Go the Personal Info section and select edit next to the child's name. You will then see where you can delete the child. How to get lastyears' AGI: Locate it on last year's tax documentForm1040 – Line 37 Form1040A – Line 21 Form1040EZ – Line 4 Form1040NR – Line 36 Form1040X – Line 1, Column A 2. IRS transcript 3. Transfer in your information from last year

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I listed one of my children as a deduction of which I cannot do as my ex husband is supposed to - how do I fix this?

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June 1, 2019
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Best answer by sbooker

Go the Personal Info section and select edit next to the child's name. You will then see where you can delete the child.

How to get last years' AGI:

Locate it on last year's tax document

Form 1040 – Line 37

Form 1040A – Line 21

Form 1040EZ – Line 4

Form 1040NR – Line 36

Form 1040X – Line 1, Column A

2. IRS transcript

3. Transfer in your information from last year

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cbelyeaAuthor

Yes - and they both came back rejected because I have my AGI incorrect - but t hen I realized I have one of my children on my return and I cannot do that

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sbooker

Have you filed yet?

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sbookerAnswer

Go the Personal Info section and select edit next to the child's name. You will then see where you can delete the child.

How to get last years' AGI:

Locate it on last year's tax document

Form 1040 – Line 37

Form 1040A – Line 21

Form 1040EZ – Line 4

Form 1040NR – Line 36

Form 1040X – Line 1, Column A

2. IRS transcript

3. Transfer in your information from last year

Hal_Al

Employee

It may be more complicated than just deleting the dependent.

There is a special rule in the case of divorced & separated (including never married) parents. When the non-custodial parent is claiming the child as a dependent/exemption/child tax credit; the custodial parent is still allowed to claim the same child for Earned Income Credit, Head of Household filing status, and day care credit. This "splitting of the child" is not available to parents who lived together at any time during the last 6 months of the year; then only one of you can claim the child for any tax reasons. The tax benefits may not be split in any other manner.

If you are claiming the Earned Income Credit, Head of Household filing status, and/or day care credit; you need to leave the child entered and very carefully answer the interview questions until TurboTax gives you "Non dependent – use for EIC or Care Credit Only"

Note in particular that the non-custodial parent can never claim the Earned Income Credit, Head of Household filing status or the day care credit, based on that child, even when the custodial parent has released the exemption to him. So, you are not allowed to "give up" those items to let him claim them.

It's also a good idea to let the other parent know that you will be claiming those items, as many first time divorced parents are not aware of this rule and may try to claim those items, which will cause the IRS to send out letters.

Ref: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html#en_US_2014_publink1000170897 Scroll down to "Children of divorced or separated parents (or parents who live apart)"