"You cannot claim alcohol as a dependent on your…

“You cannot claim alcohol as a dependent on your taxes” is a popular joke around tax filing time. “Wonder if I can claim alcohol as a dependent on my tax return” was posted on Twitter on December 4, 2009. “When your liver files taxes it lists Alcohol as a dependent” was posted on Twitter on August 16, 2010.

“F.Y.I. – You cannot claim alcohol as a dependent on your taxes” was published in a 2014 book.

Twitter
Kristi McKamie‏
@Kristi_McKamie
Wondren the same thing #FF RT @RogueBeotch: Had to run back here for MAC card-Wonder if I can claim alcohol as a dependent on my tax return.
8:32 PM - 4 Dec 2009

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Heather Abuel‏
@suedestar99
Listening to the Hoff roast on @sternshow. Best line “When your liver files taxes it lists Alcohol as a dependent”..Funny as hell
11:22 AM - 16 Aug 2010

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Will O’Fend‏
@willoffendyou
I think that I am going to claim alcohol as a dependent on my taxes this year.
8:15 PM - 30 Jul 2011

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Nick‏
@SebNickMendoza
I put down “alcohol” as a dependent on my taxes.
10:37 AM - 5 Apr 2012

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Richard Hodges‏
@prfctsoundforvr
have been informed i cannot list alcohol as a dependent on my tax forms
9:44 PM - 12 Jan 2013

Google Books
Facebook Quotes and Status Updates, Volume 1
By Silver S.
Newark, DE: Speedy Publishing LLC
2014
Pg. ?:
F.Y.I. – You cannot claim alcohol as a dependent on your taxes.

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Busby‏
@BusbyStandUp
I just got a letter from the IRS. Apparently I can’t claim alcohol as a dependent.
9:37 AM - 25 Jun 2015

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G.O.D.‏
@npcjerry
Alcohol as a dependent #RejectedTaxDeductions
2:01 AM - 6 Mar 2016

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735 Liquor Castle‏
@902CrankPalace
“Wait you can’t claim alcohol as a dependent on your tax return?”
6:28 PM - 19 Feb 2017