Option to file dependent is missing on form?

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
February 2, 2024
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Unmarried father of a child who just turned one. First time filing a dependent but the option to file a dependent is missing from my profile. My child’s mother hasn’t filed dependents but has the option to file one in her editing profile.

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xmasbaby0

Level 15

Not legally married? You have not mentioned if all of you are living together as a family --- or if you live apart---and that really matters.

If all of you are living together as a family then the child can be claimed on only ONE of your tax returns. One of you can go to My Info and enter the child as a dependent, and the other parent files as Single and does not enter anything at all about the child. Usually the parent with the higher income should be the one to claim the child and file as Head of Household.

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TomD8

Alumni - Champ

And if the parents don't live together the right to claim the child belongs to the parent with whom the child spent the greater number of nights during the tax year.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.