The IRS will not allow you to claim a dependent that is not your child unless that child falls into one of the other allowable dependent categories such as stepchild or disabled family member. The penalties for claiming a child who is not your actual dependent according to the law include fines and possible jail time.
If you are referring to improperly claiming someone as a dependent on a government for or application, it is, in all cases, a violation. The IRS particularly would be interested in income tax fraud.
There will ALWAYS be rules.
no. also, you are not eligible until you are 25
An individual claiming another individual as a dependent on their taxes will receive a tax deduction of $3300. The amount that the individual will get back as a tax refund will be dependent upon the income of the taxpayer.
No, absolutely not. It does not make you responsible for anything to the dependent at all.
No, medical expenses for a dependent can only be claimed by the person who is claiming him or her as a dependent.
A large fine.An audit also.
There's a box that's checked on Form 1040EZ in line 5 if you're filing your own tax return and your parents are claiming you as a dependent. But you leave the box blank (unchecked) if you're using Form 1040A or Form 1040. On those two forms, it's the box on line 6a and it's stated "If someone can claim you as a dependent, do not check box 6a." The point of indicating on your tax return that your parents are claiming you as a dependent is to make sure that you don't take an exemption for yourself, because your parents are claiming your exemption on their return.
An elderly dependent in most cases is a relative such as a parent or grandparent. The elderly dependent must be over the age of 65 and live full time with the person claiming them as a dependent.
You may never claim your spouse as a dependent. You may, however, claim a standard exemption for your spouse if she does not have to file and you are not filing jointly (and as long as no one else is claiming her as a dependent).
If you are claiming as a dependent of your parents, then yes it is taken into account. If you are claiming yourself (independent) then they will look at your finances. Also, ther
Claiming a dependent is not dependent on the child support issue but rather on the amount of time the child spends with each parent.
No you do not have to file unless someone is claiming you as a dependent. Then file jointly with them.