im a 24 yr old male and i married a foreigner last year who has still not got her visa to come here in the USA. We married in her country and im trying to petition her to live here.However my parents still want to claim me on their 2007 taxes so they can get some money back from the gov..Is that possiable.
2007-01-25 16:15:10 · 14 answers · asked by realsame2003 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
If you are an ummarried full time college student and they provided over half of your support.
2007-01-25 16:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by T H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they probably can't, if you turned 24 in 2006. If you're 24, they can't claim you as a dependent child even if you lived with them all year and they supported you and even if you were a full-time student. If you made under $3300 and they provided more than half of your support, then they might be able to claim you as a qualifying relative dependent.
In any case, they can't get the child credit - that stops at age 17.
But if you're 24, didn't even make $3300 last year, you are not ready to be married.
2007-01-26 12:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends....how reasonable are your parents to bargain with.
Here is why. While I was in College, I lived ON MY OWN. But my parents still wanted to claim me as a dependent (parents just love that $1,000 per child tax credit!). Yet I wasn't depending on them at all for my day to day life. I told them I was going to file individually.
Well, we sat down and crunched the numbers. I figured my parents would get MORE $ for claiming me, than I would get refunded filing on my own. So we worked out a deal where they would claim me, but give me a large portion of the $ they got back. So it worked out best.
But for legal reasons....I think you have to be born after 1989 to be claimed as a dependent this year. Or be under 24 and still in College.
Crunch numbers and figure out what works best in your favor.
2007-01-26 00:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by momof2kiddos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you were 24 on December 31, 2006.
They can claim you only if you lived with them for 12 months, had income under $3,300, do not file a joint return with your spouse, and they provided over half of your support.
2007-01-26 00:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your parents cannot claim you as a dependent. You have to be under 24 (which you are not) and you have to be a full time student in order for your parents to claim you as a dependent.
2007-01-26 00:23:42 · answer #5 · answered by jseah114 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the only way they could possibly claim you is if you were still in college and they were paying a substantial portion of your education and living expenses - either a dorm or by your living at home.
2007-01-26 00:22:42 · answer #6 · answered by Lucy_Fur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably don't need to, they should check www.losthorizons.com maintained by Pete Hendrickson, author of Cracking the Code the fascinating truth about taxation in America.
2007-01-26 00:26:59 · answer #7 · answered by loco13 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think so.. You would probably need to live at home and have some kind of disability.
2007-01-26 00:22:50 · answer #8 · answered by edws6 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can claim you if they have legal guardianship over you or you live in their home and do not pay rent.
2007-01-26 00:29:00 · answer #9 · answered by Dave S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no.
unless there are special circumstances and you are dependent on them for real.
if it is a scam it is a dangerous thing to do.
2007-01-26 00:21:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋