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dennis e | Tax/child/divorce problem-Need Serious Advice? |
I am divorced with two kids. My ex claims both on his taxes. Agreed to in divorce b/c at the time he was to pay 200.00 a month in child support. He doesn't give me the money but uses it to pay my car insurance/cell bill b/c we had those in his name before divorce, we have joint custody, but he only has them two days a week and then he lets them spend the night at his moms house. I am wondering if I am getting royally taken by him. At the time of the divorce I was so stressed/shocked I just agreed with everything he said. Any advice would be helpfull, esp. from anyone in the know. I asked if I could claim one and he claim one, but he said no, the kids are 4 and 5. If more info is needed tell me what and I'll let you know.
Thanks a lot.
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To bostonian- Thanks, the kids are with me five days, him 2 days, but the days he sees them he takes then to his Moms, then leaves after four or so hours, my income is in the 20,000. range
Do you suggest I should see lawyer or tax person, you sound smart, what r u?? |
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Count Your Blessings
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Child support is typically calculated based on the income of the noncustodial parent (other states use a combined income formula for both parents). Most states have tables which lay this out and eliminates much of the guess-work once involved in the process.
If you were divorced some time ago and if his income has increased substantially since that time, you may well have a basis to seek an increase in child support.
As for the dependency exemption agreement, you're stuck unless / until you convince the court this should be changed. I'd first go back to your original counsel who should already be familiar with the facts and seek his/her opinion. If that doesn't satisfy you, get a second opinion...but carry a copy of the divorce decree and any financial data you have on him.
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★★★ Katharine ♥♥♥♥
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If he takes the exemption - you can still take the earned income credit- and I hope you are doing this. income of 20,000 this could benefit you greatly!!!
talk to a tax preparer about this! |
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bostonianinmo
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Without reviewing the divorce decree itself and knowing how many days the children spend with you, your ex, and his mother it's not possible to advise you properly.
Federal law grants the exemptions for the children to the custodial parent. Legal custody as defined in the divorce decree is irrelevant. Federal law defines the custodial parent as the one with whom the children spend the most time throughout the year. Since the children have spent time with 3 people -- yourself, your ex, and his mother -- all 3 of you potentially have the right to claim the children.
Many divorce decrees give the exemptions for children to the non-custodial parent but are not properly worded in accordance with Federal law and would not be honored by the IRS. An extremely common error is tying the exemptions for the children to the payment of child support. Such a requirement will NOT be honored by the IRS and if you claimed the children you'd win the exemptions if push came to shove.
The other issue that is often overlooked or misunderstood is that when the non-custodial parent gets the exemptions, the custodial parent retains the right to file as Head of Household and claim the Earned Income Credit. Those do NOT accompany the childrens' exemptions, they are retained by the custodial parent.
If your income is relatively low, the exemptions may have little or no value to you at all yet you could still be entitled to substantial benefit from filing as HoH and claiming the EIC. I've seen plenty of tax returns exactly like that and when that happens it's usually in the interest of peace and harmony to give up the exemptions voluntarily as it may cost you nothing at all in the long run.
But as I stated in the beginning, without reviewing the divorce decree and your entire financial situation it's not possible to advise you what to do. |
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Tomk
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You need to seek a free consultation with an attorney. Take your divorce papers with you.
He can tell you what you can legally do to clean up this mess. |
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just me
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IRS rules is over any court order. Read the IRS publication about dependents of separated or divorced parents. If the children live with you more than half of the year and do not provide over one half of their own support you can claim them. Call the IRS or read the publication at irs.gov
The following is taken off of the IRS website.
Can a court order determine who may claim a dependency exemption for a child? Does the court order supersede the IRS requirements?
Federal law determines who may claim a dependency exemption. Please refer to Publication 504, Divorced or Separated Individuals, for more information on the special rule for children of divorced or separated parents. |
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Chris L.
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Your husband is getting $6800 for dependents off of his salary for the children, depending on his tax bracket that would give him back $1020 if he is in 15% bracket, $1700 if he is in the 25% bracket, $1904 if he is in the 28% bracket. In addition he is able to have a $1000 tax credit for each child which would reduce his tax owed by $2000. So in all he is "making" $3020-$3904 by claiming your children. I would speak to a lawyer fast. That is a lot of money! If you provide over 50% of their care you are entitled to that money!! You would have at least $3020 in your pocket for them. And if you qualify for EIC that would be even more. Good luck to you! Go to www.irs.gov and look at the forms yourself.**Note: You would only get the $2000 credit for the children if you paid at least $2000 in federal income taxes for the year. |
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Ashleyt_03
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Make sure you file for the 2 other things on your taxes.. Earned income Credit and there's another I forgot about !!! I just got like $2800 back this year! File for those, because the guy USUALLY can't or doesn't..
so hopefully that helps! |
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Tax Buddy
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If you have the children more than he does and you provide half of their support. You would have the right to claim them. However, you gave him that right in the divorce degree. Take him back to court. Let the judge know that he has not been paying his child support. Tell the judge that you would like to revoke the divorce degree tax stipulation. There is no reason that you should not be able to claim one child and him claim one child. Let the judge know that he is not even trying to work with you and that things are not working out under the current circumstances. |
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Suzanne S
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Do you live in the USA?
If yes, there is good and bad here.
One child support if in the USA should be going throught the Job and family services (department I can not think Of) What he is giving you are called Gifts (say thank you he gets no credit for these gifts) Get a new lawyer.
More child support (I have one kid my ex pays 300 a month)
Visitation all in writing
and these tax in writing, you should be claiming both if not every year or every other year.
Get a new lawyer and shake up his world. |
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tommy_1dolphinsfan
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My understanding for being able to claim a dependent on your income taxes is that you must pay more than half the living expenses for the dependent in question. $200 per month for 2 kids does not seem to meet that requirement. However you stated that you made an agreement in your divorce to allow your ex to claim the dependent deduction. I would contact you divorce lawyer and check the legality of that agreement. By the way it may not only be the dependent deduction you are missing out on but you probably can't claim head-of-household fileing status either with out the dependents. |
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