A shopper walks past the Holt Renfrew store at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, Ont. Photo by Peter J Thompson/National Post files

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Can the cost of luxury clothing, when worn to work by an employee of a high-end fashion store, be a valid tax-deductible employment expense? That was the issue before the tax court in a recent case heard last month.

The taxpayer worked for Holt Renfrew from 1994 to 2019 as a designated sales associate, and a brand specialist for Judith and Charles . In her 2016, 2017 and 2018 taxation years, she deducted the cost of luxury clothing and various home office expenses. The issue before the cou

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