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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Yes.   Enter the information on your son in your return.

If you are the custodial parent and you are waiving the dependent deduction to your son's father for 2016, you still retain the right to claim the earned income credit (EIC), Head of Household filing status, and the child and dependent care credit on that child.   The other parent ONLY gets to claim the dependency exemption and the child tax credit. 


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