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TT, I don't think your analogy is quite right. Technically a Prada employee should not deduct their uniform, because they can use it for other purposes. Its not so much a question of whether they do actually use the clothes for other purposes, but whether they could use it for other purposes. The rule my accountant uses is that if you could wear it to dinner, its not tax deductable.

This deduction was designed for uniforms like police officers, nurses, ronald mcdonald costume, etc. Specifically not for suits, tuxes, Prada, etc.

Using your logic, if a Lawyer would use suits for work only, they are would be deductable (like an actor and the tux), but thats not the case.... If a lawyer needs to buy a suit for a trial, like an actor buying a tux for the oscars, its not deductable.