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Posted by Gil Faver on September 17, 2006, 6:00 am
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> Harlan Lunsford wrote:
>> Brew1 wrote:
>>> Look at the instructions for form 8839 at irs.gov
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>>> You can take an adoption credit for expenses related to the
>>> "failed" adoption of a child that is a U.S. citizen. If
>>> your "deposit" is still valid, then you cannot take the
>>> credit (yet).
>> ah yes, but there still must BE a child, as opposed to a
>> "gleam in a father's eye."
> right you are Harlan--expenses must relate to a named child.
I don't believe this is true. Instructions say that if you
cannot fill out some of the data, fill out the info on page
2 for the adoption agency.
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