Tax question. If I claim forty million food stamp recipients as dependents on my income tax form will the IRS require me to list them by name?
Yes. All dependents must be listed by name and with the SSN.
I’ve been notified that my W-2 will arrive no later than 24 Jan.
You’ll have plenty of time on your hands to list them. In prison.
I am not a CPA, nor do I play one on TV, but I imagine you could claim them if they don’t file and if you have all the SS numbers...
Had this sent to me in an email:
I just received my tax return for 2011 back from the IRS. It puzzles me!!!
They are questioning how many dependents I claimed.
I guess it was because of my response to the question: “List all dependents?”
I replied: 12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads;
42 million unemployed people on food stamps, 2 million people in over 243 prisons;
Half of Mexico; and 535 persons in the U.S. House and Senate.”
Evidently, this was NOT an acceptable answer.
I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, WHO DID I MISS?