@Nkilgore035 wrote:
Question related to this long thread on form 8332.
Does the non custodial parent still need to pay at least half of the costs to support the child in which they want to claim?
No. Congress changed the support test law a long time (15 years or so) ago. The current support test is that the "child" does not provide more than half of their "own" support to be a Qualifying Child dependent. It makes no matter whatsoever who pays the child's support as long as it is not the child themselves. The support could be 100% paid by either parent or no parent at all.
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