You
can claim EIC, Head of Household and the child and dependent care credit if you
are the custodial parent even if you don't claim the child. The child must live
with you for more than 1/2 of the year to be the custodial parent. In working
through the dependent interview you need to carefully answer several questions:
- When asked
if your child's other parent will claim him/her this year per legal
agreement, answer yes (the other parent will claim the child).
- When asked
if the child lives with you more than 1/2 of the year, answer yes.
- When asked
if you have a custody agreement, divorce decree or other written
agreement, answer yes (presumably, TurboTax treats Form 8332 as an
"other written agreement."
In
doing so, TurboTax will include him on your return for EIC, Head of Household
if applicable and dependent care credit only.
