01/21/2025
TRUMP ABSOLUTELY DID NOT SAY IF YOU PUT YOUR BABY DADDY ON CHILD SUPPORT YOU CAN NOT CLAIM THE CHILD ON YOUR TAXES!!!!!
I've received NUMBEROUS calls today about this. The statement was about the child tax credit and how if deadbeat fathers would get current on child support they can then be "entitled" to claim the child based on IRS regulations.
This is just another example as to people hearing partial information and spreading false claims.
However, noncustodial parents paying child support can claim a child tax credit if they meet all of the following requirements, according to the IRS:
1. The parents:
a. are divorced or legally separated under a decree of divorce or separate maintenance,
b. are separated under a written separation agreement, or
c. lived apart at all times during the last 6 months of the year, whether or not they are or were married.
2. The child received over half of his or her support for the year from the parents.
3. The child is in the custody of one or both parents for more than half of the year.
4. The noncustodial parent attaches a Form 8332, or similar statement containing the same information required by the form, to his or her return. The form must be signed by the custodial parent.
A "qualifying child" is defined by the IRS as an individual:
A) who bears a relationship to the taxpayer described in paragraph (2) [which is a child of the taxpayer or a descendant of such a child, or a brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister of the taxpayer or a descendant of any such relative.]
😎 who has the same principal place of abode as the taxpayer for more than one-half of such taxable year, who meets the age requirements of paragraph (3) [which is someone who has not attained the age of 19 as of the close of the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins OR a student who has not attained the age of 24]
C) who has not provided over one-half of such individual's own support for the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, and
D) who has not filed a joint return (other than only for a claim of refund) with the individual's spouse under section 6013 for the taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins.
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