2007-12-14 04:43:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
They do not have an SSN as they came from a different country, can I still claim?
2007-12-14 04:52:02 · update #1
If you provide for them and they live with you 6 months or more out of a year.
2007-12-14 04:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by xoxo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your parents came from, say, India on a B2 visa, then you aren't going to be able to claim them.
Your parents have to meet the citizenship or residency test. That means they have to live in the US, Canada or Mexico. if they merely visited the US, they have to have been here 183 days under the substantial presence test. A single visit on a B2 visa won't meet this test.
You *also* must meet the income and support tests. If their gross income was $3400 or more, they had too much income; if they have a home abroad and they paid for their own living expenses, you won't meet the support test.
In the unlikely event you eventually do meet these tests and are able to claim them on your tax return, you would attach a W-7 form to get a number issued.
2007-12-14 13:21:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To claim your parents as dependents, you must have (1)provided more than one-half of their support for the year, (2)each parent's Gross Income is less than exemption amount ($3400 for 2007), (3) your parents will not file a joint tax return unless they only filed to get a refund and would not have any tax liablility if they each filed separately, (4) they are US citizens or they resided in the US, Canada, or Mexico during the year, and (5) they do not claim any dependents. And if you claim them as dependents, they cannot claim the exemption for themselves if they file their own tax return.
Interesting to note: Your parents do not have to live with you at any time during the year to claim them.
Your parents must have a valid Social Security Number or Individual Tax Payer Identification Number (ITIN). See the IRS website to get an ITIN.
2007-12-14 12:59:43 · answer #3 · answered by D G 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, since they don't have social security numbers.
Are they citizens of the US, or do they reside in Canada or Mexico? Do they have income over $3400 for the year, or its equivalent in the money of their country? Do you provide over half of their support for the year? If not, then you couldn't claim them even if they did have ss #s. Just vacationing at your home for a few months doesn't make them dependents.
2007-12-14 14:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No you can not. They are only here for vacation by your own statement and are not lawful permanent residents.
2007-12-14 12:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by npk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do not mess with Uncle Sam's money or Uncle Sam will mess with you.
2007-12-14 23:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by Gary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you care for them full time and provide a majority of their living expenses
2007-12-14 12:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by jwishz 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋