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NY Attorney is suing the IRS to claim her dog as dependant

Gail P Sherman
Dec 22, 2025
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Amanda Reynolds has filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and Finnegan Mary Reynolds, her golden retriever, in a bid force the IRS to recognize pets as dependents. The suit, filed in the Eastern District of New York, claims that not recognizing non-human dependents “violates constitutional guarantees of Equal Protection unde…

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