situtaion is this. Man married 'still'- but living in different house- ok LEGALLY, speaking- he can not 'claim head of household'
BUT, if he dont claim kids in the end of year taxes WILL THAT GET HIM IN DEEP DO DO?or just more or less money?
2007-02-07 12:49:26 · 2 answers · asked by fords5 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Trying hard to explain in little details. Man LEFT, wife & children. LIVES with Other person- CAN HE file with out claiming the depentants? CAN I FILE, claiming the house payment as support? and pick up my children as MY DEPENDANTS- in my head of household status.?
..... it is what it is....
2007-02-07 13:28:23 · update #1
There is no tax law that says you have to claim someone that is your dependent.
2007-02-07 12:53:31 · answer #1 · answered by Joshua L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A married taxpayer who lived apart from his spouse for the entire last half of 2006 and provides a home for one or more qualifying children who live with him CAN file as Head of Household and claim the exemptions for the children.
If he fails to claim whatever is his due, the only penalty is financial -- he'd pay more tax than he had to legally.
If he uses a filing status that he's not entitled to use or improperly claims exemptions that he's not entitled to, that could get him in trouble. Most of the time that would be limited to a bill from the IRS for any tax due. "Deep doo-doo" is reserved for cases of fraud.
2007-02-07 21:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋