Are taxes considered Personal Finance material??
Backstory: I am a teacher. My boyfriend is permanently disabled (end-stage renal disease, anyone have a kidney?) and lived with me all of 2019 along with his daughter. They are both my legal dependents, as I provide all of their support aside from his disability check, which is not considered earned income, so he does not have to file taxes.
His ex-wife provides zero child support, and in fact, has not even seen their child for 4 years. She is legally required to provide health insurance through her job for her daughter, and she even asks my bf to pay her back for those costs, which of course he doesn't, he's on fucking disability for crying out loud. She has verbally made it clear that she does not want to be involved in the child's life in the future.
I filed my taxes this year, claiming my dependents, and it was rejected because she has already claimed my kid.
According to what I've read, the non-custodial parent can only claim the child as a dependent if the custodial parent gives permission (on form 8332).
So we plan on disputing this, but I'm just unsure of how this will work out since technically I am not the custodial parent.
My dependent is the custodial parent.
So do I have a case here? I have evidence that we have provided literally ALL of her support. How is this going to play out with the IRS?
Submitted February 13, 2020 at 09:04PM by meanolpoopy https://ift.tt/2HnU2oQ
