A little help please-- I am married but filing separately this year. I entered my son as a dependent this way:
How many months stayed with you: 7 (more than half the days of year)
Did he pay more than 50% of own expenses: No
Do you have a custody agreement? No.
Let us know which parent he spent the most nights with in 2020: (Yes) Me.
Has his other parent waived their legal right to you so you can claim him as a dependent on your return this year (yes/no)?
I entered "No" - and Turbotax responded "It turns out he doesn't qualify as your dependent". What???
As stayed with me more than half the year, I am the custodian from the IRS' perspective, and should not need a legal right to be released to me.
Why does TurboTax say he does not quality as a dependent? How else should I proceed?
We could fill out a 8332 but the 8332 is for the IRS-determined custodian (me) to release a claim to exemption to the non-custodian - - Not for the non-custodian to release claim to the custodian. Or is it?
