Counting Your Dependents
Counting Your Dependents
Transcript:
So I just got back from a trip down to Mexico. I got a tapeworm down there. Yeah, at first I was upset, but then I got over it. I claimed him as a dependent and then I got myself an Earned Income Tax Credit.
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