grandson

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
February 8, 2020
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we have a grandson with special needs that lives with us on a weekly basis and goes to his house on the weekends, we were told we could claim him as a depend however do not see the box to check

please advise

macuser_22

Alumni - Champ

From the dependent menu choose "Another person" then choose "grandchild" from the pull down menu.

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**

Anonymous

you have to add him as a dependent assuming he qualifies.

the child must
1) be the taxpayer's child, stepchild, eligible foster child or descendant of any of them such as a grandchild or brother, sister half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister or descendant of any of them such as a niece or nephew, legally adopted child or place with the taxpayer for legal adoption
2) be any of the following a) under age 19 at the end of the year b) a full-time student and under age 24 at end of the year c) or any age if totally and permanently disabled
3) have the same principal abode as you for more than ½ the tax year. (spends more than 182 nights in your abode)
4) grandson hasn’t provided over ½ his support
5) No joint return with the exception for a joint return filed only to claim a refund of tax withheld when neither spouse is required to file and no tax liability would exist for either spouse if separate returns were filed

just a warning. there is no way to stop his parents (where i assume he spends the weekends from also claiming him) if they do and efile before you, you will not be able to efile. you'll have to mail in your return.