I have a daughter and we live with my fiance she is not his child. Can he claim her as a dependent? She has lived with him permanetly for over a year
2007-02-13 11:05:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
I am not filing taxes because I did not work last year. So I cannot claim her. I was reading on the turbo tax website that as long as someone has lived in the household for a year they are considered a member of the household and you can claim them is this true? I know nothing about taxes so I have no clue
2007-02-13 11:21:46 · update #1
I think it's so rediculous that he cannot claim her!!! It pi**es me off!!! It don't make sense!! Her real father is a a**hole and only sees her once or twice a month but he can claim her it's awful. My fiance is there for her more than he is he should be the one claiming her. Anyone agree? Thanks to everyone who answered!
2007-02-13 11:43:04 · update #2
No, he cannot claim her as his dependent.
To be claimed as a dependent, the individual must either be a qualifying child or a qualifying relative. While it might first appear that she qualifies as a qualifying relative, the disqualifier is that a qualifying relative cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of another taxpayer. Your daughter is YOUR qualifying child so she CANNOT be his qualifying relative, even if you have no income and don't file a return.
But, here is where it gets downright wierd! If you lived with him all year, had less than $3,300 in gross income, and he provided more than half of your support AND your relationship is not illegal under local law (no anti-cohabitation laws, even unenforced ones) then he CAN claim YOU as a dependent. Crazy? Yep!
2007-02-13 11:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, he can't claim her since she is your qualifying child but not his. The people who say that he can are going by rules that are no longer in effect. A couple of years ago he could have as long as he provided over half of her support, but the rules have changed and now he can't.
Check the turbotax site again - if it says that, then it's wrong. For an unrelated person, being a resident of the household all year is required to be claimed as a dependent, but isn't enough - there are other requirements also that have to be met.
2007-02-13 19:24:32 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a site about child tax you will get all information from this site.
2014-09-08 14:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by ahmed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think she'd pass the "relationship test:"
Relationship Test
To meet this test, a child must be:
Your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, or a descendant (for example, your grandchild) of any of them, or
Your brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant (for example, your niece or nephew) of any of them.
How about you claim her?
And don't go to the IRS.org someone else posted, it's IRS.gov.
2007-02-13 19:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by LC 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes, but then you can not claim her on yours.
www.irs.org
2007-02-13 19:09:11 · answer #5 · answered by IndianaHoosier 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAvVmHEPub0
2007-02-13 19:08:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
YES!!
2007-02-13 19:13:12 · answer #7 · answered by Mary Mary Jane 4 · 0⤊ 6⤋