Client has son who lives with him "over 6 months" of the year and income is such that he would qualify for the EIC. Problem is he lives with his parents. Would this disqualify him for the EIC?
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Is client a qualifying child of his parents? -
Yes
Yes, a qualifying child.Comment
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Is son under 19? or up to 23 and in college? Does the father pay more than 1/2 of his support? If not he is not a qualifying childBelieve nothing you have not personally researched and verified.Comment
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Can't claim EIC at all if you are a qualifying child of another taxpayer. https://www.irs.gov/publications/p59...link1000298540Comment
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need clarification: OP says client has son who qualifies for EIC. however when asked if qualifying child answer is yes. My impression is client (parent) wants to know if son can receive EIC, I think client (parent) can or can't take son as dependent or son can or can't take the EIC. You can't take both, client is not asking about dependency he is asking about EIC the fact that son lives with parents does not disqualify him from taking the EIC. But parent can't take son as dependent.Comment
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Yes. Zeos should stop wasting our time with a poorly worded question and even worse clarification. It's not clear who "son", "child", and "parents" are in relation to each other. Try giving made-up names to the persons involved in the scenario, or even just refer to them as A, B, C, etc."You said it, they'll never know the difference. Come on, we'll paint our way out!" - Moe Howard
"That's enough! When you didn't know what you were talking about, you really had something! [to Curly]" -Moe HowardComment
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