2007-10-19 13:03:42 · 6 answers · asked by Maria C 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I am assuming on your taxes, right? It depends, can your 19 year old file? If not, you can claim all three. My mom claimed me and my daughter this year (or for last year, whatever lol), I was 20 years old, and my daughter was 1. For the upcoming tax time my mom can't claim me or my daughter, one, because I have been working a lot, and two because I owe taxes from a settlement, and three because I live on my own. I think you should claim them, all three. You will get a lot more back that way.
2007-10-19 13:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by ϑennaß 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, with the additional info you can get a better answer. You can for sure claim yourself and the 9 year old, and unless you have a very high income, can take the child tax credit for him.
If your 19 year old is a full time student for some part of at least five months of the year- or if her total income for the year was under $3400 and you provided over half of her support for the year - then you can claim her. If she isn't a full time student and she made over $3400 for the year, then you can't claim her.
The baby is a little trickier. Either you or your daughter could legally claim the baby, but not both - but if she was your dependent for the year (see above) then she couldn't claim the baby but you could. If your daughter had very little or no income for the year, it probably makes sense for you to claim the baby. If she had several thousand dollars worth of income for the year and she isn't your dependent, then it might be better for her to claim the baby. Figure your taxes both ways, and see which results in the lowest tax overall between the two of you.
If you are going to claim just your 9 year old, then you could claim 4 allowances and be pretty sure to not owe anything. If your income is under $30,000 or so, you'd be real safe, since you'd get an Earned Income Credit. If you are going to claim the whole gang, you'd be very unlikely to owe any tax at all and would get an earned income credit unless your income is over $36,000.
If I've now confused you totally, email me and I'll try to explain better.
2007-10-19 20:55:48 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can claim every human that lives in your home that you are supporting.
If the 19 year old is working, and paying for her baby, then she gets to claim the child, however if she is in school, you can claim every person under your roof.
I claimed my grandson a few years ago because his mom was not taking care of him with funding, she was not making enough money to support anything....
The tax laws have changed a lot since last millennium... When you file, if you do it online, they have lots of tools available for you to determine whether they are eligible to be claimed by you or not.
2007-10-23 15:20:24 · answer #3 · answered by Kathryn P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well me and my parents thought about the same thing and it worked better me claiming her because I got more money then my parents. But you are the single parent.Hope for the best.
2007-10-20 00:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by essa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can claim them all if you provide 50% of their expences
2007-10-19 20:08:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
if your actually taking the time away to ask people you dont even know about a situation like this instead of doing it on your own like you should, i dont think you should claim anything.
2007-10-19 20:13:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋