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From: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacInTax warning
Message-ID: <5643@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: 4 Mar 88 21:00:27 GMT
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Keywords: MacInTax, bugs

In article <4998@nsc.nsc.com> curry@nsc.UUCP (Ray Curry) writes:
>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.

  MacInTax includes a 'worksheet' cribbed from the back of the 1040EZ called
'Persons claimed as a dependent on...' (Obviously a name thought up by the
IRS). Make sure that you filled this out correctly. Incidentally, he does kindof
get to declare himself a dependent, according to the worksheet. 
Pierce Wetter
P.S. above info gleaned from the manual. (Yep, I actually read it. After I did
my taxes.)
Your lucky color has faded.

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