Can I claim my nephew as my dependent if I send my brother 100-150 bucks each month?
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Maybe.  Support Test (To Be a Qualifying Relative) \nTo meet this test, you generally must provide more than half of a person's total support during the calendar year. \n\nHowever, if two or more persons provide support, but no one person provides more than half of a person's total support, see Multiple Support Agreement, later. \n\nHow to determine if support test is met.   You figure whether you have provided more than half of a person's total support by comparing the amount you contributed to that person's support with the entire amount of support that person received from all sources. This includes support the person provided from his or her own funds.\n\nSee source for complete info.
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Yes you can!  In fact, this is a great way to lower your SE and federal/state income taxes, get your children involved with your business, and teach them about income, taxes, and savings.  Definitely do it!\n\nYou can only deduct the wages you pay them on your Schedule C if the work is done in connection with your Sch C business, the child actually does work, and the money you pay them are reasonable in relation to the service provided.  Keep records of services and wages.  You need to give your child a W-2 and send the appropriate forms to the IRS, but any tax preparer worth their shingle knows how to do that.  The first $5150 of earned income is federal tax-free because it falls below the standard deduction for 2006.  And if all that isn't enough, if your child is under 18, all income they earn from your unincorporated business is exempt from FICA (social security and medicare) taxes.  If the child is under 21, the income is exempt from FUTA.
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In order to claim Head of Household when you are not married, you need to have a related dependent whom lives with you for at least 6 months and you pay for over 1/2 the costs of the home during that time.  It could be an uncle, aunt, son, daughter, brother, sister, etc., but not a cousin.  They basically need to be related by blood.  So, the wife of your mother's brother doesn't count.  Like I said, they also need to be your dependent.  Now, if they are your parent, there is an exception where they don't need to live with you.  As long as they are your dependent and you pay for at least 1/2 the costs of wherever they are living (apartment, retirement home, etc.) for the ENTIRE year, you can file as head of household.\n\nIf you are married, the rules all change.  Since you said you were not married, I won't go into those rules here.\n\nFiling as Single is not so bad.\n\nBy the way, basically if you have no credits, dependents, or other income, and you use the standard deduction, and you only work one job at a time (you don't have a 2nd job), you would do well claiming Single 1 on your W-4.  If you want, you can use the attached IRS calculator (given to me by SteveF) to figure out the optimum withholding allowance on your W-4.\n\nCan you claim your boyfriend as a dependent?  You have to live with him all year AND he needs to have less than $3,300 of income AND you must support over 1/2 of his living expenses.  If he earns over $3,300, all bets are off.  If you could claim him, could you use him for Head of Household?  No.  Why?  He is not related to you.  For verification, please see Publication 17 (link below).
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This is a very confusing subject and the laws have recently changed.  I just taught a tax course and we went over this in excruciating detail.  I won't go into all the permutations on who can claim whom.  Instead, I'll stick with your situation.\n\nAssumptions:\n\n1) Aside from you and your boyfriend (whom I assume is not the father of your children), there are no other adults living in the household who are related to either you or the children.\n\n2) Your children lived with you for at least 6 months, but did not live with any other relatives for at least 6 months.\n\n3) You earned less than $3,300 (probably nothing, right?).\n\n4) Your boyfriend paid for over half of your living costs including rent (or the fair value of rent if he owns his home), food eaten in the home, clothing, utilities, and college expenses!\n\n5) You and your children all lived with your boyfriend for the entire year.\n\n6) Your boyfriend paid for over half of the cost of living for each and every kid.\n\nIf all of these are true, your boyfriend will be able to claim all 3 of you as dependents for 2006.  These type of dependents are called "qualifying relatives".  Don't let the term "relative" throw you.  Anyone who lives the whole year with someone can (assuming other things are true) be claimed by them.\n\nSince your children are his "qualifying relatives" and not "qualifying children", your boyfriend will NOT be able to use them to take advantage of the Child Tax Credit, Additional Child Tax Credit, Child Care Credit (daycare), nor Earned Income Credit (EIC).  In addition, regardless what you may have heard, neither you nor your kids allow your boyfriend to file as Head of Household.  Anyone who is NOT related to the taxpayer can NOT qualify them for Head of Household.\n\nNow, if you happen to get married by December 31st, you will both file as Married Filing Jointly, you will be able to claim all the credits, you will get a higher standard deduction, and you will be able to write off college tuition and fees.
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Yes. ALL your (not your childs) income is taken into account.
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you can claim children as dependents on you federal income tax return if they lived with you at least 6 months , they may also qualify for unearn income credit. check it out  www.irs.gov
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I depends on if you have children, if so you can claim them other than that your spouse and/or yourself. From experience you may just want to claim yourself because I had problems
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If you are responsible for 50% or more of her living expenses then you can claim her as a dependent if she lives with you or you have her in a qualified assisted living program. Talk to a tax consultant for the details on Filing. I have been taking care of my Mother-In-law for 5 years and claim her as a dependent.
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First off if he has supported the child for 51 % of the time,  (ex. clothing, utilities, daycare, insurance, medical, dental etc.) then yes he can claim the child but only if he has supported the child for 51% also if you claim him first before he gets to file then when he goes to claim the child there will be a flag that the child has already been claimed and cannot be claimed again. And yes you can claim the child afterwards if you do report him but never let anyone else get that childs ss#. Also if this is a child between the two of you then if he gets a paternity test and establishes paternity to the child then you may have to split the filing of the child from year to year like ane year he does then you the next or maybe he will let you claim him and nothing be said but that is something that the two of you should work out. One last thing before I go I would look into this further and contact an tax and accounting agent to find out more and also contact a lawyer if you don't want to be with this man and get things rolling in your favor before this boy-friend beats you to the punch, and before you get to talk to anyone about what is going on. If he also establishes paternity then you can also get him for child support. Good luck hun and I sure hope that things go wonderful for you and that precious baby boy of yours.
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you cant claim the baby legally unless youre married- if she hasnt worked then there is no reason for her to claim him/her- BUT when she lets you use baby as dependent, then you will be claiming that the child lived with you, and so did she and that will show up on her application and YOUR income is considered.\nshe can let you claim , and still get her financial aid...\nif you didnt work, you dont have a reason to file taxes
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You will probably hear from the IRS when you submit your income taxes.  Make sure you have documentation for your support of the child you are claiming on your taxes.
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you will recieve some money for each child under 18 that is the biological child of the mother.  this will be based on the amount of disabiltity the mother recieves monthly.
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By law you can only claim a child if you pay for 51% or greater of their expenses and/or live with them for 51% or more of the year.\n\nThe exception is if the custodial parent allows you to claim them by signing Form 8332. The top source below is a guide for non-custodial parents and the second one is Form 8332.
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Try using last years Federal Income Tax return.  If you claimed her as a dependent, you had to have put the number on your 1040.
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Go to IN.GOV It looks like you might if you are single with no dependents. Look under individual when you get to the web site. Then requirement to file. It tells you what the exemption amount is.
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If you can provide a physical address opposite of your parent's, maybe you could file independent.  Filing independently would probably decrease your efc number, which is the main part in determining how much, if any, Pell you are granted.  Also, having dependents benefits you too.  A spouse is not a definition of a dependent, by the way.  In Texas in order to receive the maximum amount of Pell money, you have to be enrolled in at least 12 full time hours and have a low efc number.  There is a way you can determine your efc number by using the efc formula.  I'm not certain which web address it is, but maybe you can type in the words efc formula on the internet search to find it.  Good Luck.
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If you mean as an exemption on income taxes, it would depend on whether or not he supported you or not.  Are you a minor?  Are your parents divorced?  Did he contribute more than 50% toward your care?  There are a lot of factors to consider.  If you KNOW you have the legal right to claim yourself then just do it and he'll be the one who would have to refute it in case of an audit.