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After loading tax software onto my computer I am asked about the Earned Income Credit. I have no kids, but spend the same amount, if not more, on my aging geriatric cat. I think I deserve the same break.
This piece has been broadcast on WFPL in Louisville, Kentucky.
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After loading tax software onto my computer I am asked about the Earned Income Credit. I have no kids, but spend the same amount, if not more, on my aging geriatric cat. I think I deserve the same break. This piece has been broadcast on WFPL in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Review of Earned Income Kitty CreditCat people can speak endlessly about their felines. I know, I am a cat person. This commentary is mostly for such folk, but there's lots of us out there. Amusing, though not a laugh riot. Nice, quick, tax-time commentary. sl |
Broadcast History
February, 2003; WFPL-FM Louisville, Kentucky;10/24/04 East Village Radio, New York, NY
Transcript
I recently got some tax software so I could e-file my taxes from home and get my tax return as soon as possible. I also got it so I wouldn't have to claw through mountains of tax publications to find out what I can and cannot deduct. The software simply asks me all kinds of intrusive questions to see if I'm living honestly and also to see if I meet the criteria for more software that they would be only too happy to sell me. One of the things they wanted to know was if I had any dependents so I could qualify for an Earned Income Credit.
Now, I'm single with no kids, but I do have a dependent, and frankly I don't know why I can't get an Earned Income Credit for my cat. The expenses I incur with my cat are substantial, seeing as how she must be fed -- something she reminds me of at 5:30 every morning -- and because, at her relatively advanced age, I have to buy her medication and su...
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Review of Earned Income Kitty Credit
After listening to this piece, I looked at my cat with new found respect. The kids are grown, the poodle is on his last legs, but my cat, ah, yes, my cat is still running the household. This piece will be timely around tax season and is amusing and well done. It will fit in well before or after Marketplace or another business magazine.