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Our 11 year old is "nondependent", even though we are filing as married

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March 1, 2023
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We have a natural 11 year old child, born after we were married, and we have always filed as married. This year, even though we entered the data the same way, and were told that we qualified for child tax break, the child is listed as "nondependent" on our information page and not listed on our 1040 form. We filled out the dependent worksheet manually at first, (nondependent) and went back and filled it out in the step by step, which told us we were qualified for tax deduction, yet she is still listed not listed as dependent on our 1040. Due to some major investment capital gains this year, our income reach several hundred thousand (mostly capital gains), higher than previous years.

Best answer by VictorHelsing

In desperation, I did delete her and reenter her, with the very same information. She is now a dependent child.

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xmasbaby0

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Not sure what you did.....

Make sure you have entered your child as a dependent in My Info, and that you have entered the child's Social Security number. Careful— do not say that your child’s SSN is not valid for employment. If your child was born in 2022 make sure you said he lived with you the whole year. There is an oddly worded question that asks if the child paid over half their own support. Say NO to that question.

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xmasbaby0

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Sometimes it helps to just delete the child and then re-enter them as a dependent in My Info.

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VictorHelsingAuthor

Reluctant to delete her, since her data in past years was known to be correct, and has not changed this year. Perhaps we will be forced to try that if we cannot have her recognized. Among other things, she has a sizable UTMA account with investments for her that might have earned thousands of dollars this year, which we need to report. If she is not listed on our tax return, maybe we end up "failing" to report her income to IRS.