Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian National, used SSN 575-52-3935, 1973 Federal tax return indicates no dependents/exemptions.
http://htmlimg3.scribdassets.com/94hl2qbfk011akkj/images/168-94eae5fa1b.jpg
1973 HI Income Tax Return, 1 dependent child identified as “Maya.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2908395/posts?q=1&;page=251
see post 274— only 1 dependent Maya under Exemptions Section.
Both returns prepared by professional tax preparer.
I know the Federal return only shows exemptions for the two adults, but the line is blank for total exemptions. By exploring further, it’s obvious that one dependent child was claimed on the Federal return, just like the Hawaiian return. If you check the IRS instructions for the 1973 Form 1040 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040—1973.pdf), it’s obvious that Tax Table 3 on page 23 was used to figure the income tax. For an adjusted gross income of $4,250 - $4,300, the tax for married filing joint with three exemptions is $102.
As to why the child was not included on the line where she should have been? Having prepared returns in that era, I can see how that would happen. Ann had two children, but she and her husband weren’t earning very much. According to Wikipedia, Ann’s folks were paying for Obama to attend a private school. In order to claim a child on your tax return, you have to provide over 1/2 of their support. Since Ann’s folks were paying at least part of his tuition, they were probably providing over 1/2 his support and, as such, claimed him as a deduction on their tax return. At their income level, it was a greater benefit to them than to Ann, so it made sense. Back to why the exemption line was blank? My guess is that the preparer left that blank while they gathered data to see who could claim Obama on their tax return and never remembered to return to fill that line out. Nowadays computer programs won’t let you forget things like that, but computer prepared returns weren’t nearly as common back then. An easy mistake to make.
I have some disagreement with the tax form. Not totally familiar with the 70’s but why was an Indonesian National filing as a US Citizen? There are forms for Foreign persons. It goes by the husband not the wife.
“If you check the IRS instructions for the 1973 Form 1040 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040—1973.pdf), it’s obvious that Tax Table 3 on page 23 was used to figure the income tax. For an adjusted gross income of $4,250 - $4,300, the tax for married filing joint with three exemptions is $102.”
The tax table is used to determine tax owed on adjusted gross income for the taxpayers identified. On the Soetoro 1973 Federal Return, the taxpayers are Stanley Ann Soetoro and Lolo Soetoro. Consequently, the tax table prints tax amounts for under the headings:
* Single, not head of household
* Head of Household
* Married Filing Joint
* Married Living Separate
Exemptions are applied to reduce gross income and derive adjusted gross income. Adjusted gross income is used to determine taxes owed. The tax table cannot be used to determine the number of exemptions.
NOTE to Wildhighlander57: OBOTS and ConcernedFreepers seem anxious about the Soetoro’s tax returns and insist a dependent was indentified on the Soetoro 1973 Federal Return when one was not identified. One dependent was identified on the Soetoro 1973 HI return, “Maya”. OBOTS and ConcernedFreepers insist this is proof the Dunhams claimed Obama as a dependent on their tax returns, yet no proof has been published.
I maintain Obama could not have been a dependent on the Soetoro’s or Dunhams’s 1973 tax returns because he was in the legal custody of Catholic Social Services of Connecticuts with Madelyn Dunham appointed as his legal guardian. The legal guardian was paid a monthly stipend to support Obama. She didn’t provide financial support for Obama. She was paid to provide for Obama.
