My son lived with my wife 180 days last yr in India.I was in US.Then they moved to US.If filing joint,how do I answer:How many days child lived with you?

[kkps]

My child lived with my wife 180 days last year in India. I was in US at this time. After this they moved to USA and all of us lived together. We are filing as 'married filing joined'. How do I answer the question: How many days did your child live with you? From whose perspective do I answer this question? My perspective? or my wife's perspective?

[RichardK · Accepted solution]

If you are filing a joint return, you answer based on both of your perspectives, which generally would be all year, for more information on claiming click here IRS webpage for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About International Individual Tax Matters.

[kkps]

Thank you.