– 1040-DOG Income Tax Return –

March 25, 2002 – Three weeks from today is TAX DAY. We all know it. The April 15th filing deadline is part of our national collective consciousness. Each and every year, millions of Americans struggle for days – if not weeks – to complete their state and federal tax forms by the April 15th deadline.

In the weeks preceeding the April 15th deadline, most of us are so busy with our own tax forms that we don't even notice the furtive activity of our pets. Well guess what, folks? They have tax returns, too. We never see the 1040-PET forms because our pets – and especially our dogs – do not want their fiscal secrets revealed. Most dogs prefer to be viewed as "dependents." They don't want to divulge their net worth. And the rascals certainly don't want us to review all the things they did during the past 12 months. As such, they go to great lengths to hide their US Individual Canine Income Tax Returns.

Last week I managed to obtain a copy of one of these elusive 1040-DOG forms. Oddly enough, I found it under the mattress in the summer doghouse, right next to a well chewed volume of "The Hidden Life of Dogs."

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