https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-my-grand-kids-don-t-live-with-me/01/82249#M9345 can I claim my grand daughter's as my dependents they don't live with me but I financially support them if (yes) what do I put in the questions how many months they lived with me??? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:07:36 GMT mariia62 2019-06-01T03:07:36Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-my-grand-kids-don-t-live-with-me/01/82249#M9345 can I claim my grand daughter's as my dependents they don't live with me but I financially support them if (yes) what do I put in the questions how many months they lived with me??? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:07:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-my-grand-kids-don-t-live-with-me/01/82249#M9345 mariia62 2019-06-01T03:07:36Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/you-can-only-claim-your-granddaughters-who-don-t-live-wit/01/82254#M9346 <P>You can only claim your granddaughters who don't live with you as dependents if all of the following are true:</P><P>1. they have less than $4050 of taxable income</P><P>2. you paid more than half their total support</P><P>3. no other <I>taxpayer</I> can claim them as dependents.&nbsp;</P><P>#3 is tricky because, if they live with a parent more than half the nights of the year, that parent has the automatic first claim on them as dependents. &nbsp;And the parent is a <I>taxpayer</I> if they have more than $10,350 in taxable income for 2016, or if they have less income but file a tax return to claim any credits or benefits or dependents except for simple refund of their withholding. &nbsp;If the parent is a taxpayer, then you can't claim them even if the parents agree to allow you.</P><P>If they live with other relatives, not parents, the same is generally true but if you want to provide more details we can review the rules for your specific situation.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:07:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/you-can-only-claim-your-granddaughters-who-don-t-live-wit/01/82254#M9346 Opus 17 2019-06-01T03:07:36Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/1-they-don-t-make-any-income/01/82260#M9348 #1. They don't make any income&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#2.I did pay more than half of their support&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#3.No one else can claim them since they only live with my daughter and she din't made enough to file taxes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#My question now is the part when am filing here ask me how many months they live with me what do i put? since they lived with their mother the whole year? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:07:38 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/1-they-don-t-make-any-income/01/82260#M9348 mariia62 2019-06-01T03:07:38Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/zero-of-course-you-should-still-qualify-by-following-th/01/82263#M9350 Zero of course.&nbsp;&nbsp;You should still qualify by following through the rest of the questions.&nbsp;&nbsp;There are two type of dependents, "qualifying child" and "qualifying relative."&nbsp;&nbsp;Since they didn't live with you, they can't be qualifying child dependents, but they can still be qualifying relatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;The tax benefits of qualifying relative dependents are a bit different than qualifying children, and the interview will capture that. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:07:39 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/zero-of-course-you-should-still-qualify-by-following-th/01/82263#M9350 Opus 17 2019-06-01T03:07:39Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/thank-you/01/82270#M9351 thank you! Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:07:40 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/thank-you/01/82270#M9351 mariia62 2019-06-01T03:07:40Z