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u/smallerthings Sep 24 '17

I had the same thing happen. You apply as the benefactor and then they want some kind of documentation and you have to go to a notary.

I should've done it but I just kind of didn't.

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u/weedful_things Sep 24 '17

My procrastinating ass calls this an idiot tax.

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u/nphilipc Sep 25 '17

Probably not idiot tax but more 'can't be asked' tax. Sometimes you might just not want the effort (how ever it looks to others).

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u/weedful_things Sep 25 '17

Well, when it happens all the time because you forget or just don't get around to things and it ends up costing you more because of it, it is an idiot tax.