https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-niece-who-has-lived-with-me-for-three-months-in-2016-apparently-has-an-alert-on-her-social/01/66007#M27806 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:03:24 GMT emilio1988 2019-06-01T02:03:24Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-niece-who-has-lived-with-me-for-three-months-in-2016-apparently-has-an-alert-on-her-social/01/66007#M27806 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:03:24 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-niece-who-has-lived-with-me-for-three-months-in-2016-apparently-has-an-alert-on-her-social/01/66007#M27806 emilio1988 2019-06-01T02:03:24Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-she-has-only-lived-with-you-for-3-months-of-2016-why/01/66015#M27809 If she has only lived with you for 3 months&nbsp;&nbsp;of 2016 why are you concerned with putting her on your tax return? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:03:26 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-she-has-only-lived-with-you-for-3-months-of-2016-why/01/66015#M27809 xmasbaby0 2019-06-01T02:03:26Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/there-are-no-alerts-on-social-security-numbers-if-you/01/66028#M27817 <P>There are no "alerts" on social security numbers. If you try to claim a dependent and someone else has already claimed that person, the IRS computers will catch the conflict. Since you filed second, your e-file will be rejected.&nbsp;You would then need to file a return on paper, claiming the child&nbsp;as &nbsp;appropriate. The IRS will process your return and send you your refund, in the normal time. Shortly (up to a year) thereafter,&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;receive a letter from the IRS, stating that your child was claimed on another return. It will tell you that if you made a mistake to file an amended return and if you didn't make a mistake to do nothing. The other party will get the same letter you did. If one of you doesn't file an amended return, unclaiming the child, the next letter, from the IRS, will require you to provide proof.</P>But, since the child ONLY lived with you for three months; it's more likely that someone else can claim her. A qualifying child must live with the taxpayer for more than half the year. If the child lived with no taxpayer that long, the relative that provided the most support would get to claim the dependent. But the half year rule would disqualify them from the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income credit, the day care credit and Head of household filing status. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:03:28 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/there-are-no-alerts-on-social-security-numbers-if-you/01/66028#M27817 Hal_Al 2019-06-01T02:03:28Z