Option to file dependent is missing on form?

[jaedaone2-gmail-]

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.

[xmasbaby0]

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.

[DoninGA]

You have to enter the dependent in the My Info section of the program.

Click on My Info on the left side of the online program screen.

[TomD8]

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.