I have been claiming my girlfriend and her 8 year old son for 7 years with zero issues. She was a stay at home mom to my step son(were not married) and now that hes in school she is a full time student. I support both of them all year, every year. For whatever reason the IRS decided that this year I have to prove my relationship to the child and her or else I cannot claim the eic or head of household. This is crazy to me. Because weve done this for 7 years through turbo tax and jackson hewitt to make sure we werent doing anything wrong and its been fine every year. Until now. With us not being married how am I supposed to prove relation? I fan prove they lived here all day long and his school records let me as the step father as well. I call but the number just reads off the paper I was sent and offers no help at al . Am I screwed? Why am I suddenly not considered hoh or able to claim him after 7 years? Can I just send in the proof of residency forms and hope that works or is it pointless.
@audit @eic
