Income tax and dependent claims

[se_lang]

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?

[RobertH]

Well I read about someone who claimed his cats as dependants.

[Guest Pommey]

Well I read about someone who claimed his cats as dependants.

 

 

that was Don

[chengdu4me]

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.

[dnoblett]

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.

[chengdu4me]

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....

[se_lang]

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.