I have a client who sends money overseas to take care of his father, his father is not a US citizen and does not live in the US. He says that he provides over 50% of living expense. Does this qualify as a dependant and as a dependent care expense?
2006-10-04 08:55:52 · 6 answers · asked by Chris 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
No.
5 rules for determining dependency of a Qualifying Relative:
1. Must meet the relationship test.
2. Dependent can't make over $3300
3. Must provide over 50% of dependents support
4. Dependent must be a citizen or national of US
5. Dependent can't be qualifying child of another
2006-10-04 09:11:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff C 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The following dependancy tests are copied from the IRS page linked below. It apears your client's father would fail the 'citizen or resident' test.
To claim a dependency exemption for a qualifying relative, the following dependency tests must be met:
1. The member of household or relationship test,
2. The citizen or resident test,
3. The joint return test,
4. The gross income test, and
5. The support test.
The second test is the citizen or resident test. To meet this test, a person must be a citizen or national of the United States, a resident of the United States, or a resident of Canada or Mexico. To find out who is a resident of the United States, refer to Topic 851, or refer to Publication 519.
2006-10-04 11:26:19 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To qualify the parent would need to be a US citizen, a resident of Canada or Mexico. If the parent has dual citizenship that also would work. The dependent care expense is another story, it is unlikely that would work. If you provide the country that the parent lives in I will research it a little further.
2006-10-04 09:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 03:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as he can prove that he is, he should be fine incase the IRS comes knocking, so he should be saving recipts etc... and print out copies of money transfers.
also he needs a SSN and has to put that on his taxes when claiming
2006-10-04 09:03:49 · answer #5 · answered by Kamui VII 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No sorry
2006-10-04 11:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by linluv2001 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋