EIC credit check box (not real life but it happens all the time)

[Pacun]

You have a family of unmarried parents and 6 children. All US citizens and all the income came from W-2. They lived in the same household the whole year 2014 and none of the children provided more than 50% of their own support.

 

Ages of children and W2 income:

Child 1, age 19 and made 23k, not going to school at all

child 2, age 20 (was a full time student for one semester in 2014) made 25K

Child 3, age18 and made only 2K

Child 4, Age 17 and made 15K

Child 5, Age 30, Complete and permanent disable but he appeared on a movie and made $40K

Child 6, Age 26 made 24K and was a full time student at the local University.

 

unmarried father made 5K income but it was enough money to go solo to Las Vegas for a whole week in 2014.

Mother made 4K income.

Everybody wants to claim child 3 as a dependent and if possible claim EIC. The family wants to do everything legal and wants the child to be claimed by the person who legally can benefit the most following the rules. Once you have suggested who will claim the child, the other

 

After you have decided to claim EIC by the person who will legally benefit the most, how will you answer this questions:

"Is the child you are claiming a qualified child of another person"

"What the relationship between your dependent and the other person"

"will you win the tie breaker"

 

Can you list the people in the order that they will win the tie breaker if they all claim child 3?

How about this order?

Father

mother

child 1

child 2

child 4

child 5

child 6

(just saying)

Edited January 29, 2015 by Pacun

[Elrod]

 

Sorry Pacun,...Your post just gave me a headache.

[Jack from Ohio]

I have real tax returns to work on.....

[Janitor Bob]

[Catherine]

tell the 17 year old to claim the 18 year old

 

then sit back and watch the fireworks

 

[Pacun]

OK. We know the 17 year old is out of the map because he is younger than his bother. That's a good starting point.

[Catherine]

OK. We know the 17 year old is out of the map because he is younger than his bother. That's a good starting point.

Why else do you think I picked him?  

 

[Pacun]

Now you can pick on child 2 and 5.

[Pacun]

Let's rule out children 2 and 5 because they are the qualifying children of their parents. So between child 1 or 6, I would suggest that child 6 gets the exemption for child 3.

 

This is the list of tie breaker.

 

Mother

father

child 6