Hello,

I have a hypothetical question here. If I furnished more than 50% of the total support of my daughter and her husband, who live with me and my wife. If my daughter and her husband files a joint return, then can I still claim the two of them as dependents under any circumstances? Anyone out well versed in Income tax Law? Thanks for all and any quick responses.

You could claim them as your dependents, but you must coordinate this with them. If you claim them as dependents your daughter and son-in-law file won't be able to claim their own exemptions on their tax return. Their taxes will therefore be somewhat higher. Since you would have to report their SS Numbers on your return in order to claim them as dependents, it's automatic for the IRS to verify that they don't try and claim their own personal exemption on their return. So make sure you're in synch on this!

You CAN claim them if certain tests are met.

Your daughter is a qualifying child. Your son-in-law is a qualify relative.

The tests to claim them as dependents are different.

Check out Table 3-1, page 26 of IRS Pub 17 for details. You can download the IRS Pub 17 from Internal Revenue Service (http://www.irs.gov).

Thanks Ebaines and AtlantaTaxExpert for your answers. Tried to rate bot of your answers but it won't let me until I rate someone else. Sorry. I will download Pub17 and checkout the taqble and pages. Thanks again. Have a wonderful day!

Glad to help!