Claiming Child On Taxes

[AverageJoeMama]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TN

Parenting Plan states that "Mother will claim child beginning in 2014 in even years and Father will claim the child in odd years."

I claimed my child this year for my 2014 taxes because I thought that this was my year. Father states that I am in contempt, because when I filed my 2014 taxes it was February 2015, which is an odd year, which he says is HIS year to claim.

Does the even/odd year pertain to the year on my W2 or the year that the tax return is prepared?

 

[Proserpina]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TN

Parenting Plan states that "Mother will claim child beginning in 2014 in even years and Father will claim the child in odd years."

I claimed my child this year for my 2014 taxes because I thought that this was my year. Father states that I am in contempt, because when I filed my 2014 taxes it was February 2015, which is an odd year, which he says is HIS year to claim.

Does the even/odd year pertain to the year on my W2 or the year that the tax return is prepared?

You file taxes in 2015, for the year of 2014. He's wrong, you're right.

 

[AverageJoeMama]

Thank you. He keeps telling me that I am in contempt of court, but I do not have an attorney and he does.

 

[latigo]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TN

Parenting Plan states that "Mother will claim child beginning in 2014 in even years and Father will claim the child in odd years."

I claimed my child this year for my 2014 taxes because I thought that this was my year. Father states that I am in contempt, because when I filed my 2014 taxes it was February 2015, which is an odd year, which he says is HIS year to claim.

Does the even/odd year pertain to the year on my W2 or the year that the tax return is prepared?

How does IRS Form 8332 ("Release/Revocation of Release of Claim of Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent") feature in this squabble?

 

[Bali Hai]

How does IRS Form 8332 ("Release/Revocation of Release of Claim of Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent") feature in this squabble?

This whole situation could be avoided if the mother and father were allowed to claim .5 dependent each year.

 

[ecmst12]

The custodial parent will have to give the form to the NCP for the years the NCP is allowed to claim the child.

 

[Bali Hai]

The custodial parent will have to give the form to the NCP for the years the NCP is allowed to claim the child.

And we know who you believe is the custodial parent, and you're probably right.

 

[Proserpina]

And we know who you believe is the custodial parent, and you're probably right.

Yes. That would be the parent who the court assigned as the custodial parent.

Wasn't that easy peasy?

 

[ecmst12]

It does not MATTER which parent is which.

 

[LdiJ]

Thank you. He keeps telling me that I am in contempt of court, but I do not have an attorney and he does.

It doesn't matter if he has an attorney, he is still wrong. I am also pretty certain that his attorney would not be stupid enough to touch that one with a ten foot pole. Its THAT basic. There is no grey area at all. He is flat out wrong.

 

[LdiJ]

This whole situation could be avoided if the mother and father were allowed to claim .5 dependent each year.

I realize that seems like a simple answer, but something like that simply would not work. There are about 7 tax attributes that are in regards to children and not all of them are divisible...or even should be divisible.

 

[Bali Hai]

It doesn't matter if he has an attorney, he is still wrong. I am also pretty certain that his attorney would not be stupid enough to touch that one with a ten foot pole. Its THAT basic. There is no grey area at all. He is flat out wrong.

F. Lee Bailey might have won, but Johnny Cochran is dead.

 

[latigo]

F. Lee Bailey might have won, but Johnny Cochran is dead.

Obviously you mean before Bailey was disbarred because he had difficulty distinguish his money from that of his clients.