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Holy Shit.
Digging through tax info, looking for dependent status info, I find:
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Child born alive.
You may be able to claim an exemption for a child who was born alive during the year, even if the child lived only for a moment.* State or local law must treat the child as having been born alive. There must be proof of a live birth shown by an ( Read more... )
Digging through tax info, looking for dependent status info, I find:
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Child born alive.
You may be able to claim an exemption for a child who was born alive during the year, even if the child lived only for a moment.* State or local law must treat the child as having been born alive. There must be proof of a live birth shown by an ( Read more... )
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The "for only a moment" is perplexing, especially because either stillborn or alive "for only a moment" is still "born" in a way. I would think that the emotional trauma would be significant enough for either to happen. Thus, the government should offer tax breaks for BOTH, or don't offer one at all.
And it is difficult for me to think about a person looking through possible tax exemptions and finding that exemption. How would they feel about it?
Would they feel like they were being rightly compensated for their loss?
"ALRIGHT, A LOOPHOLE!!! Hey honey, remember that fetus we conceived and it died shortly after birth? Well stop crying, because all of our problems are solved now!"
The government likes to give tax breaks for people who are making babies because: Babies are "good" for the economy. Nuclear families are where it's at. However, I'm not sure if that quite applies to our current economy now. Hmm..
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