https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767408#M627298 The mother of the child is not present in the child's life as of right now and my girlfriend helps financially and emotionally support my son while I am often away at work. Thu, 31 Dec 2020 23:14:45 GMT sam_ealy 2020-12-31T23:14:45Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767408#M627298 The mother of the child is not present in the child's life as of right now and my girlfriend helps financially and emotionally support my son while I am often away at work. Thu, 31 Dec 2020 23:14:45 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767408#M627298 sam_ealy 2020-12-31T23:14:45Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767424#M627302 <P>For the child to be claimed as a non-relative dependent under the Qualifying Relative rules they would have to meet all the requirements under the rules.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>To be a Qualifying Relative -</STRONG></P> <P>1. The person cannot be your qualifying child <STRONG>or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer</STRONG>. A child is not the qualifying child of any other taxpayer if the child's parent (or any other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) is not required to file an income tax return or files an income tax return only to get a refund on income tax withheld.<BR />2. The person either (a) must be related to you or<STRONG> (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household.</STRONG> <BR />3. The person's gross income for the year must be less than $4,300 (social security does not count) in 2020<BR />4. <STRONG>You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.</STRONG><BR />5. The person must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S., Canada, or Mexico resident for some part of the year.<BR />6. The person must not file a joint return with their spouse.</P> Thu, 31 Dec 2020 23:22:48 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767424#M627302 DoninGA 2020-12-31T23:22:48Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767470#M627333 <P>Since the child is a dependent of you, a parent, she can't claim him.</P> Thu, 31 Dec 2020 23:48:57 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767470#M627333 fanfare 2020-12-31T23:48:57Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767508#M627352 <P>If your GF claims the child --- who she is not related to -- all she "gets" is a $500 credit for other dependents.&nbsp; She cannot file as Head of Household&nbsp; or get earned income credit or the child tax credit for claiming <U>your</U> child.&nbsp; You, as the parent, can get all of the child-related credits and if you pay at least half the household costs you can also file as HOH.</P> Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:15:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-can-i-allow-my-live-in-girlfriend-of-3-years-to-claim-my-son-as-a-dependant/01/1767508#M627352 xmasbaby0 2021-01-01T00:15:09Z