my cousin's son finished high school 6/8/2020, earned $1900 for the year and lived with his dad until 9/18/2020 per all the text messages we've acquired between cousin's, uncles, grandmother, et al. the kid's mother had him file his taxes and claim he could not be claimed on another return. ergo, his dad's return is being rejected. if he (dad) manually files his taxes claiming son and his son doesn't do an amended, will his son be penalized? he turned 18 in November. his mother has this kid convinced his dad is stealing his money. what a mess family can be sometimes.
