Deductions & credits

@Opus 17 Please re-read the user's post.  He was not married to the children's mother.  He lived with them and is calling them "step-children."  

 

 

"I claimed my step kids (not married) together for 8 years lived together for 5 years i was audited & not allowed to claim them"
 
 
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