She buys her sisters clothing but she does not live with them? What would happen to her is she were audited?
2007-02-01 01:24:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
The rule in claiming someone as a dependent is that the person must receive more than 51% of their support from the person trying to claim them and have lived with them more than 6 months. Just buying a sister's clothes does not constitute 51% of their total support. You will eventually be caught and audited if you claim her. I doubt if it is worth the risk you will be taking.
2007-02-01 01:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No she can not claim her sister b/c she buys her clothes. Just read the guidelines on the IRS website and it will tell you what obligations must be met to claim someone as a dependent, but i can tell you they DO have to live with you a certain amount of time. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.
2007-02-01 09:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by surelycoolgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the IRS site and look up Publication 501. It will give you the definitions of a dependent. A sister would be a qualifying dependent if not claimed by her parents, but you would have to be able to prove, in the event of an audit, that you provided the support required.
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ index. html
2007-02-01 09:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by Taylor1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The sister wouldn't qualify either as a qualifying child (didn't live with you) or as a qualifying relative (you didn't pay over half of her support).
Claiming them is illegal. If you did and were caught, you'd have to pay back the money plus interest and penalties. Not worth taking the chance of having the IRS find you doing something illegal.
2007-02-01 11:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can claim your sisters if you support them fully. That is all their needs like food, shelter and misc expenses. In addition the must live with you so you can do all these things. It sounds like you only buy clothes, so you can not claim them.
2007-02-01 09:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People here will give you answers that are 'likely' wrong. Call Internal Revenue and get an accurate answer. People on here make stuff up all the time just to get the lousy points.
2007-02-01 09:32:29 · answer #6 · answered by J Somethingorother 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dependency test ask you support your sister 50% of her living expense, food, clothing, rent etc. if the state government is doing that like she is on welfare then you can't do that.
2007-02-01 09:32:17 · answer #7 · answered by Kenshin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋