Tax deductions for fetuses?

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As part of a childless couple who just paid over $900 in property taxes for schools (about 45% of my bill), not to mention my liquor taxes that go to the schools, I'm astonished that now I need to support UNBORN children too. I guess there's not enough people on the planet.   

https://www.ksl.com/article/50535581/utah-governor-proposes-1b-tax-cut-e...

"The governor's budget plan also includes a new tax credit that would allow an individual or family to claim a double exemption in the year of a child's birth, extending one dependent tax exemption for the child and another for the unborn fetus.

"We believe if we truly are pro-life, and we believe in unborn children, that there should be a dependent exemption for the unborn child as well," Cox, a Republican, said at a budget preview meeting with the Deseret News. "So we are proposing a dependent exemption for moms during pregnancy."

Cox said the exemption would extend to multiple births but did not outline further details. The proposed new exemption has similarities to a federal proposal, the Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2022, as well as legislation adopted earlier this year by Georgia and another proposal under consideration by Michigan legislators.

"In a practical sense, it's a little hard to administer something like that, so what we would do is give two exemptions for every birth," Cox said. "One for the child being born and one for the pre-birth child."

Cox said the new dependent exemption is just one example of numerous efforts within his latest budget proposal aiming to support Utah families.

"We're going to be focused on families," Cox said. "We're seeing birth rates drop precipitously across the country and here in Utah ... and we want to do everything we can to encourage and make having children easier in our state, not harder."

You'll be over-taxed for the "double-clause" exemption(s) of others and like it! As if mo's need additional reasons to procreate and populate the(ir) planet(s), huh?

Look what happens when I tried to share that link though...friends don't let friends click on deseret links. So much for any sort of layer between UT media, even if the owner is the same entity.

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/12/8/23500061/utah-spencer-cox-propose...