Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!nsc!curry
From: curry@nsc.nsc.com (Ray Curry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacInTax warning
Message-ID: <4998@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 4 Mar 88 17:27:27 GMT
References: <2492@utastro.UUCP> <5632@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: curry@nsc.UUCP (Ray Curry)
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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Keywords: MacInTax, bugs

I encountered the bug in the 1040 EZ when doing my son's taxes.  Since he
shows as a dependent on my return, he no longer gets to declare himself as
a dependent.  That's one of those "loop holes" that got closed in the reform.
Anyway the tax computation showed zero tax.  I had to use the 1040A form 
instead.  At this point I'm not sure its worth the cost of a phone call to
get that fixed unless I call to check on my California version.  Last year
it arrived about the first week in April so I haven't started worrying yet.
Anyway I don't know all the combinations that cause the problem but would
guess that the zero dependent caused the problem.