My ex husband claimed my daughter on his taxes this year and got the child tax credit back, but can i atleast claim the child care credit since i paid for daycare all year?
2007-04-05 12:29:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
You should have the details worked out in your divorce agreement on who can claim the credit. It depends on who had the child the most during the year, and if he has used it, you cannot. Check out www.irs.gov for details.
2007-04-05 12:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The laws have changed recently. You should be able to claim childcare credit. If the child resides with you for 6 months or more a year and you support that child during that 6 months you may be able to claim a credit. One does not usually have to claim child support money toward total income. Only have to claim alimony. Ask a tax consultant or your H.R. Block person.
2007-04-05 12:39:35 · answer #2 · answered by peach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that the child lived with you for over half of the year, then yes you can take the dependent care credit. See IRS Publication 17, chapter 32, page 207, section on "Child of Divorced or Separated Parents"
2007-04-05 15:09:51 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can if the child lived with you for more than half of the year. The child tax credit goes to the parent that claims the child as a dependent, the Dependent care credit and the EIC go to whoever the child lived with for more than half of the year.
2007-04-05 12:36:48 · answer #4 · answered by Amy F 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the guy who paid the overall public of help and who had the youngster of their custody for more advantageous than a 12 months receives to declare them as a depending. So, legally it sounds like you're proper. Technically, if he information with the youngster, then it really is rather a count of who information first (a minimum of on the starting up). in case you beat him to it, the IRS will deliver him a letter declaring "sorry, some different person already claimed her.". they gained't tell him that he's not any longer qualified. which will be some thing worked out in an audit. If he had no taxable earnings, then claiming her does no longer help him in any respect. it really is presented that he had taxable earnings that claiming her receives into play. i ought to take the prospect and document, and contain a fact that you imagine you're the rightful man or woman to declare her. cope with to diminish back this up with economic files (lease receipts, cancelled checks, etc.) displaying you presented more advantageous than 50% of her help. Alternately, in case you want to sound like you're being honest to him, you ought to ask him to practice his taxes with and without the daughter, and if the huge difference is significant (say he ought to get $0 refund without her and $2 hundred refund inclusive of her) you ought to provide to provide him the huge difference even if it really is definitely worth more advantageous to you. you also would prefer to pass to kin courtroom and get a suitable order specifying who receives to declare her as a tax deduction and then contain that with destiny tax returns.
2016-12-03 08:54:27 · answer #5 · answered by genna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋