To remove your child from your return select the Personal Info tab then delete beside the child. Removing the child removes EITC for the child.
There are different rules based on whether both parents live apart or together. Also, whether you are married or single. A child born during the year is considered to have lived all of 2016, regardless of the month born.
If you are married you would file together and claim your child.
If you and the father live together then your child becomes the qualifying child of more than one person. Only one person can actually treat the child as a qualifying child to take all of the following tax benefits (provided the person is eligible for each benefit).
- 1. The exemption for the child.
- 2. The child tax credit.
- 3. Head of household filing status.
- 4. The credit for child and dependent care expenses.
- 5. The exclusion from income for dependent care benefits.
- 6. The earned income credit.
You can make an agreement that only one of you claims the child. Or under the Tie-Breaker Rules the IRS will treat the child as the qualifying child of the parent with whom the child lived for the longer period of time during the year. If the child lived with each parent for the same amount of time, the IRS will treat the child as the qualifying child of the parent who had the higher adjusted gross income (AGI) for the year.
If you do not live in the same household, you are entitled to claim your daughter as a qualifying child if you meet the rules noted on the attachment . If you live with someone else, such as your parents you may allow them to claim your child if you are not the qualifying child of your parents. If you are a qualifying child of your parents you are not allowed to claim EITC, with or without a child.
