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If the father of a child has full custody, can the mother claim him on her taxes?


The father has full custody of his son, he went to file his taxes and claim his son, and the tax place called him and told him that his ex claimed her son So there was nothing he can do, is this true?

We had that issue once. Got it resolved with letters to the IRS and calling the mom and all.
She claimed she had child related expenses too, but what she could show was very minor (like $1000) when we paid car payments, insurance (she was 16), +room and board for all but about 4 weeks of the year.

Start with calling the ex. The person who pays the bills and keeps a roof over the childs head gets the deduction.that depends on who pays the majority of the expenses, the IRS has a worksheet to determine such things.
If the child lives with the father for more than 180 days then he gets to claim the child. if she claimed him even though he does not live with her for 180 days or more then she has filed incorrectly.
Only one person can claim the child per year. Tax prepares do ask if the child lived with you all 12 mos. of the year. She may have lied about that to get a bigger credit. They need to work out a system of every other year or something like that. The other alternative is to seek legal counsel so she can't do it again.
Not necessarily. Are they divorced? If so, the divorce decree should state who gets the dependent on the tax return. In absence of a divorce decree, what did the court state about custody and support? The court document overrides all other situations. If there are no legal agreements, and the father is providing more than 1/2 of the child's support (which isn't too hard to do, especially if he pays for the housing for the child), then the father should be claiming the child. This could get nasty, though. Obviously, if two people claim the same dependent, that's going to be noticed by the IRS. If the father has legitimate reasons to claim that child (read that as good solid proof that he is truly the one paying for the support of that child), then chances are the mother will be disallowed the deduction.
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