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It is not possible to claim a dependent for half the year. You claim the dependent for the whole year or not at all.
@xmasbaby0 Can I claim a dependent for the entire year if I only provided care from Jan 1 - July 31 of the year?
The IRS considers the custodial parent to be the one with whom the child spent at least 183 nights in the tax year. What's going on----are you and the other parent at odds over which one of you gets to claim the child tax credit?
No, not at all. I will be relocating and my niece who has been with me for 2 years will be going back to live at home. Just trying to figure out how to complete filing for next year and how that will play out with the upcoming CTC
Since the child lived with you for more than half the year and did not (I presume) live with either parent for more than half the year, you can claim the child as a dependent and the child tax credit.
As to the advance CTC payments, see https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-two-new-online-tools-to-help-families-manage-child-tax-cr...
There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and standard ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, student status, a relationship test and residence test. Only a QC qualifies a taxpayer for the Earned Income Credit and the Child Tax Credit. They are interrelated but the rules are different for each.
The support test is different for each type. The support test, for a QC, is only that the child didn't provide more than half his own support. The support test for a Qualifying Relative is that the taxpayer provided more than half the relative's support.
.A child closely related (niece counts) to a taxpayer can be a “Qualifying Child (QC)” dependent, regardless of the child's income, if:
See full dependent rules at: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Family/Rules-for-Claiming-a-Dependent-on-Your-Tax-Ret...
@Hal_Al Thank you for this information! Answered my question plus a couple others.
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