"Internal Bling" for Inner Beauty Denied as Business Expense: Tax Office Rules "Depreciation Period Ends at Defecation"
Physically implementing the adage "true wealth lies within," a growing number of executives are paving their stomach walls with pure gold. However, when they present abdominal X-rays as "asset ledgers," the tax office coldly rejects the claims, ruling that "the depreciation period ends upon digestion (approximately 24 hours)." Along with the golden stool, millions of yen in investments are literally being flushed down the drain.