How can I stop someone from claiming my dependent on their tax return? They use this site as well.

[Hal_Al]

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[DawnC]

What kind of help do you need with your dependent?   @JoselineJean28    How do I add or remove a dependent?

[Monkey 6]

I'm trying to stop my family member from filling me this year.

[DoninGA]

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@Monkey 6 wrote:

I'm trying to stop my family member from filling me this year.

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Then tell them not to if you are not eligible to be claimed as a dependent.  No one can stop someone else from filing a tax return with a dependent being claimed, rightly or wrongly.

[Monkey 6]

Ya but you do not stay with them.you are on your on in your own house.

[Monkey 6]

They are getting the money and not given you nothing got filling you.

[Monkey 6]

• They are getting the money and not given you nothing for  filling you.

[VolvoGirl]

Then you might need to see a lawyer.

[Hal_Al]

@Monkey 6 -This is usually real simple; you can't stop them and you don't even try to stop them.  What you do is file a correct tax form and let the IRS sort it out.

If someone else claimed you, as a dependent,  inappropriately, and if they file first, your return will be rejected if e-filed. You would then need to file a return on paper, claiming yourself, if appropriate. The IRS will process your return and send you your refund, in the normal time. Shortly (up to a year) thereafter, you’ll receive a letter from the IRS, stating that your exemption was claimed on another return. It will tell you that if you made a mistake to file an amended return and if you didn't make a mistake to do nothing. The other party will get the same letter you did. If one of you doesn't file an amended return, unclaiming the exemption, the next letter, from the IRS, will require you to provide proof. Be sure to reply in a timely manner.

Winner gets the tax benefits; loser gets to pay the IRS back with penalties and interest.

[Ritabond4380]

I would like to stop some one from claiming my kids on there taxes I need a pin number and from getting the stimulus check I haven't gotten any stimulus money off my kids can I file a amendment

[PattiF]

There is no way to stop someone from claiming your children on their taxes. You could file as soon as possible to have your return received first by the IRS.

If you file electronically and your return is rejected because your dependents have already been claimed, then you can file a paper return to claim the kids.

The IRS will review your information and determine who should be claiming the children. This may take several months for everything to be worked out, but it may be what you need to do if someone else filed first and claimed your children.

[Critter-3]

If you did not get the stimulus due to the kids being claimed by someone else then you will indicate that on the 2020 return when you enter the amount you did get and if you were shorted you will get it on the 2020 return.  

Same will go for this third round of payments in 2021 ... if you don't get it in advance for any reason you get it on the 2021 return you file next year if you are eligible for the credit. 

[Mydoggy303]

how can i stop someone claiming my kids on they tax return 

[Mydoggy303]

someone else is i want them to stop claiming my kids on they tax i don't get no stimulus money from that person claiming my kids on they tax

[Mydoggy303]

okay how can i do that please