After looking over my taxes, I have another question - If I do allow my soon-to-be-ex to claim my daughter from previous marriage as his dependent, but he does not qualify for the EIC. Can't I claim her just for the sole purpose of EIC since I do provide all of her expenses??? (I don't qualify for the Child Tax Credit due to no tax liability based on my income, but the soon-to-be-ex gets the Child Tax Credit, claiming her, but he does not qualify for the EIC.) I already claim my college student son for the EIC, but if I also claimed my daughter I would get a larger EIC credit.
Yes you can as long as she lived with your for over six months.
whoever takes care of this child for 6 months or more has the ability to claim the child. This should have been settled in the divorce proceedings.
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