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January 28, 2024
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Can I claim my partner as a dependent even if they didn't work last year?

  • January 28, 2024
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Best answer by Mike9241

You can claim the person as a qualifying relative if all these tests are met

 

  • Live in your household the entire year or are related to you. Temporary absences are ignored
  • gross income for 2023 less than $4,700
  • you provide over ½ their support
  • They aren't a qualifying child of another taxpayer
  • Unmarried, if married doesn't file a joint return unless filed only to claim a refund of taxes paid when neither spouse is required to file and no tax liability for either spouse if separate returns were filed 
  • A U.S. citizen, resident alien or national, or a resident of Mexico or Canada 

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Mike9241Answer
January 28, 2024

You can claim the person as a qualifying relative if all these tests are met

 

  • Live in your household the entire year or are related to you. Temporary absences are ignored
  • gross income for 2023 less than $4,700
  • you provide over ½ their support
  • They aren't a qualifying child of another taxpayer
  • Unmarried, if married doesn't file a joint return unless filed only to claim a refund of taxes paid when neither spouse is required to file and no tax liability for either spouse if separate returns were filed 
  • A U.S. citizen, resident alien or national, or a resident of Mexico or Canada