Georgia’s Department of Revenue has announced that its residents can claim embryos as dependents on their state taxes just weeks after an appeals court ruled to redefine “natural person” to include the unborn. In a press release, the department confirmed that in light of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, along with the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upholding Georgia’s “heartbeat” abortion law, “the department will recognize any unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat… as eligible for the Georgia individual income tax dependent exemption.”
Now, the department says, “on individual income tax returns filed for Tax Year 2022 where, at any time on or after July 20, 2022, and through December 31, 2022, a taxpayer has an unborn child (or children) with a detectable human heartbeat (which may occur as early as six weeks’ gestation), the taxpayer may claim a dependent personal exemption… in the amount of $3000 for each unborn child.” The department states that “similar to any other deduction claimed on an income tax return,” taxpayers must provide “relevant medical records or other supporting documentation… if requested by the department.” Read more at Georgia Department of Revenue.
Will they need to abort the fetus for the tax return or a picture of the embryo will do?
No, but you CAN use it as an excuse in the HOV lane during rush hour.
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Common sense returning to the US, after decades of prevailing common nonsense. Go Georgia!
So in other words, you will be able to save a couple hundred bucks off your state taxes, as well as increase your eligibility for any state administered programs.
Considering that there are many federally funded state administered programs, I can see a circumstance under which there would be either a lawsuit regarding this, or you would start seeing the opposite of the Hyde amendment attached to bills that pass through Congress restricting your eligibility to children that were already born/ have social security numbers…
in that case whoever gets an abortion is killing someone
Going to cause e-file rejection bc IRS win’t issue SSN before birth.