Piggybacking on a post by Marginallycorrect in another thread,
Has anyone every been in a situation where both you and your ex both claimed kids as a dependents on your taxes?
If so, how was that resolved?
I am divorced with three kids with 50.50 custody and residency, but I pay more for their care (about 15K more in 2018) and I claim all three kids on my taxes.
Every year my ex threatens to claim them, saying it's not fair I claim them every year. Every year I say, it's not fair that you should get the tax benefits for the kids when I pay more for their care. Can you meet me in the middle with these expenses, and then we can split up the deductions?
She always says no. But every year I wait to see what she will actually do.
So has this every happened to anyone, and if so, how did the IRS resolve it?
Submitted February 07, 2019 at 10:05AM by FITeacher http://bit.ly/2DYdZSh
