The tax code is more than 20,000 pages long and packed with loopholes galore. Newsweek lists six deductions you've probably never heard of:
- Alaskan whaling captains can deduct up to $10,000 for money spent fixing their boats or on other whaling expenses.
- Parents of kidnapped children can now claim them as dependents until they turn 18—previously it was only the year in which they were taken.