my daughter is pregnant and my ex wants to claim her on his taxes?

Question

my ex wants to claim my daughter on his taxes for "insurance" purposes, will she lose any money or eic if he does this. she has lived with him for 5 month by the end of the year, before that time she lived with me... I want/think that she should file single head of the household to be able to get more financial aid for college...what should she do,

ok, i didn't say that she is due any day now, so the infant would be claimed on someones taxes this year. my daughter does pay rent to her father(although I don't know the exact amount, but it is around 500/month. since she is "paying" a rent (although not to an apartment complex/management company) i don't know if she would be able to claim head of the house hold, but im fairly sure that she would be the one that can/should take the deduction and not her father, esp since she has lived with him for less than six months. i know my ex, and he would screw his own in order to better himself and i really don't want this to happen to her i would rather see her benefit over her father since he is established and has other children that he is claiming. also, i am concerned that if he claims her and the baby, her chances of recieving finacial aid for college could be in jebordy.

btw, my daughter is 19 yrs old and planning on going to college in january (her fafsa was filed in feb of this year for the 2007-2008 school year, and has recieved her student aid report) my concern is for next years fasfa and taxes for this tax year....i just really want her to be able to go to college and have a career and with all the unclaimed money out there, esp for single moms i would hate for her to be mislead by her father and his need to control and obtain the most money he can from the government
(i realize this sounds awful to say about the father of my children, but he truly is a greedy man and doesn't care if he is hurting his own kids finacially or emotionally in the process)

Answer 1

If you provided support (housing, food, ect) for you daughter for more than 6 months of this tax year (2007), you are eligible to claim your daughter as a dependant on your taxes. Your ex is not eligble if she lived with him for less than 6 months. If the baby has not been born or will not be born by December 31rst by 11:59pm, no one is eligible to claim the baby. Otherwise, you or your daughter may do this.

For your daughter to claim head of household, she has to be unmarried and living alone for more than 6 months of 2007.

Answer 2

I don't see anything in your question to indicate she could file as head of household. For that she would need to provide over half of the cost of maintaining a home for someone who is her dependent. Being pregnant doesn't give you a dependent, and you say she lived with you and then with your ex, not providing the expenses for maintaining a home anyway, so she can't file as head of household.

You don't say when the baby is due. If it's born this year, she might be able to claim the baby as a dependent, and might be eligible for EIC. If the baby isn't born until 2008, then no. If she's living with one of you after the baby is born, that parent might be able to claim both your daughter (depending on her age, and income) and the baby as qualifying children dependents.

It is NOT true that she can't be claimed as a dependent after the baby is born.

Answer 3

1. She will lose the right to claim earned income credit if she is someone else's dependent.
2. She cannot be a head of household without a household. Pregnant does not count; there has to be a junior household member if there is going to be a head.
3. She should contact her financial aid office to find out what its attitude is.
4. If she earned more than $3,800, she cannot be claimed as an exemption by anyone but herself.

Answer 4

Depends on when the baby is born. As soon as the baby is born, your daughter cannot be claimed on either parent's taxes. She will be an independent and should claim head of household.

Answer 5

Live along with the father's of the baby.