I had a single mom with a bazillion kids come to me new this year and as I started to do her return I noticed that she was claiming 2 different children than she did last year. Asking why she said that the 2 different ones were her's and she hadn't claimed in a few years as someone else had. So I asked why...did the other person pay their support in those years? and what about the ones she claimed last year? No she responded, she said that she knew she only needed 2 kids to max out on the Earned Income Credit (which is true) and that she has 6 so she "loans" her other kids to other people (for compensation I'm sure). She went on to say that since she hadn't claimed these 2 in a few years she thought she needed to just to keep them current in the IRS' computers.

Off I sent her and I'm sure she landed into the friendly arms of the Peoples Tax Firms.

BTW, with ANY 2 kids she was going to walk with over $8000 of tax free tax refund. So by finding the right 2 additional taxpayers those 6 kids will cost us $24,000 just in tax refunds each and every year until they are 17 or they start with their own "business".

David

Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.