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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? | |
