@tweak wrote:
Dear Congress,
If you really want to enact a meaningful Tax Reform bill, then please get rid of the ambiguous definitions of terms such as MAGI and make them simple, easy to understand, and uniform.
About 15 years ago some people in Congress decided that it was confusing to have different definitions of a qualifying child for different purposes. There were different definitions for claiming a child as a dependent, filing as head of household, the earned income credit, and so on. So with great fanfare they passed a new law establishing a "Uniform Definition of a Child," UDC for short. But uniformity didn't even survive the legislative process. The Uniform Definition of a Child still had variations for different purposes, and still does today. So don't get your hopes up.
