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What price can be placed on a precious heartbeat? Rates vary, starting at $200.00 Talk to your CPA. [1]
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Date: 2022-08-02
With the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, state Republicans have rushed to wed two of their favorite policy agendas, tax breaks and forced births.
As of July 30, 2022, the Georgia Department of Revenue board has confirmed that in Georgia, an embryo with a heartbeat is a person and that person is tax-deductible for $3000.00.
From the Daily Beast:
Georgia’s Department of Revenue has announced 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 issued Monday, 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.”[...] 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.” www.thedailybeast.com/...
I don’t know what being audited for proof of an embryo would look like, but here we are.
While Georgia offers $3000.00 for a heartbeat, Michigan values the same sound at $200.00.
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