Adding a domestic partner affect tax return?

[pedrobeltran82]

I would like to add my fiancée as a domestic partner so that she can get my companies medical and benefits

[Marketstar · Accepted solution]

You may be able to claim your domestic partner as a Qualified Relative dependent if:

• You provided more than half of their support.
• They made less than $4,000 in gross taxable income. (Social Security income generally doesn’t count here.)
• They live with you (365 days in the year) or they are related to you.
• They aren’t a dependent on someone else’s taxes.
• They aren’t doing their taxes with a spouse (married filing jointly).
• They are a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.

If your partner qualifies as your dependent, you will receive a $4,000 dependent exemption

which may increase your refund, or decrease taxes owed.