Deductions & credits

Wait...if you all live together as a family---which is what it sounds like, forget about that form 8332.  That is for divorced or never married parents who live APART and share custody in some way.  It is not for couples who live together.   

 

Only one of you should have anything about your child on a tax return.  The one who is claiming the child claims the child for all the child-related credits and Head of Household filing status.   The other person just files as Single without entering anything at all about the child.   

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