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You and the child’s other parent aren’t married but live together. How do I figure out who claims child for the whole year?

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March 17, 2024
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Most of the time, couples agree on who will claim the child but if you can't come to an agreement you can use the IRS Tiebreaker rules as a guide to decide who should claim your child. Since you are both the parents then you would decide by the following:

The parent with whom the child lived the longest during the tax year, if you both lived the same amount of time then,
The parent with the highest AGI

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And....if you are all living together as a family, the child's SSN can only be used on ONE of your tax returns---there is no sharing of the child-related credits between the two of you. One of you files Single and does not enter anything about the child on their return; the other parent claims the child and enters the child as a dependent.

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