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My husband and I (while single at the time) adopted our son which was finalized in July of 2012. He was born Dec of 2011 and we took him home from the hospital. Transfer of custody was completed the following week. Full Adoption was final in 2012, court docs on file.  We filed our taxes for 2012 and applied for the Adoption Tax Credit, which we received. We had the SSN, and the birth certificate has both our names on it (one of the first in MO to be two males I believe)  At that time no court documents were needed when we filed taxes. When I filed this year they had a spot for their IP pin.  When I called and answered all the questions to verify myself and my child I’ve had for 14 years, I was told that neither of us are listed as custodial parents and the IRS could not provide me with any information.  We have claimed him on our taxes every year. When we answered the qualifying dependent questions we were told yes he’s our child, not to mark adopted.  So why are we not the custodial and what do we do to become them and not the ones who are currently listed bc they never actually saw or provided any care? (They did have 2 days where they had to give us permission to visit in the nursery and disclose medical information, but my insurance kicked in at birth).  I was told to fill out form 54 but that’s Fiduciary Not Custodial.  We have a signed document stating they gave up their custodial rights, and we were granted custody. But that was by the state.  I don’t believe form 8332 was a thing in 2012. 

Hi, My return got rejected and I am trying to refile it. I made the correction, however, when I go to my federal review, there is still a fix that is needed regarding the 1095-A form. The fix is requesting I input  "Recipient SSN". However, I went to my deductions under medical and selected "no" when asked "Do you need to report any 1095-A's?". I went to "Tax tools" and tried to delete the existing 1095-A form. There was no 1095-A form for me to delete so I tried to go through the federal review again and the "Needs Review" continued to pop up regarding a 1095-A.  Not sure what to do at this point since I need to refile my return but I don't need this 1095-A form. 

Hello, I am a Canadian citizen, currently a non-resident and have distributions [being reinvested] within my RRSP account. The bank does not issue a slip for this distribution amount. It is simply a statement. Please note: I do not have any employment income in Canada, hence, do I or do I not need to report the distribution amount and do I need to file taxes? If yes, in which form of Turbo Tax Canada do I report? Secondly, can I claim donations made to a registered charitable organizations in Canada and in USA? Can I claim other eligible expenses like fees paid to a professional organization? Thanks!