My husband is a Mexican immigrant and we were advised by an immigration atty to get a Tax ID # from the IRS for him so he could be claimed as a dependant on my tax return. However, I later found out that if I claim him with his Tax ID#, I will no longer be able to claim the Earned Income Credit, which I really depend on every year to get caught up on things with my 2 kids and their school expenses. So now I'm thinking I will just file as Head of Household as I have for years and not include him as a dependant. Do you think the IRS will look at this as fraud? My husband is here illegally so basically he is a non-person in the eyes of the government, so hopefully the IRS will not notice that I had filled out that form to get him the Tax ID # and now am not including him on my return. He did work for 4 mos. out of 2006 where they took out taxes & supposedly sent his portion to the IRS on his Tax ID# but now he is working for a restaurant for cash - no taxes taken out. I'm so confused
2006-11-24
14:54:12
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YukiCat
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