musicalelizabet
Feb 8, 2009, 07:47 PM
My ex husband is trying to claim Non Dependent Child Care Expenses for our son. He signed an 8332 form in 2006 waiving his right to claim our son as a dependent. Our divorce papers also state that he cannot claim our son as a dependent.
Forgive my potential ignorance here but we keep running into this issue for the past 3 years. I claim my son as a dependent and I also claim the child care credit since I pay at least 3k a year on his daycare expenses. My ex insists that he can claim it also but from what I have been told, he cannot claim it if he has waived his right to claim our son. Can I get a straight answer here?
For the record, my ex signed an open ended 8332 form and it states in our divorce papers "mother shall claim the child". Can he do what he is doing? Why is it messing things up when I go to file mine?
I got a letter from the IRS in reference to 2007 asking if I had the right to claim this person (our son) as a dependent. SO, if what he is doing is legit... Why is the IRS sending me letters?? Please help. Please let me know if you need more specific details.
Thank you.
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Forgive my potential ignorance here but we keep running into this issue for the past 3 years. I claim my son as a dependent and I also claim the child care credit since I pay at least 3k a year on his daycare expenses. My ex insists that he can claim it also but from what I have been told, he cannot claim it if he has waived his right to claim our son. Can I get a straight answer here?
For the record, my ex signed an open ended 8332 form and it states in our divorce papers "mother shall claim the child". Can he do what he is doing? Why is it messing things up when I go to file mine?
I got a letter from the IRS in reference to 2007 asking if I had the right to claim this person (our son) as a dependent. SO, if what he is doing is legit... Why is the IRS sending me letters?? Please help. Please let me know if you need more specific details.
Thank you.
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