Monday, October 23, 2006

It's going to their heads.

Proffered argument in Income Tax text for childcare deductions: "Child-care allowances will encourage people to have more children." Now I don't know how tax lawyers operate, but I'm doubting normal people sit around and think, "Hmm, let's have a baby so we can get a tax deduction for the childcare!"

3 comments:

mel said...

Hmm... the allowances could at least help overcome some financial objections to having additional children. Of course, that's assuming that people actually know the tax law--a big assumption, I think. Of course, maybe they're trying to encourage smart people to reproduce.

T²AM said...

Just 'cause people are smart doesn't mean they know the tax law. The reverse is also true. :-)

Becca said...

Good point. I'm not sure we want a public policy that encourages tax lawyers to proliferate.