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March 7, 2022

HOH Status, EIC, Child Tax Credit

  • March 7, 2022
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Client started living with fiance in August 2021.  They have a child in Sept. 2021.  The fiance has no income except for SSDI and does not file a tax return.  Can he claim the EIC & Child tax credit?  Also can he file as HOH? 

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    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    March 7, 2022

    You need to use IRS resources. This has all the links for what you ask:

    https://www.irs.gov/help/ita

     

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    jpbrehmAuthor
    Level 3
    March 7, 2022

    I've already read IRS resources.  I believe that the taxpayer is entitled to all the credits but was looking for another opinion to either dispute or verify.

    BobKamman
    Level 15
    March 7, 2022

    The child was born in September 2021?  He started living with her in August 2021, but was sleeping with her in December 2020?    Would due diligence include DNA tests?  

    jpbrehmAuthor
    Level 3
    March 7, 2022

    37 years in this business and I get these opinions.  Why do I even bother with this forum.

    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    March 8, 2022

    "I believe that the taxpayer is entitled to all the credits but was looking for another opinion to either dispute or verify."

    Geez; you asked multiple questions:

    "Can he claim the EIC"

    "& Child tax credit?"

    "Also can he file as HOH? "

    No one except you knows their conditions and qualifications for each thing, so you would work through each ITA.

    "Why do I even bother with this forum."

    If you already worked through all three, is there something specific that makes you doubt what you got for results? Because you didn't tell us anything about that part. You simply ask three parts as if we can work through each one for someone we know nothing about.

    Sure, people without kids are getting EIC.

    Sure, people are getting EIC, and even using 2019 income for that purpose.

    And no offense, but, it's hard to tell who the issue of HOH applies to, because there is no perspective in how it was asked. Both the client and the fiance might be "he" nowadays. I'd rather make no assumptions while trying to work through questions for which I have no information.

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