Months Dependent lived with me not saving

[jlimato]

Hi.

I am trying to select 0 for the number of months my son lived with me and keeps defaulting to 6. Is this an issue, or is there no difference between using 6 or 0?

[xmasbaby0]

Why are you choosing "zero"?   If your dependent is a newborn, you are supposed to say they lived with you the whole year.  If the dependent is a student who lived away at school, you are supposed to say they lived with you--living away at school is a temporary absence -- so you say they lived with you.

[jlimato]

My son moved out of country and doesn’t live home anymore. Perhaps I need to remove him as a family member from my taxes. I left him there thinking the software would figure that out. 

[xmasbaby0]

If you are not claiming your son as a dependent then go to My Info and delete his information.   

Your question began with referring to a "dependent".    You have provided no information about your son.  We do not know his age, whether he is a full-time student somewhere (even overseas), if he has income of his own, etc. etc. etc.  We could be more helpful if you would provide some information.

[jlimato]

Thanks. He is 30, not a student and works full time in Spain. I have removed him. Thank you for your help. 

[navigatrix]

I consider this a bug. I have just imported from last year and it's taking me through the interview process. In the past, it asked who your dependents were, but it didn't do that this year. If it's not going to do that, it should allow you to select 0 and remove the dependent.