I was wondering, can I count someone as a dependent if they lived in my house all year and I provided 90% of the money they needed to live? They are not related to me but I did provide money for most of the things they needed.
2007-01-10 15:46:40 · 7 answers · asked by Sniggly_Snew 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
yes if they didnt earn more than $3300 in 2006.
here are the instructions to form 1040
see page 20
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040.pdf
2007-01-10 16:11:33 · answer #1 · answered by tma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you can not if the person is not a blood related person. You must pass the relationship test first which asks the following:
1. If he or she is citizen, national, or resident of U.S.
2. Is he or she the taxpayer's child, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister or a descendant of any of them.
3. Is he or she under 19, or under age 24 and a student, or permanently disabled as of December 31, 2006?
4. He or she did not provide more than half of his or her own support.
5. He or she lived with taxpayer for more than half the year.
6. Is not a qualifying child of another person.
7. Individual had gross income of less than 3,300 for 2006.
Dependent must meet all of the above requirements otherwise, he or she can not be claimed.
2007-01-11 14:31:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as you can prove it, My Husband(recently married) last year he tried to claim my kids and he didn't pass the relationship test, so be careful with that. We did it e file and we got the money the next day now we got to pay it back. So If I were you I would call IRS and ask, just to make sure. Good luck.
2007-01-11 08:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by Meche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on your information, you can claim this person if you are not a dependent of anyone, the person has income less than $3,300, the person satisfies citizenship requirements, is not filing a joint return with a spouse, and cannot be claimed as a child on anyone else's return.
2007-01-11 00:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you can if they made under 3300 for 2006, they lived with you all year (which they do) and they do not violate local law. I know that my boyfriend cannot claim me because were in utah and I'm his girlfriend... weird, but true.
2007-01-11 00:59:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say no. My dogs were provided 100% of the money they needed to live and I get squat.
2007-01-10 23:51:20 · answer #6 · answered by 86Mets 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes you can.
2007-01-10 23:53:59 · answer #7 · answered by mypassions4life 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋