和女儿一起填税表

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又是填税表的季节了。今年与往年不同,因为女儿申请Need-based financial aid, 我得赶在三月一日之前把税表填完。而女儿呢,因去年夏天打工挣的2000多块钱被扣税,想把扣掉的几十块钱拿回来,早就跃跃欲试。上周我们的W-2表终于到齐了,所以,我们约定这个周末一起把税表填好。

本以为简单的事,谁知节外生枝。女儿上周收到一份1098表。表上指出女儿夏天在大学补法语课时的学费是以Fellowship的形式免除的。这多出来的事,老爸也没有经验,就告诉女儿上IRS的网站找相关的publication。老爸自己扫描了一下,知道女儿还得以收入来处理这一千多块钱。但没告诉女儿,而是让她自己去figure out。懒丫头,到今天早上还没读了。

早上8点老爸起床,煮了杯咖啡,到9点才去叫女儿起床。女儿赖在床上,到十点才起来。父女俩先填老爸的1040表。老爸边填,边让女儿读相关的instruction,边给女儿讲解税表的逻辑。一行一行的,到十二点才终于填完了schedule A--itemized deduction。而女儿呢,已经是云里雾里:“Daddy, it is too confusing!.....”。

知道1040对她来讲是太复杂了点,就开始填她的1040EZ。上来的第一个问题就难住了--哪里填Fellowship呀?老爸“网恋”了这么多年,当然有数,让女儿上网找1040EZ的Instruction。两人很快就figure out了。然后就一行一行,几分钟就填完了。“This is easy, dad. I can take 65 bucks back from IRS.”

吃完中饭,老爸带女儿去图书馆,给儿子借点书,顺便也拿回州税的表格。自己一填,才发现女儿在州税上有麻烦呢--这一千多的fellowship,女儿还得补交州税。不过,老爸也给搞糊涂了--女儿算老爸的Dependent, 联邦税表上很简单,女儿自己不能再减人头税了(也用不着,她那3000多还不够standard deduction呢)。而州税呢,她还能减!两人研究了十几分钟,也没有搞清楚这个逻辑。女儿说:“Anyway, as long as I follow the form step by step, and I can pay less tax, it is ok.....”

哈哈,金钱真是万能--有钱能使女儿填税表。不过,女儿说accounting作大学的专业,得从新考虑了。

(2/9/2008)

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