topic Dependents in Deductions & credits

Dependents

mimisdogwalker — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:00:49 GMT

my twins were born on 8/19/2020 do i indicate they lived with me the whole year?

Re: Dependents

Bsch4477 — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:03:07 GMT

Yes!

Re: Dependents

jennswope04 — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:47:51 GMT

@Bsch4477 We are having a similar issue. Our daughter was born in September and when entering the information under the "you and your family" section it does not list her when prompted to choose a dependent in the "child and dependent care credit section." We also selected that she lived with us the entire year and it still shows our credit as $0. Any thing we should be doing differently?

Re: Dependents

Bsch4477 — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:59:02 GMT

You refer to dependent care credit section which is a different section from claiming a child as a dependent.

Re: Dependents

jennswope04 — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:06:38 GMT

@Bsch4477 we entered all of her information and claimed her in the personal info section but when trying to claim her for the $2,000 dependent return it doesn't give us the option.

Re: Dependents

Opus 17 — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:08:05 GMT

Does the child have a social security number?

Re: Dependents

jennswope04 — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:09:38 GMT

@Opus 17 yes, she does!

Re: Dependents

Opus 17 — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:22:05 GMT

Well, I think at this point I would delete the child and re-enter them. The symptom of not popping up in the list of eligible dependents for the childcare credit, of not getting the $2000 credit, and not getting the recovery rebate, would be associated with either failing to enter a valid SSN or entering the wrong birth date that makes the child too old to qualify. So I would delete the child and start over, and see if that clears it up.

(One thing to watch out for is that Turbotax will sometimes auto-complete dates in a funny way. You might have got the year wrong. Type the date in full, "08/19/2020".)