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Do I have to report my tax refund to welfare?

If my uncle reported my daughter this year for tax refund can I switch her to me and report her next year?

  • Ok, so this year my uncle reported my daughter for the tax refund because he was helping me financially but I am working now and I am going to be 18 and able to get my tax refund next year. Will I be able to switch her on to me and I myself report my daughter on my tax refund without trouble. Please help!

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    Neither is quite legal & could land y'all in some hot water. You have a child, thus you are no longer anyone's dependent.. if someone claimed you on their taxes there's trouble. Also, your uncle is not her father.. he's also not your father.. he can ONLY claim her if she qualifies as his dependent. "Helping" you out financially does not automatically mean she is his dependent. You both better just go to a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) asap & get it straightened out before the IRS comes knocking for an audit.

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"he was helping me financially"--how? were you living with him? If he could legally claim your daughter, then why didn't he claim you as well? If he was NOT living with you, he'd better be able to prove that a) no one could claim you and your daughter as qualifying children, b) that he actually did pay for more than half of her total support and c) that he claimed her as a qualifying relative (no HOH, no EIC, no child tax credit) only. This is a high audit area.

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"Helping you financially" doesn't give him the right to claim her. Unless he meets ALL the rules to claim her, you both committed tax fraud. Did she live with him? How long during 2011? How long did she live with you in 2011? How much income did you have? How much income did he have? Yes you can claim her next year.

Judy

It all depends. If you are a dependent yourself next year then no. Your uncle cannot just report her because he helped. He must qualify with the existing IRS rules for dependents.

Cathi K

it is not a matter of 'switching' it is a matter of who is eligible and helping financially does not entitle your uncle to claim your daughter at 18 if you are a dependent you cannot claim a dependent, it means you and your daughter are a dependent of those with whom you live and provide for you if you are 19 this year, and you are no longer a dependent, you probably will be eligible to claim your child but it is matter of eligibility, not a matter of trading the kid around like trading cards

tro

each year is separate. for him to claim her as a dependent he must be able to document that he provided over 50% of her support from all sources and provide your permission signature if asked by the IRS. If you worked at all during the year you may qualify for the Earned Income Credit even if he claimed her as a dependent. This oculd be a few thousand dollars. Call your library for a VITA worker. They do volunteer tax return preparation for free.

mudbug

Yes, you are the mother. Your uncle reporting her on his taxes just shows that he helped support her financially, but when you put her on his taxes it is ONLY for that year

Juan

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