My boyfriend and his two children have been living with me in my house for all of 2007. He doesn’t work. Can I use his two children as dependents? If I can, how much more can I expect to get back in a tax refund. I make under 50,000.00 and have a small mortgage on my house. I think I paid about 4,500.00 in mortgage interest and about 1000.00 in property tax for 2007.
2007-11-26 08:11:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
The mother of the two children is dead. She passed a way two years ago. It was my boyfriends idea to use them. He is having problems finding work becasue he has a felony on his record. The children get SSI from there mothers death.
2007-11-26 08:36:01 · update #1
yes you can use them for the depedency exemptions, i cannot tell you what your refund would be because there are other variables such as how much have you withheld.
you can claim them as a qualifying relative, since the father is not claiming them you are allowed to, dont listen to these other idiots here
you will not be allowed some credits, but the exemption you are, see a cpa.
2007-11-26 08:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by scott A 5 · 0⤊ 6⤋
The majority of the people here are correct. You cannot claim them. One of the qualifications to claim someone as a Qualifying Relative is that they are not the Qualifying Child of someone else. Even if your boyfriend did not support the children and you did they would still be considered his
Qualifying Children and that would make you (or anyone else not directly related to them) ineligible to claim them on their taxes.
Your only option would be to get married before the end of the year.
2007-11-26 23:48:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be able to claim him, but you may NOT claim his children. The law was changed as of tax year 2005 that forbids that type of claim. Since the children are his Qualifying Children you may NOT claim them regardless of how much support you provided even if he has no income and does not file and cannot claim them himself.
The user who likes to call us "idiots" unfortunately had NOT kept up on the law and is NOT correct in his statement.
2007-11-26 16:53:06 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't claim them - they aren't your children. If you got married before the end of the year, you could claim them, but otherwise no. The rules changed several years back, and under the current rules they are HIS qualifying children but not yours.
2007-11-26 18:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can get... nothing as they are not your children. If he even worked part time he could get a serious tax credit but you cannot as you are not married.
2007-11-26 16:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by jackson 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋