Why can’t I claim my new born child?

[iriva23]

I’m trying to file my taxes for 2018 but my son was born this year 2019

[SharonC1 · Accepted solution]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but in order for the child to be a dependent on your 2018 tax return (the one we are all filing now), he would have had to have been born on or before 12/31/18.

You will be able to claim a child born in 2019 when you file your 2019 tax return at the beginning of 2020.