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I am a single mother of two. what if my ex husband claims my children on his tax return? |
my ex husband does pay child support but it was court ordered no visitation. im afraid he'll try to claim the kids on his tax return and get by with it also he owes $2500 in back child support Only one of you can claim the children, as dependents, on your taxes. If the children live with you, then it's your legal right to claim them on your taxes. If he has primary custody, then he is the one to rightfully claim them as his dependents. Since you said, the court ordered no visitation, I'm assuming that you have primary (sole) custody, this would make you the legal caregiver, thus they're your legal dependents and may rightfully (Legally) be claimed on your taxes. If he claims them as well, he may ge away with it, but if it's discovered in a tax audit, he will be the liable party, not you. As far as his child support payments being tax deductable, that has no effect on how you file your taxes. Hope that helps. Good Luck! if you pay for their support, regardless of wether he claims them or not, if you can prove you are the caregiver, he'll have to pay it back. go soon and get your taxes done first. If child support is deductible on his income taxes he has every right to claim valid expenses, if not...REPORT THE SCUMBAG!!! LIFE If you dont give him permission and you are legally divorced and you said he owes... then you can do something about it... i would contact your child support services and see what they say When you got divorced there should have been someone designated to carry the children as dependents on their taxes. It is pretty standard done in Custody/Divorce cases. If he does, there really isn't anything you can do about it. What I was instructed to do by my lawyer was file my taxes as early as possible. If the kids are on both taxes, whomever has the earliest date on them will prevail. Good Luck!!! It depends on what the divorce decree states. If it doesn't clearly outline it in the decree, you'll need to amend your divorce papers to outline clearly who is/isn't claiming the children for tax purposes. There is no law as to who can/can't claim the children based on child support % versus yearly income. Long time ago there was a bill in congress that was not passed that stated that if child support is more than 30% of gross monthly income, that parent claims the child. It was tossed out for good reason, because too much auditing would be done in the process because of spousal support being lumped into child support payments and other expenses decreed by the divorce court. You might want to just kiss that 2k goodbye sweetie, it's not ever coming to you, and it's really too little to stress over for what it does to your health. The divorce alone makes you twice as likely to have a heart attack already. Be peaceful, live well...much better for you, kids and health. |
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