Child Tax Rules and Dependent Rule

[MissMLB]

Similar questions have been asked by divorced persons, and I'd like to ask as well.  I am the homeowner, and my adult children live with me.  My daughter, who will be 25 this year, lives with me with her son (my grandson).  She works full-time.  I am on medical leave from my job and losing money left and right due to not working.  I contribute more than I should financially in support of my daughter and grandson while paying all the household bills.  I understand the purpose of the EIC.  I'm still a single parent, but now instead of dealing with child care, transportation, and struggling to pay rent and clothing for my children, I am struggling to pay high-end bills like property taxes, care insurance, homeowners insurance, food, home maintenance, and other bills.  My income was too high to qualify for any tax breaks, and I don't know how my income taxes will look come the next tax filing season because I am not working.  My question is, since my daughter and grandson do live with me, is there a way that I would be able to claim my grandson as a qualifying relative and my daughter claim him for EIC purposes?  

[Bsch4477]

No. Tax benefits cannot be split using the same dependent with the exception of divorced or separated parents which doesn’t apply to you. 

[xmasbaby0]

No.   The sharing of child-related credits you may have seen something about is only for divorced or never married parents of a child who share custody of the child.   Your daughter and you cannot share child-related credits for your grandchild.   If your daughter is not helping enough with household expenses, that is a different issue--but it is not a tax issue.

[NCperson]

@MissMLB no; your daughter is the custodial parent and she can not permit you to claim your granddaughter under these circumstances since she earns more income than you. 

Since you can not claim the granddaughter that means you are also not eligible to claim your granddaughter for EITC purposes.