Georgia Residents Can Now Claim Unborn Children As Dependents
People who live in Georgia will now be able to claim unborn children as dependents on their state taxes, according to the state’s Department of Revenue. If a woman is pregnant and the fetus has a detectable heartbeat at the time of filing 2022 taxes, residents can claim the dependent personal exception of $3,000 under the “Living Infants Fairness Act.” When it became law in 2019, it banned abortion at six weeks, which is around the time a fetus gains a heartbeat and often before a woman knows she’s pregnant. Since the Supreme Court’s decision, the law can now go into effect. “Similar to any ot...