For me not to be able to claim my daughter, anymore, on my income tax (in April). How old does she have to be?
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Dependancy isn't age limited.... Its income limited.  I think that its 3,000 or 6,000 dollars.  If the person that you want to put as a dependant makes under that and you can prove that they lived with you for at least half the year and you provided for them, Then you can claim them regardless of their age.
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You need to file.  You can get the earned income credit for the children, every little bit helps.
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NOOOOOOOOO! it is not your obligation. you need to have some tough love with this child! Lay down the rules, and tell her that if she can't live with these rules that she is 20 years old and is free to move out. You are babying her! If you don't help your daughter find confidence in her abilty to take care of herself she may live with you FOREVER!!! or at least rely on you each time she is "down and out"
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as long as you provided over half of his support and he didnt make to much money than you can claim him. the not over 18 unless a full time student than it is up to 24 years of age rule  (the quy above me was talking about) is only applied to the earned income credit. a dependent can be eny age its just that the child credits go by age. i do taxes.
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You can get a free court appointed lawyer, but there's usually a waiting list. It doesn't matter how much money she makes or who the child is living with, she's still your daughter and you still have to pay a certain percentage of your income no matter what. If the amount is more than the percentage required by your state, then you should fight this.
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Call the IRS.  They have a help line for people in your situation, and 4/15 is fast approaching!
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Barbara is right. You need to file in the county where the child resides (and has resided for at least 6 months). And, you can only collect child support that dates back to the date you originally filed for support.\n\nYou can pick up the paperwork at your local Family Court office or you can request assistance from D.S.S. They will help you even if you don't qualify for other services.
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As a social worker you are not the priority and even if it is a private agency you are not a customer, at least as far as agency policy goes.  The mother may have changed her mind and or her rights are not completely severed until 30 days after the child is born she can change her mind.  As far as getting your money back i don't think there is a way sorry
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This is a very confusing subject and the laws have recently changed.  I just taught a tax course and we went over this in excruciating detail.  I won't go into all the permutations on who can claim whom.  Instead, I'll stick with your situation.\n\nAssumptions:\n\n1) Aside from you and your boyfriend (whom I assume is not the father of your children), there are no other adults living in the household who are related to either you or the children.\n\n2) Your children lived with you for at least 6 months, but did not live with any other relatives for at least 6 months.\n\n3) You earned less than $3,300 (probably nothing, right?).\n\n4) Your boyfriend paid for over half of your living costs including rent (or the fair value of rent if he owns his home), food eaten in the home, clothing, utilities, and college expenses!\n\n5) You and your children all lived with your boyfriend for the entire year.\n\n6) Your boyfriend paid for over half of the cost of living for each and every kid.\n\nIf all of these are true, your boyfriend will be able to claim all 3 of you as dependents for 2006.  These type of dependents are called "qualifying relatives".  Don't let the term "relative" throw you.  Anyone who lives the whole year with someone can (assuming other things are true) be claimed by them.\n\nSince your children are his "qualifying relatives" and not "qualifying children", your boyfriend will NOT be able to use them to take advantage of the Child Tax Credit, Additional Child Tax Credit, Child Care Credit (daycare), nor Earned Income Credit (EIC).  In addition, regardless what you may have heard, neither you nor your kids allow your boyfriend to file as Head of Household.  Anyone who is NOT related to the taxpayer can NOT qualify them for Head of Household.\n\nNow, if you happen to get married by December 31st, you will both file as Married Filing Jointly, you will be able to claim all the credits, you will get a higher standard deduction, and you will be able to write off college tuition and fees.
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She can't be kept on ins. until 25?  When son turned 18 I called and checked out many many insurance companies.  Check with local Family Independence Agency - sometimes child can get assistance with medical (like medicaid).
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The Inland Revenue did this to me too when i reapplied for my tax credits in April of this year. They said i had earned £2,500 more than i had declared, and through this i owed them the money and they have stopped my credits until April of next year. I too am a single parent, they tell us to go back to work and we will benefit but we dont at all. What we earn we end up paying back out. I used to get help with my rent when i first went back to work too,  now that has stopped and im to pay out the full amount of rent which is £98.00pwk. Personally i would be better off on the social, although i dont want to be part of the people that take money off the state to live on and receive handouts. I  wanted to do right by my family and earn my way through life. Good luck hun hope all goes well for you but its a crap system dont you think. xx
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visit irs.gov  they have a faq area and help to determine who can claim a child and who can not.  I do know that if the kids live with you and have lived for you for at least 6 mos. of the year and you have provided at least 50% of their support you can claim them.
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Married couple`s allowance is no longer available unless either you or your partner were born before 1935.  It was phased out a couple of yeas ago, you`re out of luck!
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Hi, well I don't know about other states, but in Texas if you (dependent) make over $500.00 a year your parents can't claim you.\n\nAnd I think if you make less then $5000.00 a year you don't have to pay taxes.
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She only has to include it in income if she itemized last year. So if used the standard  deduction don't worry about it. And she can claim it even if she don't recieve the 1099-G.
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you cant claim the baby legally unless youre married- if she hasnt worked then there is no reason for her to claim him/her- BUT when she lets you use baby as dependent, then you will be claiming that the child lived with you, and so did she and that will show up on her application and YOUR income is considered.\nshe can let you claim , and still get her financial aid...\nif you didnt work, you dont have a reason to file taxes
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If your mom is providing more than half of your support (for example, if you're saving most of your income for college or didn't make enough to provide half of your own support) then she can very likely claim you as a dependent. I am assuming you have lived with her for at least half of the year.  \n\nIf you provide half or more of your support, then she can't.  Be aware that the rules change once you turn 19 unless you're  a full-time student or disabled, then she can't claim you.  If any of her other children are 19 or over, and not disabled or full-time students, she can't claim them even if she supports them.\n\nIf you are 17, then she doesn't get the child tax credit for you even if you qualify as a dependent.\n\nWhen your mom files her tax return at the end of this year, she will claim as many children as she's entitled to claim.  It doesn't matter what she's claimed on her W-4, since that only determines how much tax is taken out of her paycheck.  If she's claiming 2 now, but will claim 3 or 4 (depending on whether you qualify) on her tax return, that's OK.