cuzaloa
New Member

If my son's father claims him instead of me what are the benefits/reprimands?

my sons father has never claimed our son on his taxes, i have been claiming him this whole time, and he wants to this coming tax year. would it benefit if his father claims him since he earns more and wants to claim him to lower his tax liability/get a bigger return or should i continue to since i earn less and would get a bigger child tax return to put away for our son? I'm a little worried that if he does claim him the government will punish both of us and our son will get a smaller return. we also do not want to do joint taxes