your accountant or tax adviser, just to be safe.
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