topic My son spent 171 overnights with me. that is roughly 5.7 months. do i enter 5 or 6 months? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-spent-171-overnights-with-me-that-is-roughly-5-7-months-do-i-enter-5-or-6-months/01/103830#M43953 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:35:11 GMT canamgal 2019-06-01T04:35:11Z My son spent 171 overnights with me. that is roughly 5.7 months. do i enter 5 or 6 months? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-spent-171-overnights-with-me-that-is-roughly-5-7-months-do-i-enter-5-or-6-months/01/103830#M43953 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:35:11 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-spent-171-overnights-with-me-that-is-roughly-5-7-months-do-i-enter-5-or-6-months/01/103830#M43953 canamgal 2019-06-01T04:35:11Z If he spent more than 15 nights of a month with you, then... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-he-spent-more-than-15-nights-of-a-month-with-you-then/01/103843#M43959 If he spent more than 15 nights of a month with you, then you get credit for the whole month. See the tool at <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/uac/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent">https://www.irs.gov/uac/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent</A> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:35:14 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-he-spent-more-than-15-nights-of-a-month-with-you-then/01/103843#M43959 Carl 2019-06-01T04:35:14Z Thank you so much!  This tool was just what I was looking... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/thank-you-so-much-this-tool-was-just-what-i-was-looking/01/103845#M43961 Thank you so much!&nbsp;&nbsp;This tool was just what I was looking for! Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:35:15 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/thank-you-so-much-this-tool-was-just-what-i-was-looking/01/103845#M43961 canamgal 2019-06-01T04:35:15Z