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Tax

Dec. 14, 1999

Family Shelter

FORUM The Internal Revenue Code already provides a child-care tax credit to enable parents to work. I propose that Congress enact a "stay-at-home" credit to complement the present child-care credit. Page 6.

        By Ira L. Shafiroff
        
        I think I am a pretty good father. Unlike the fathers of my parents' generation, I do my share of feedings, diaper changes, baths and bedtime stories. Still, I am not with our one-year-old all the time, so I never knew what a typical day alone with her must be like for my wife, who is a stay-at-home mom. ...

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