I'm helping my ex-boyfriend file his taxes online today.
We have a 3 year old child together, but since we broke up last summer and moved apart in the fall, our son lives with me. I already filed and recieved the refund, so that part's done. Can my ex claim my son in any way, or does he pretty much file his return as if he didn't have a child?
Also, does he file as Head of Household? He lives with 2 other roommates now, so I didn't know how to answer that question.
Lastly, my ex pays me child support, but not court-ordered. We're still friends and he does it voluntarily, it's not messy. There is a question about supporting a child that doesn't live with you...should he list the monetary support he's given in 2006, or since it's not court-ordered support will it not even count, so to speak?
Thanks for the help!
2007-04-09 03:45:21 · 6 answers · asked by chaotic_mum 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
If you claimed your child when you filed, then he can't claim him also on his return, or get any tax benefit from him. And child support, whether court ordered or not, is not deductible by him, and doesn't have to be claimed by you.
He can't file as head of household - he'd need a closely related dependent for that. Roommates wouldn't count even if they were his dependents, which they probably are not.
2007-04-09 19:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You claim the child as a dependent, he is 1) Single, 2) Zero dependents (although he can claim himself)
File online each and every year, but file with the top URL if you want to get your return within 24 hours. If you owe money, use the bottom URL to see if they can save you money on the amount that you owe.
2007-04-11 12:41:33 · answer #2 · answered by John M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) Assuming that you already claimed the child, the child will not be on his return at all.
2) No....he is "Single".
3) Child Support (voluntary or court ordered) is never deductible.
2007-04-09 03:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one of you can claim the child if you already did he cannot. He does not qualify as Head of Household. Child support payments are neither deductible by the payer nor taxable income to the payee.
2007-04-09 04:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by Prue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one of you can claim the exemption. If you've already done it then he's out of luck.
Your boyfriend doesn't qualify as head of household, although you do and I hope you made that election.
2007-04-09 03:50:26 · answer #5 · answered by Oh Boy! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most is that you're less than the age of nineteen on the end of the 365 days. in case you qualify as a depending, and it looks you do, then they could declare you. in the journey that they go with now to not declare you besides, you could't declare your self. in simple terms one taxpayer is entitled to declare an exemption for someone and in the journey that they go with now to not take the declare, no-one else can take it, both.
2016-11-27 21:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋