For Tax Purposes

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“Ms. Fowler, defrauding the Internal Revenue Service is still a serious offense.” The last IRS employee in the Chicago district drew his shoulders back and tried to put some fire in his voice.

The woman on the other side of the video screen wasn’t fooled or impressed. Her voice remained as precise as the cut of her suit. “I posted my acquisition of a dependent according to regulations, Mr. Burns. This entitles me to a reduced rate of witholding.”

“As of last year, Dale Rivera,” Burns glanced at his desk top where a flat screen displayed the pertinent data, “was forty-six years old and earning a full income as a private investigator. What is your justification for claiming him as a dependent?”

“If you bothered to do your research, Mr. Burns, you’d know.” Ms. Fowler leaned forward and touched her own keyboard. The screen flicked to black.

Zedekiah Emmanuel Burns the Fifth slumped as far backwards as his orthopedically correct chair would allow and rubbed his eyes.

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