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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: claiming fed tax exemption
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:44:11 GMT
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- <ICSCAB@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
- >If, when calculating which party is responsible for what percentage of the
- >children's support (as one must do in Arizona to figure the amount of
- >support to be paid), the father is responsible for 70% of the children's
- >support, should he not be entitled to claim both children as exemptions
- >on his tax return? The current form from IRS says he has to plead with
- >the ex to get her to give him a letter so he can claim them on his tax
- >return. ...
-
- > ... She does not want to give him any
- >of the two exemptions because she does not want to lose any of the EIC
- >credit on her return ($1350 credit, which would be decreased by $50 if
- >she gives her ex one of the two exemptions). If the father is able to
- >claim one child, his tax liability will be decreased by $1000.
-
- You hit the nail on the head: there's no political pressure
- to institute fair tax laws that decrease the amount of taxes paid.
-
- >Doesn't he legally have a right to claim at least one of the children?
-
- I don't think so. Should he? Yes. Tell it to Congress. (Seriously.)
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- Don
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