We took in our niece this year and were wondering if we can claim her on our taxes next year....she did work part time also so we weren't sure
2007-09-17 16:11:22 · 5 answers · asked by Bevvy 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
You can claim your niece as dependent if
1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of anyone else.
2. The person either (a) must be related to you, or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household (and your relationship must not violate local law).
3. The person's gross income for the year must be less than $3,300.
4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.
6. You cannot claim a married person who files a joint return as a dependent unless that joint return is only a claim for refund and there would be no tax liability for either spouse on separate returns.
7. You cannot claim a person as a dependent unless that person is a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien, U.S. national, or a resident of Canada or Mexico, for some part of the year.
2007-09-19 22:43:22 · answer #1 · answered by MukatA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, but you don't give enough info to tell. You'd need to say how old she is, how long in 2007 she lived with you, whether or not she was a full-time student, and how much her earnings for the year are. There are too many possible combinations of these to say whether or not you can claim her. Just one possibility - if she lived with you for over half the year, is under age 19, and didn't provide over half of her own support, and neither of her parents claim her, then you could claim her as a qualifying child. There are many other circumstances too where you could claim her.
2007-09-17 17:18:22 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you have paid over 1/2 of her support for this year. You can claim her.
2007-09-17 16:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by Bob D 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
if no one else can claim her and if you include her wages and she lived with you for more than half the year claim her as head of house hold.
2007-09-17 16:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by barrbou214 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I thought you had to have legal guardianship first...but I don't know.
As for her working, I think you have to claim it somewhere on your tax forms, if you're allowed to claim her.
2007-09-17 16:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋