Discussion:Househusband
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| 16 February 2008 | |
| Ok, have you ever seen an occupation listed as "househusband" for a male taxpayer? Why would anyone use "housewife" for a female taxpayer? It is even stranger when I see, "Retired" for the male and "Housewife" for the female on the same tax return...what are we saying?
Anyway, does anyone have a good description for a person (male or female) who does not work outside the home by choice, but is not retired? | |
Bottom Line (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| Homemaker | |
| 16 February 2008 | |
| Ok people, whipped may describe the work, but I need a title for the 1040. | |
RoyDaleOne (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| Unemployed - you stated he does not have a paying occupation.
What was that movie with Richard Geer called? | |
| 16 February 2008 | |
| how about "none" or "not applicable"? why manufacture an occupation at all? A stay at home mom friend calls herself a professional shopper & starbucks coffee tester, but it wouldn't fit in the box. | |
| 16 February 2008 | |
| We've ALWAYS used "homemaker" for this purpose in my experience -- a gender-neutral term. You could confound the IRS by using newsgroup-speak SAHM (stay at home mom) or SAHD (stay at home dad). You could leave it blank, but I suppose the software would insist on your putting something in there. | |
Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| What about this one?
Slacker
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| February 17, 2008 | |
| I think housewife was a misnomer from the beginning. (How many females actually married their houses?) I like homemaker or N/A. | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 17 February 2008 |
| Homemaker gets my vote, also for some, I like "Mommy." For a child "Infant," "Toddler," "Kid" "Pre-Teen" "Precocious Teen" and "Superstar."
Stupid IRS question anyway....I use "Man of the Cloth" or "Shepherd" for ministers. | |
| February 17, 2008 | |
| I have a client who manages her husband's pension plan investments - and does it VERY well. She insists on being listed as 'housewife'.
I like 'domestic goddess'. edit: Natalie....does that mean we are officewives this time of year? I feel 'married' to my desk these days! | |
| February 17, 2008 | |
| IRSfixer - What DOES the IRS do with this info? Any clue? | |
| 17 February 2008 | |
| One could research the applicable screen displays currently for IRS workers in irs.gov, but I will bet this data is not there and therefore not input on paper-filed returns due to high cost. It's only use I can think of is in the screening of returns for audit selection after computer has delivered them. Certainly no stats by industry are generated as is true of Sch C/F, since you can do that only with a numeric code. Bouncing a paper return for no or junk entry would seem to have no cost-benefit. Why wouldn't NONE work here as a true statement? | |
| February 17, 2008 | |
| I don't know, Belle. I certainly understand how you can feel that way. I must say, however, that since I became my own boss, it is much easier to work long hours and late nights or early mornings. | |
| 17 February 2008 | |
| Home Manager. Or you can incorrectly spell housewife....Hosewife. I actually did that in error on one of my returns. | |
| February 17, 2008 | |
| Except I feel like I have 350 'bosses'. But I can fire them, as opposed to the reverse. Based on a lot of threads in this forum, some are on the hot seat this year. Like the one that started the appointment yesterday with "is it going to cost as much this year?"
I, too, live in an area of natural beauty and that somewhat eases these long hours. I just told a client that I don't think anyone fully explained to me what this professional entails when I first became involved... But I do love it, and almost all of my clients. | |
| 17 February 2008 | |
| I don't think anybody looks at those things until/unless the return gets to somebody for audit. I've left it blank more than once and no one ever asked any questions. I just expect most computer tax prep programs will insist on your putting something in there. | |
Bottom Line (talk|edits) said: | 17 February 2008 |
| When I was in the banking biz this used to drive me nuts! I's see things such as: President, Entreprener (sp?), Investor, Businessman, Business Owner. Sounds great but what do you DO? | |
| 17 February 2008 | |
| Maybe if Hillary releases her tax return, we can see how Bill's occupation is listed. | |
| 17 February 2008 | |
| hehehehehehe. Who is hosed? Wouldn't that be hillary? But all kidding aside, I got a new client who is a "cowboy"....very handsome guy who actually breaks horses for ranches....don't know what to call him either....does "hottie" work? hehehehe | |
Bottom Line (talk|edits) said: | 17 February 2008 |
"Hottie" definately works Sandy 
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| 17 February 2008 | |
| This is what I want to call him BL....he is wow; we can envision Matthew McConnohottie? hehehehe. Some days I LOVE MY JOB!!! | |
| 17 February 2008 | |
| I think it is totally irrelevant and useless. Most returns prior to my arrival at my place all had General. I've used Evil Child, Evil Wife, Evil Mother, king of all I survey, and for some of my friends some slightly chauvinistic female terms <out of respect for our little Hawaiin flower Natalie, I am withholding those occupations> but i do believe they mean nothing.
What I find totally ridiculous <even for my facadal chauvinistic bendings> is when the forms list Taxpayer and then Spouse. I do believe America long ago ceased to be a primarily one earner household country. And my buddy is a house husband and I just call him Whiny. | |
| February 18, 2008 | |
| Hawaiian flower? I like that.
Good point about Taxpayer and Spouse Fred. | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 18 February 2008 |
| When I say the word orally, I say "Who wants to be the Spoose?" | |
