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Welcome to another episode of Tell You What Do you
feel that your pets should be a legal dependent?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Yeah, Why do you feel that way?
Speaker 4 (00:13):
They're like family first of all, because they're basically a
member of the family. Plus for your insurance. I know
a lot of companies do this, they have pet insurance.
They wouldn't offer that if they didn't think that they
were part of your family. So I therefore they should
be able to be a dependent.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
So a lawyer is suing the irs, demanding the people's
pets count as legal dependents just like regular human family
members for tax relief. And in polling people ninety seven
percent of American pet owners say they consider their pets
to be part of their family, and they all agree
that they should be considered as dependents. I mean, Aaron
is more of a dependent than anything that I've ever had, right,
(00:50):
you know, I mean he literally And by the way,
they should go the whole life span of the dog too,
not just when the dog turns eighteen, which is what
about three and a half years, because it's like the dogs,
it's human years, right, But for dogs, can they depend
on you to let them out? They depend on you
for to pick up after him. They depend on you
for food. It's not like when they turn eighteen or
even when they get to you know, the more self
(01:12):
sufficient at five, six or seven. As humans, we can
kind of go on the ridge and get stuff for yourself.
Dogs can never do that. Cats can't do that. And
drive them to the vet exactly all they kind of do.
So why can't they be dependents? We're just asking and
if you guys want to drop something on talkback on
the iHeartRadio, I've hit the little little red microphone.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
And tell us, yes, why or why not? Let her out? Ok?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
One or two?
Speaker 4 (01:33):
You guys are definitely on something. There is no way
your pet is dependent for attached right off, unless it's
a registered service animal for an actual reason, not some
made up one. Then okay, sure, no, they.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Are your pet, you choose her. They're a luxury, not
a right. I don't know if they're a luxury.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
I don't know if I look at Aaron and see
a luxury to be he's very luxurious. Well, no riffing,
I mean, he's borderline, but I just don't know if
he's really would be determined a luxury?
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Should pets be right off? Should pets be considered dependents
for tax purposes.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I guess about the pets being a write off on
your taxes, My.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Only worry would be and people just started getting them
for that reason, but he can't take care of him
or to take care of them very well, and they.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Just do it for the tacks right off.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Okay, well there's a lot of that.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Well there is that, But then maybe you can't write
everything off, but you can write off the.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Can or can you write off the vet bills? At
least be able to write off the vet bills, be
able to do that.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
You're working through this a little bit here, somebody assuming
the irs saying that, you know, dogs and pets basically
are dependents and you should be able to use them
as a tax deduction.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
What say you talk back on the iHeart.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
App HEYK, so yeah, we should definitely be able to
write off our pets. I mean, what if my kid,
a human, identifies as a dog. Well, right, the kid
is a dog, but kid's human. Why can't it be
the other way around? My dog identifies a human?
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Hy on the way, hold on, well that kid, you
can't write that kid off. If your kid's a furry, right,
then that kid's not dependent? And more do you kids?
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Right now? You can't kids off the list? Is you
out there with Fluffy and Fido? Out of here? Next?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
With as much money as I spend on vet bills
on my two little dogs, just for shots and the
tick prevention, the and all the other things that they
need to take the prevent diseases, I should be able
to write that off on my taxes. It's almost as
much as my insurance dedoctor.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Pude talkback is on fire. Should our pets be our dependents?
Speaker 5 (03:40):
Good morning? This is and from Forest Lake A absolutely love.
Your pets should be a dependent. You feed them, you
train them, you take care of them health wise, you
find sitters for them.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
There's no reason.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Why they shouldn't be a dependent. Okay, one two is
my country. Thanks for asking that question.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
By the way, you're welcome. We appreciate you. All right,
I'll take one more. This is really blowing up something big.
And did we put this on social?
Speaker 3 (04:05):
So I chiment? Oh can you throw it on social?
You didn't put this out?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Okay, let's put on social just a couple of Facebook
page and let we'll take one more.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Talk back here. We should only allow medical expense deductions,
because you're going to get too many people that won't
take care of their pets and will only have them
to get the deduction. This is Rhonda, Thanks have a
great tank.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
That's a good point, but you have you can only
deduct like the stuff. I think you should be able
to deduct food for your pets, and he's be able
to deduct all the healthcare stuff for your pets, so
that way you're you are providing care for your pets.
That's what you're running off because right now you can't
do any of that stuff.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Right.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Are we losing it? Or is this a thing the moments.
This is her court by the way, her court case
is still pending. She's been at it for months. They're
still kind of trying to find a reason. A lot
of it is because a lot of people that want
to be furries and that kind of stuff you know,
should go, Yeah, should go both ways. I think I'll
join the cause, well, you're gonna be a furry. No,
you'relready kind of had a little bit. I mean apreciate
(05:00):
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Speaker 3 (05:06):
Thank you.
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