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Enter your social security numbers. If you are in personal information it should be yourself and your spouse. Your tax return will not ask for your grandson's parents social security numbers (SSNs).
You can claim a child, relative, friend, fiancé(e), and so on as a dependent on your 2023 taxes as long as they meet the following requirements:
Qualifying child:
This may not apply but wanted to give you information about Tie-Breaker Rules as well.
If the program is asking for parents social security number, it's most likely because the "kiddie" tax* applies.
You use the parent's SS# and income. The kiddie tax "rules apply whether or not the child is a dependent. These rules don’t apply if neither of the child’s parents were living at the end of the year."**
*https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/kiddie-tax
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