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katzzs
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What is the name of your state? Idaho
My husband and I have been married since 1989. He has a child from a prior relationship who lives with the mother. In the Idaho Judgement and order of Filiation it states "W may claim L for tax purposes each year, if he has paid support in a timely manner." We pay the support as soon as the bill arrives, so that is not the problem. The problem is this: 2 months ago we received a letter from the IRS stating that for tax year 2001 somebody with his daughter's ss# was being claimed as an exemption on somebody else's taxes and that we owed almost $1,400 more dollars. We immediately sent in the court papers and waited for the response.(assuming it was an error-that had happened in 1996)
Just this week we were notified that the Idaho court document means nothing as far as Federal/IRS laws are concerned. The mother had taken his daughter as an exemption that year, and the IRS tax examiner told us this week that she has the right, since the daughter lives with her.
I find it hard to believe that this legal document means nothing in the eyes of the IRS, but it sounds like it's true. Does anybody have any knowledge/actual experience with something like this?
Thank you ever so much!
My husband and I have been married since 1989. He has a child from a prior relationship who lives with the mother. In the Idaho Judgement and order of Filiation it states "W may claim L for tax purposes each year, if he has paid support in a timely manner." We pay the support as soon as the bill arrives, so that is not the problem. The problem is this: 2 months ago we received a letter from the IRS stating that for tax year 2001 somebody with his daughter's ss# was being claimed as an exemption on somebody else's taxes and that we owed almost $1,400 more dollars. We immediately sent in the court papers and waited for the response.(assuming it was an error-that had happened in 1996)
Just this week we were notified that the Idaho court document means nothing as far as Federal/IRS laws are concerned. The mother had taken his daughter as an exemption that year, and the IRS tax examiner told us this week that she has the right, since the daughter lives with her.
I find it hard to believe that this legal document means nothing in the eyes of the IRS, but it sounds like it's true. Does anybody have any knowledge/actual experience with something like this?
Thank you ever so much!