se_lang Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 My LP's parents came to visit us here for about 7 months can I claim them as dependents since we provided for them while they were here? Link to comment
RobertH Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Well I read about someone who claimed his cats as dependants. Link to comment
Guest Pommey Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Well I read about someone who claimed his cats as dependants. that was Don Link to comment
chengdu4me Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 From the IRS website: To be claimed as a qualifying relative, the person must meet all of the following criteria: Not a qualifying child - The dependent cannot be a qualifying child of another taxpayer. Gross Income ¨C The dependent earns less than the personal exemption amount during the year. For 2008, this means the dependent earns less than $3,500. Total Support ¨C You provide more than half of the dependent's total support during the year. Relationship ¨C You are related to the dependent in certain ways. Joint Return ¨C If the dependent is married, the dependent cannot file a joint return with his or her spouse. Citizenship ¨C The dependent must be a citizen or resident alien of the United States, Canada, or Mexico. Link to comment
dnoblett Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 From the IRS website: To be claimed as a qualifying relative, the person must meet all of the following criteria: Not a qualifying child - The dependent cannot be a qualifying child of another taxpayer. Gross Income ¨C The dependent earns less than the personal exemption amount during the year. For 2008, this means the dependent earns less than $3,500. Total Support ¨C You provide more than half of the dependent's total support during the year. Relationship ¨C You are related to the dependent in certain ways. Joint Return ¨C If the dependent is married, the dependent cannot file a joint return with his or her spouse. Citizenship ¨C The dependent must be a citizen or resident alien of the United States, Canada, or Mexico.Well there you have it, they need to be Citizens or LPR of US, Can, Mex. So nope, you cannot claim. Link to comment
chengdu4me Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 From the IRS website: To be claimed as a qualifying relative, the person must meet all of the following criteria: Not a qualifying child - The dependent cannot be a qualifying child of another taxpayer. Gross Income ¨C The dependent earns less than the personal exemption amount during the year. For 2008, this means the dependent earns less than $3,500. Total Support ¨C You provide more than half of the dependent's total support during the year. Relationship ¨C You are related to the dependent in certain ways. Joint Return ¨C If the dependent is married, the dependent cannot file a joint return with his or her spouse. Citizenship ¨C The dependent must be a citizen or resident alien of the United States, Canada, or Mexico.Well there you have it, they need to be Citizens or LPR of US, Can, Mex. So nope, you cannot claim. Actually, he fails two tests. The citizenship test and the Total Support test. He must have provide at least 50.001% of their support for the entire tax year. They only stayed with him for 7 months. The other thing is that to claim them, they would need to have an ITN or a SS#. I was a nice thought , though.... Link to comment
se_lang Posted September 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Damn damn damn.I knew we should have applied for the green card, but they did not want to live here life is to boring. Link to comment
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