Support for Child

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
January 16, 2022
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Can I claim a child as a dependent if they lived in placement for 10 months of the year? However, we have paid monthly support payment to local agency.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

Do you mean your own child was placed with someone for most of the year in 2021? If the child did not live with you for at least half the year then you cannot claim the child as a dependent. Paying child support does not entitle you to clam the child on your tax return.

IRS interview to help determine who can be claimed:

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3113432-who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent

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familyman73Author

Level 2

Thank you.

Hal_Al

Level 15

Even if you can claim the child as a "qualifying relative" (and even that is unlikely), you can only claim the non refundable $500 "Other dependent Credit". You cannot claim the Child Tax Credit or the Earned Income Credit, based on that child, because the child did not live with you for the required more than half the year.