AGAIN WITH THE TAX FRAUD!

So once again this year someone else claimed Tomorrow (and her other two sisters who are in foster care) as a dependent! According to her birth mom, it was her "godmother" who offered to split the money with her. But seriously, how would the godmother come up with that idea or get the social security number to do it without birth mom's involvement. I WAS NOT BORN YESTERDAY. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO.

The first year that birth mom claimed Tomorrow (and her other sisters who were in foster care), I thought it was an innocent/ignorant mistake. There was a bit of a gray area. Tomorrow was born August 30 and placed into foster care on October 10. According to the I.R.S., because she was in our custody for a longer period of time that year, we were eligible to claim her...but we let it go.

THe next year, mom claimed them AGAIN! That time we were miffed. SHe knew better. The girls were in foster care THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR. There was no grey area, no excuse. So we got proof of her placement with us from the County, filed the amendment, and figured birth mom was penalized in some way that would prevent her from trying to claim them again.

But apparently, the penalty is not severe enough. She thought of another way to get around the law. Did she think we wouldn't try to claim Tomorrow? She is in our custody! We provide her room, board, food, clothes (and training pants, princess dresses, coats, boots, shoes, ballet slippers, sippy cups, coloring books and crayons, puzzles, games, dolls, books...)

When Mike told me our claim was rejected because someone had already claimed Tomorrow, I was SO ANGRY. Then OUTRAGED. Now, I am just DISGUSTED. Once again, we had to get proof that she was in our custody THE ENTIRE YEAR and file an amended return. We now have to file by mail rather than online so it will take months rather than weeks to get our refund. Mike always files as soon as humanly possible, so we are usually spending our return by now. In fact, when he submitted our return, it was in the queue two days before the I.R.S. was accepting returns. So I think the person who claimed Tomorrow as a dependent knew damn good and well that they had to beat us to it, and/or used a professional tax filing service.

I just can't believe how despicable some people are. I know I probably should not be surprised compared to all of the other more horrendous things this woman has done or condoned, but the the fact she continues to disrespect the fact that WE ARE TOMORROW'S FAMILY NOW, has completely ruined any chance of me staying in touch with her. I have severed our email and text relationship-- and thankfully, I never gave her our address (home nor P.O. box) because I want nothing to do with her. She's a criminal and a liar, and she cannot be trusted.