There are three test to determine this:
1. The relationship test: The unrelated parties have to be members of the same household. You and your boyfriend would have to have been living together for the year of 2009.
2. The gross income test: Your gross income would have to be less than $3,650 a year
3. The support test: If your boyfriend provides over half your support. This would include shelter, food, clothes, medical and dental care, education, etc.
No.Well, you can claim you love him dearly...but you can't claim him on your taxes as a dependent.
Single filing is okay even if you are married.
Yes
Not long at all. If you were married the last few minutes of 2009, then you can claim the entire year.
No
If you are referring to taxes and you were under the age of 18 and living together for the past year then yes. Otherwise, no.
The only person that can be claimed on a tax return as a dependent is a blood realative , ie. children, parents, or by marriage; ie. in laws, that lives with you for at least 6 months out of the tax year. So to answer your question, you may not claim your boyfriend on your tax return.
can you claim street clothes on you taxes
only if he is married or his name shows up on bills for the house.
If he was responsible for over 50% of the cost of the child, he can claim the child as a dependent. That would mean that no one else was entitled to claim the child, including the father and mother.
My child has to pay for lunch can I claim that on my taxes?
Starting in 2009, the Hope Credit is now the American Opportunity Tax Credit. You can claim it by filing Form 8863 and attached to Form 1040.