My boyfriend and I live together. He has full custody of his daughter from a previous relationship. We also have a daughter together. He is claiming his daughter, and I am claiming our daughter, can we both get the earned income credit even though we live together at the same adress and he makes more money then me?
2007-01-10 01:24:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
Yes, you can claim your daughter together while he claims his daughter.
Also, THERE IS ONLY ONE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD PER HOUSEHOLD. You can look foward to an audit if both of you claim HOH. One of you will need to file single and the other HOH. I suggest that the person with the highest Gross Income claim HOH.
2007-01-10 04:09:40 · answer #1 · answered by Smart1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought that technically if it was a tiebreaker for EIC, meaning that both of you qualify to claim your daughter, that the person with the highest AGI should claim. Go to the instructions for the 1040 and read up.
Then, if it doesn't matter, compute what it would be if he claimed both or if you each claimed one. Pick the highest.
Good luck.
2007-01-10 01:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by Molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the guy who presented over a million/2 the help of the youngsters can declare them the two. The non-custodial discern can no longer declare them except the custodial discern signs and indications off on IRS form 8332 or comparable rfile. The court order is incomprehensible to IRS. to declare earned earnings credit you ought to report as married submitting mutually or head of relatives.
2016-12-12 08:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by girardot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can file jointly because you are not married to him and have your own income. He is not claiming you as a dependent otherwise. Yes you can each claim EIC but last years forms said you had to be 25 years old to claim it. That's why my daughter let her boyfriend claim their son. Just double check the instructions under EIC as to what the qualifications are to claim it.
2007-01-10 01:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes there is no rule that causes you a problem. The same address is not an issue.
2007-01-10 01:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by spicertax 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can. you can both file head of household with one child each. do not claim the other one just yourself and your child.
2007-01-10 01:38:15 · answer #6 · answered by starla 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋