<DIV>Saundra,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I believe that you can keep your children on your tax returns until 21 or 23 if they are still in school. I would ask your tax people on that one. If not, they changed the law recently.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Saundra Lund <sslund_2007@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I will be using mine to partially reimburse myself for the increased taxes I<BR>had to pay on income that was income on paper only :-( Oh, and for those<BR>who don't know, parents lose the child credit the tax year in which their<BR>child turns 17, not 18, which was another unpleasant surprise.<BR><BR>And, once I partially reimburse myself, I'll be able to get the new glasses<BR>I'd budgeted for before the feds and state raped me. Depressingly, I've<BR>reached the age where I'm going to
need progressive lenses -- I'd hoped to<BR>be able to hold out until I hit 50, but that didn't happen. <SIGH><BR><BR>I'd not have a single complaint about having to hand over more money on<BR>paper income it we had universal health care, though.<BR><BR><BR>Saundra Lund<BR>Moscow, ID<BR><BR>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do<BR>nothing.<BR>~ Edmund Burke<BR><BR>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2008 through life plus<BR>70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside<BR>the Vision 2020 forum without the express written permission of the<BR>author.*****<BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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