Comments on: 5 Tests To Claim a Dependent On Your Tax Return http://www.goodfinancialcents.com/5-tests-claim-dependent-tax-return/ Helping You Make Cents Of Investing and Financial Planning Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The 2009 Personal Finance “How to” Roundup | AllFinancialMatters http://www.goodfinancialcents.com/5-tests-claim-dependent-tax-return/comment-page-1/#comment-3344 The 2009 Personal Finance “How to” Roundup | AllFinancialMatters Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:38:31 +0000 http://www.goodfinancialcents.com/?p=3419#comment-3344 [...] 9. How to Claim a Dependent on Your Tax Return [...] [...] 9. How to Claim a Dependent on Your Tax Return [...]

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]]> By: Bill Winterberg http://www.goodfinancialcents.com/5-tests-claim-dependent-tax-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Bill Winterberg Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:46:35 +0000 http://www.goodfinancialcents.com/?p=3419#comment-1078 Hi Jeff, The IRS provides a very easy table to use to go through all the rules and conditions for the dependency exemption. Open up <a href="http://www.jag.navy.mil/documents/Tax/Pub%204012_Volunteer%20Resource%20Guide.pdf" rel="nofollow">IRS Publication 4012</a> and look at pages C-5 and C-6. The chart covers a few more corner cases that you don't mention in your post (such as the dependent cannot be a qualifying child of anyone else, or the test for multiple support provided by two people). <abbr><em>Bill Winterberg’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPPad/~3/GDz3cbQbtWg/" rel="nofollow">Adviser Use of LinkedIn May Violate SEC Rules</a></abbr></em> Hi Jeff,

The IRS provides a very easy table to use to go through all the rules and conditions for the dependency exemption.

Open up IRS Publication 4012 and look at pages C-5 and C-6.

The chart covers a few more corner cases that you don’t mention in your post (such as the dependent cannot be a qualifying child of anyone else, or the test for multiple support provided by two people).

Bill Winterberg’s last blog post..Adviser Use of LinkedIn May Violate SEC Rules

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