Other than Letters of Marque in the US Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water”), I can’t remember the IRS putting out such a notice that if you take an enemy’s stuff off the battlefield, you don’t have to report it.
If you have followed some of the more amusing bits of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, you’ve heard the stories of Russians abandoning their military equipment even to the point of disabling that gear themselves, breaking down or running out of fuel because of just rotten logistics, and the like. Like the image above!
I’ve held onto this for a while and finally remembered I had it:
Ukraine’s National Agency for the Protection against Corruption (NAPC) has declared that captured Russian tanks and other equipment are not subject to declaration.
“Have you captured a Russian tank or armored personnel carrier and are worried about how to declare it? Keep calm and continue to defend the Motherland! There is no need to declare the captured Russian tanks and other equipment, because the cost of this … does not exceed 100 living wages (UAH 248,100),” NAPC’s press service said.
Also, there is no need in this case to submit reports of significant changes in property status within 10 days.
In other words – have at it – and keep it! Chutzpah, that’s for sure!
The Ukrainians have set up a “redeployment” shop in which such equipment, if turned in, is either fixed up for re-use by the Ukrainians or scavanged for parts and other useful purposes.
Sweet!
(H/T: RedState)
