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[An angry kid sits at his desk in school complaining]

Kid: Ugh why don’t you teach us about things we’ll actually need to know as adults?!

[An unamused teacher]

Teacher: Ok, I’m going to teach you how to do your taxes while also dealing the death of a loved one

[The teacher, wearing the same expression, holds a knife in one hand, and a hamster in the other]

Teacher: Please itemize your deductions while I deal with Mister Hamps, the class pet

[A class of shocked and crying kids look on in horror while trying to simultaneously do their taxes. The cries of the hamster off screen are cut off abruptly]

Hamster: SQWEEE- -

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  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    0·
    5 months ago

    This life lesson definitely does come in handy the older you get. Nothing like receiving complicated tax forms that have to processed for your dead relative / spouse / or child to remind you of how cruel the world is.

    • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The debt your grandmother had is now yours! If you don’t resolve it she will haunt you.

      Sorry for your loss!!!

      Now fuck you pay me.

      • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        5 months ago

        As I understand it, even in third world shitholes like the US, debt itself doesn’t transfer… but you do have to deduct debt from inheritance before you get anything.

        • SystemDisc@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          5 months ago

          Pretty sure it depends on the state. In NY, my mom’s credit card debt disappeared when she died. I do not think that’s the same in other states. I assume it usually transfers to the spouse.

          • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            I’ve not lived in many states, but when my dad died in Maryland, there was a period during which creditors had the opportunity to collect from his estate, then any debts were considered forfeit.

            edit: Correct a word.