I am filing a W-7 for my step daughter. Would my marriage licence prove she is my daughter so I can do a W-7?

Question

I am filing a W-7 for my step daughter. I do not have any documents to prove that she is my step daughter except my marriage licence. She does not have my last name. Can I use just that, or what else do I need to file the W-7?

Answer 1

I THINK ALL YOU WOULD NEED TO IS BRING HER WITH YOU.

Answer 2

A little more information please. Why do you need to file a W-7 for her? Do you live out of the country?

If she is a standard dependant, you will only need her social security number. When audited, you will need to show proof that you are married, (marriage certificate) and that she is your husband's daughter (her birth certificate.)

If you/she is a dependent of U.S. citizen/resident alien and you live outside of the country then the above is also true. (I.e. if you married someone from out of the country while living outside the country.) If you, she, and he all live in the U.S. she should have acquired a social security number and form W-7 is unnecessary and is just more likely to trigger an audit.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Sorry. A marriage license is not valid proof that she is your legal child. You would need to have actual adoption papers for this.

Answer 5

No.Your marriage license only proves that you are married to her mother.If you have not adopted her then you really have no legal rights to her.

Answer 6

you don't have to have proof only if needed you can claim her as long as she lived with you under the irs guide lines you can easily look it up at www.irs.gov Is your spouse the custodial parent?

Answer 7

Is she being claimed by the other parent on their taxes? If so, you can't. But, usually it's the custodial parent who gets to use her on the taxes.

Answer 8

I was'nt sure so I searched it for you!

I also wasnt sure if you were trying to claim her as a tax credit so:
- The federal Child Tax Credit can provide a family up to $1,000 in tax assistance for each qualifying
child under age 17.
- To be eligible for a Child Tax Credit, you must:
Have a qualifying child who was under age 17 on December 31, 2005; and
Have adjusted gross income during 2005 of $94,000 or less (if you are single) and $129,000 or less
(together with your spouse’s income, if you are married). (Income limits are higher if you have more
than one qualifying child.)
- A qualifying child for the Child Tax Credit is an individual who:
Is your child, stepchild, adopted child (or child lawfully placed with you for legal adoption), foster child (placed with you by an authorized placement agency or court action), sibling, half-sibling, stepsibling,or a descendant of any of these individuals (e.g., grandchild, niece); and
Lived with you for more than half the year, and for children who were born or died during 2005, were temporarily absent, or were kidnapped); and
Did not provide over half of his or her own support; and
Is a U.S. citizen or resident alien

If the other person is your spouse with whom you are filing a joint return, you don’t need to read this answer; you claim the child together on your joint return. But there are other situations in which a child might be the qualifying child of more than one person.
- If more than one person files a tax return for 2005 claiming the child as a qualifying child, the Internal Revenue Service will apply the following rules to decide who can claim the child:
- If more than one tax filer claims the same child and... Then the child will be treated as the qualifying child of the…
Only one is the child’s parent, parent.
Two are parents and they do not file a joint return, parent who lived with the child for the longer period of time in
2005.
Two are parents, they do not file a joint return, and the child
lived with each parent the same amount of time in 2005,
parent with the higher adjusted gross income in 2005.
None is the child’s parent, person with the highest adjusted gross income in 2005.
However, if more than one person could claim the child as a qualifying child, you can decide together which of you will claim the child as a “qualifying child” for tax purposes in 2005. That person will be able to claim the Child Tax Credit and other tax benefits for that “qualifying child” (including the Earned Income Credit, Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses, dependent exemption, and head of household filing status) if the other eligibility requirements for those tax benefits are met.
Whoever you decide can claim the child as a “qualifying child” will be entitled to all of these tax benefits for that child; you cannot decide to split them up for that child.
- If your wife's ex-spouse or separated spouse claims your child as a dependent because a divorce decree or separation agreement that applies to 2005 provides that he or she can claim the child as dependent oryou signed Form 8332 or a similar statement, agreeing not to claim the child as a dependent for 2005, you are not entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child for the Child Tax Credit (and your ex-spouse
is).
- However, if you lived with the child for more than six months and your ex-spouse did not, you can claim the child as a qualifying child for other tax benefits, including the Earned Income Credit (EIC) and the Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses (assuming you meet the other requirements)—and your
ex-spouse may not. If both of you lived with the child for more than six months in 2005, the child is the qualifying child of both of you; see question 4 for more information

What do I need to do you need to claim the Child Tax Credit?
Even if you don’t owe any federal income taxes, you must file a tax return to claim the Child Tax Credit.
You must file either Form 1040 or 1040A (not 1040EZ). You must provide a Social Security Number
(SSN) or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) for yourself, your spouse if you are married, and any qualifying child. If you are applying for a child who was placed in your home for
adoption for whom you cannot get an SSN, you must get an Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number