I helped my mother in law file her taxes with TurboTax yesterday. I listed her 3 grandchildren as her children instead of other. She did provide all of the support.

ptristess — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:16:13 GMT

Do I need to file a form to ammend?

When you click other, there will be a drop down list for...

Hal_Al — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:16:14 GMT

When you click other, there will be a drop down list for grandchild. You do not need to amend, if that is the only change. A grandchild is considered closely related.

It is not necessary for a taxpayer to have provided all the child's support to claim the child. The most important thing is where the child lived.

FULL RULES

A child closely related to a taxpayer can be a “Qualifying Child (QC)” dependent, regardless of the child's income, if:

1. He is under age 19, or under 24 if a full time student for at least 5 months of the year, or is totally & permanently disabled

2. He did not provide more than 1/2 his own support

3. He lived with the relative (including temporary absences) for more than half the year

4. He is younger than the relative (not applicable for a disabled child)

5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child (this essentially means that you have the parent’s permission to claim the child, if the child also lived with the parent more than half the year)

6. If the parents of a child can claim the child as a qualifying child but no parent so claims the child, no one else can claim the child as a qualifying child unless that person's adjusted gross income (AGI) is higher than the highest AGI of any of the child's parents who can claim the child.

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Family/Rules-for-Claiming-a-Dependent-on-Your-Tax-Return/INF12139.html

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I helped my mother in law file her taxes with TurboTax yesterday. I listed her 3 grandchildren as her children instead of other. She did provide all of the support.

When you click other, there will be a drop down list for...