@DalhousieLucy wrote:
Ideally, the non custodial patient is supposed to only be able to claim the tax credit if the custodial parent signs 8223 but that is not what happens in practice. I have not signed and the non custodial parent claims our child every year. His tax accountant wrote in the form “custodial parent refused to sign” and has successfully filed annually since 2015
If you also filed tax returns claiming the child and the child tax credit on your tax returns, you both should have received notices from the IRS where they investigate who was the custodial parent. The loser of the IRS investigation would have to pay back any tax refund based on the improperly claimed dependent plus penalties and interest.
Did that not happen?
