Richard Holt got mistaken for his father one year, and the IRS wondered why he didn't declare the $117,000 in income from the sale of "his" ranch. His father, then 55 and recovering from a heart attack, was asked about his minimum-wage job as a construction worker. (Courtesy Richard Holt.)

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Richard Holt got mistaken for his father one year, and the IRS wondered why he didn't declare the $117,000 in income from the sale of "his" ranch. His father, then 55 and recovering from a heart attack, was asked about his minimum-wage job as a construction worker.

Credit: Courtesy Richard Holt.