Are all of your questions about tax year 2022?
1. What will your filing status be for 2022? Single or head of household? You say you will make about $18K
2022 STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS
SINGLE $12,950 (65 or older + $1750)
MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY $12,950 (65 or older + $1750)
MARRIED FILING JOINTLY $25,900 (65 or older + $1400 per spouse)
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD $19,400 (65 or older +$1750)
Legally Blind + $1750
2. If you support a dependent of course you can claim the dependent, whether your income is reported on a W-2 or a 1099 of some sort. And....there are over a dozen kinds of 1099's---what kind are you asking about? Do you mean you will get a 1099NEC for self-employment---or something else?
3. I did not work this year.....If you did not work in 2022 then claiming a dependent does no good for you. There is no 2022 stimulus money nor is there child tax credit available for claiming a dependent if you did not work in 2022.
If your BF is the child's bio-father he can claim the child to get child-related credits. If he is not the child's bio-father then he can claim the child as a qualified relative dependent if he supported the child and the child lived with him the whole year ---- but he can only get the $500 credit for other dependents---no other child - related credits are available to him if the child is not related to him.
If you have less than $4350 for your 2022 income and lived with BF the WHOLE year, he can also claim you and get the $500 credit for other dependents.
IRS interview to help determine who can be claimed:
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3113432-who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4499708-what-is-the-500-credit-for-other-dependents-family-tax-cre...
WHO CAN I CLAIM AS A DEPENDENT?
You can claim a child, relative, friend, or fiancé (etc.) as a dependent on your 2021 taxes as long as they meet the following requirements:
Qualifying child
- They're related to you.
- They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else.
- They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
- They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse.
- They're under the age of 19 (or 24 for full-time students).
- No age limit for permanently and totally disabled children.
- They lived with you for more than half the year (exceptions apply).
- They didn't provide more than half of their own support for the year.
Qualifying relative
- They don't have to be related to you (despite the name).
- They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else.
- They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
- They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse.
- They lived with you the entire year (exceptions apply).
- They made less than $4,300 in 2021.
- You provided more than half of their financial support.
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