my lil girl is 11 month old i am the only working parent (wife doesnt work yet) do i really need to have my babys ss# to claim her on the taxes? or do i also put the mothers name too?
2007-01-01 09:05:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
I assume you are married and the child lives with the mother and neither has income. I assume you may or may not live with the child and the mother.
You need more than the SSN of the child to claim her on the taxes. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. You have lived with the child for more than six months in 2006.
2. The mother agrees to file a joint return with you.
3. The mother signs form 8332 to let you claim the child.
You must file jointly with your spouse in order to get the Earned Income Credit. The mother's name and SSN are on the return as a spouse.
2007-01-01 10:12:41 · answer #1 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You stated you were married? Still together in the last 6 months of the year? If so, for all intent and purposes you are married and have the right to claim the child. If would be plain stupid not to claim the child if you two are legally married. Any exemptions and dependents reduces your tax liability. If you two are legally separated, and if your income is the higher, IRS states that unless you have a decree allowing the other to claim that year (or every other year or from here on out) you need to claim the child. This is for the benefit of stopping all the moochers out in the society from getting the free money called Earned Income Credit.
If there is a decree or court order stating she claim the child, then of course you can't claim the child. Whoever files their taxes first if separated and claims the child will get the child. But if you provided over half of the childs support you would provide IRS the proof of this and you would then get the additional money and then your wife (if separated) would then have to repay back the IRS for what she claimed. Each state is different in regards to what you can file and claim. Find out what your state requirements are. And yes.. a SSN is required to claim the child. No SSN.. no claiming. It doens't matter if you have a birth certificate or not.
2007-01-01 09:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by perleo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes you do.
If you want the deduction Uncle Sam wants a ss #.. That way they can track your baby for life. Without the # you can not get a deduction, your child can't get a job, apply for govt benefits file a tax return, go to college, get scholarships, collect SS and on and on.
I know people who do not have that # and it is almost impossible to survive in today's society.
2007-01-01 09:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by jimmiv 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Put your wife and daughter on the tax forms. They are supported by you so you want to claim them as dependents.You need a ss# for any person you claim on your taxes no matter what their age is.
Depending on how much you make you might qualify for the earned income credit (EIC) and the child tax credit.
Go to irs.gov and check it out.
2007-01-01 09:25:12 · answer #4 · answered by Ta Dah! 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
not all adult men the have not paid their baby help are lifeless beat dads, what about the moms that laid round and picked up welfare all their lives, my husband paid his ex in money and did not get any receipts, dumb on his area, we've 3 little ones mutually and are the youngest, they're actually of their 20s, we were separated for a lengthy time period, yet I consistently worked, so no human being might want to artwork with me to get baby help, his little ones are literally of their 40s and their mom nevertheless does not something such as her existence, so who's the deadbeat right here? My husband did deliver me what he might want to even as he might want to even as we were separated, yet he worked at a jewellery keep as a manager and made nicely over $2000 in step with month and he really extra abode about $three hundred each 2 weeks, he might want to not stay to inform the tale that and the youngsters were not getting it, they were already grown and now he's deceased as of one million/a million/14 and in no way wondering I filed at the same time and that i suggested his passing in Jan and did you already know they nevertheless took my money that I earned, he has been on SSI for 10 years and each month they took out a particular quantity for baby help, i imagine they ought to bypass after the moms that do not favor to do something with their lives and make the dads pay, now it truly is diverse if the girl is demanding operating and the guy merely takes to the air and thinks he has no popular jobs.
2016-12-01 09:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to include the mother's name and if you are not married, you can claim the 'head of household' additional tax credit. You do need the social security number of your child to claim her, and they will kick back the return if you don't include it.
2007-01-01 09:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by XOXOXOXO 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you need a SSN for your daughter. Depending on your income, it could be worth several thousand dollars. Try and get down to the social security office on Wednesday and get this moving.
2007-01-01 09:08:30 · answer #7 · answered by skip 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Must have SS # - yes. Why is that an issue?
2007-01-01 09:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by vegas_iwish 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋