[A_perfect_lady]

A friend of mine is going to be drifting right in April, when she has to file for the first time without her recently deceased mother as a dependant. She was very lefty on health care issues because her mom was medi/medi (California) and the taxpayer covered for probably about two million dollars of care in her last 2 years. I mean literally, the bill for her last month in ICU was nearly one million, if I remember correctly.

But now her mother is gone and my friend earns a great deal of money. She's not in the 1%, but she's in the 5% and the taxman is going to start taking chunks out of her with big, sharp teeth. I'm just waiting.

[mdmathis6]

If the recently deceased was deceased past July 2011, then your friend will get “bad news” in 4/13 as your friend could still claim the mom as a dependent until then.

[cableguymn]

Correct my if I am wrong. But if her mother passed this tax year she still gets to claim her.

You might have to wait till 2013 for the drift right to start.