Comments on: Who gets to claim the child as a tax deduction? The parent who has custody or the parent who pays support? http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support Helping keep you informed on Parent Custody issues.... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:44:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Yvette B yvetteb http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2607 Yvette B yvetteb Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:29:49 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2607 if its not stated on a court order or divorce papers, then the IRS goes by this: 1) who ever pays more then 50% of the childs expenses (usually the custodial parent, because child support doesnt cover squat) 2) who ever the child resides with for a certain amount of months per year. 3) if both of you claim the child(ren), the IRS will audit both of you, and the one with the living expenses receipts wins. question is, who of the two has something to hide? here are the links; TAX INFO http://www.taxsites.com/index.htm http://www.divorceinfo.com/taxes.htm http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc422.html http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq4-5.html http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html http://www.irs.gov/advocate/index.html http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/offsets_childsupport.html<br><b>References : </b><br> if its not stated on a court order or divorce papers, then the IRS goes by this:

1) who ever pays more then 50% of the childs expenses (usually the custodial parent, because child support doesnt cover squat)

2) who ever the child resides with for a certain amount of months per year.

3) if both of you claim the child(ren), the IRS will audit both of you, and the one with the living expenses receipts wins.

question is, who of the two has something to hide?

here are the links;

TAX INFO
http://www.taxsites.com/index.htm
http://www.divorceinfo.com/taxes.htm
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc422.html
http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq4-5.html
http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/advocate/index.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/offsets_childsupport.html
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]]> By: duoak http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2606 duoak Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:27:59 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2606 The parent who has custody gets to claim the child as a dependent. The parent who pays child support gets to deduct the amount of child support from his income.<br><b>References : </b><br> The parent who has custody gets to claim the child as a dependent. The parent who pays child support gets to deduct the amount of child support from his income.
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]]> By: jeccaj2003 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2605 jeccaj2003 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:39:12 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2605 The parent with which the child lives is the one who claims that child, you pay for the primary care of that child so it is you who gets the return. if the other parent asks for ss# dont give it under any circumstances. And if you find that your ex has claimed the child allert the irs and they will get him/her<br><b>References : </b><br> The parent with which the child lives is the one who claims that child, you pay for the primary care of that child so it is you who gets the return. if the other parent asks for ss# dont give it under any circumstances. And if you find that your ex has claimed the child allert the irs and they will get him/her
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]]> By: nachtrieb2 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2604 nachtrieb2 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:38:32 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2604 Depends... were you married? Custodial parent get's to claim the child, unless in your divoce papers you agreed to different terms.<br><b>References : </b><br> Depends… were you married? Custodial parent get's to claim the child, unless in your divoce papers you agreed to different terms.
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]]> By: MrMojo1 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2603 MrMojo1 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:36:53 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2603 You're probably referring to cases of parents who are separated or divorced. In this case, the parent who has custody of the child is entitled to claim the dependent on his/her return. If there's any court documents involved, it should also state that fact unless stated otherwise. The custodial parent can sign a waiver for the other spouse to get the dependency exemption. This is done usually after some sort of agreement between the two parties usually for tax reasons.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc354.html You're probably referring to cases of parents who are separated or divorced.

In this case, the parent who has custody of the child is entitled to claim the dependent on his/her return. If there's any court documents involved, it should also state that fact unless stated otherwise.

The custodial parent can sign a waiver for the other spouse to get the dependency exemption. This is done usually after some sort of agreement between the two parties usually for tax reasons.
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http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc354.html

]]> By: Debbie H http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2602 Debbie H Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:36:16 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2602 If you have custody and the child lives in your house the majority of the time (at least six months out of a year) is the one that gets to claim the child on income tax. If child is under I believe 17 you also receive child tax credit, which I believe has been increased. I believe it use to be 500.00 but was raised to 1000.00. I am not sure on that though. Check for your answer at www.irs.gov.<br><b>References : </b><br> If you have custody and the child lives in your house the majority of the time (at least six months out of a year) is the one that gets to claim the child on income tax. If child is under I believe 17 you also receive child tax credit, which I believe has been increased. I believe it use to be 500.00 but was raised to 1000.00. I am not sure on that though. Check for your answer at http://www.irs.gov.
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]]> By: kate http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2601 kate Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:35:49 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2601 Does the custody parent provide more than 50% of the financial support or are they a stay at home ? It is suppose to go to whomever pays more than 50% of the child's upkeep BUT this is usually spelled out in the divorce , what did yours say ? If you guys missed it or are just separated, then you will have to come to a decision because if you both try, Can you say tax fraud ? can you say mommy & daddy in jail ?<br><b>References : </b><br> Does the custody parent provide more than 50% of the financial support or are they a stay at home ?
It is suppose to go to whomever pays more than 50% of the child's upkeep BUT
this is usually spelled out in the divorce , what did yours say ?
If you guys missed it or are just separated, then you will have to come to a decision because if you both try,
Can you say tax fraud ? can you say mommy & daddy in jail ?
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]]> By: bajllc http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2600 bajllc Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:35:36 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2600 The person that provides food clothing shelter and all other necessities of life. The person who has custody is the answer.<br><b>References : </b><br> The person that provides food clothing shelter and all other necessities of life. The person who has custody is the answer.
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]]> By: itry007 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2599 itry007 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:33:07 +0000 http://www.parentcustodyblog.com/parent-custody/who-gets-to-claim-the-child-as-a-tax-deduction-the-parent-who-has-custody-or-the-parent-who-pays-support#comment-2599 The parent who pays.<br><b>References : </b><br> The parent who pays.
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