Who Can I Claim as a Dependent?
Who Can I Claim as a Dependent: There are two types of exemptions, personal exemptions and exemptions for dependents. A dependent’s exemption is an amount you can claim on your tax return to reduce your taxable income. This can result in a decrease in tax and increase the amount of your refund. You are allowed one exemption for each person you can claim as a dependent. You usually can claim exemptions for yourself, your spouse and each person you can claim as a dependent. You may lose part of the dollar amount of your exemptions if your adjusted gross income is above a certain amount.
Information You Will Need:
- Citizenship status, marital status, relationship to the dependent and the amount of support provided
- Basic income information such as your adjusted gross income
- The terms of your divorce or separation agreement if you are the divorced or separated parent of the potential dependent
- If no person supplied more than half of the potential dependent's support, the terms of any multiple support agreement you may have
Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes. However: 5 minutes of inactivity will end the interview and you will be forced to start over.
The following interview covers the same questions you would answer if you called our toll-free tax assistance telephone number or if you came into a Taxpayer Assistance Center.
