Child tax benefit question?
I have a 2 month old daughter and I was filling out the forms for the Child Tax benefit and it says the applicant is supposed to be the primary responsible, which I would have thought is me since I take care of my child during the day, take her to appointments etc... while my boyfriend is at work. Well his mother is staying with us a couple weeks and says he is the primary responsible because he is the one working, this doesn't make much sense to me, but she seems to really want his name as the applicant and not mine. Does it make a difference who is the applicant? Will it cause any problems for me if he is? Thank you so much for your answers!
Thanks for the answers, I guess my main worry is if things end up for some reason not working between us, I don't want that to end up screwing me in getting custody of my daughter when I have been the one taking care of her. I just want to be prepared.. And I agree his mom needs to mind her business
Yes I have that booklet and I read that, which is why when I started to fill it out I put my information, then his mother butted in saying it says father can be too, I tried explaining it means father if he is staying home taking care of her if I were out working. She just seems to think since he is the financial supporter he needs to be on it as the main applicant and if he isn't it will cause problems when he claims her on his taxes. She seems to adamant on it, which makes me think something else but I don't know what
Did you not get the question booklet with the forms? It says in there on page 5.
"Primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of a child means that you are responsible for such things as supervising the child's daily activities and needs, making sure the child's medical needs are met, and arranging for child care when necessary. If there is a female parent who lives with the child we usually consider her to be this person. However, it could be the father, a grandparent, or a guardian."
*Tell his mother it says nothing about who is making money to support the financial needs of the child. You are the primarily responsible.
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November 10th, 2009 - 07:43
The applicant needs to be whoever has custody. Now you may think that doesn’t matter since you and your boyfriend live together but it does… my boyfriend and I live together but even though his name is on the birth certificate and he filled out the paternity papers — he has NO custody rights to my daughter until we go to court to have them established. Full custody is assumed to the mother in cases of children born out of wedlock. So check into custody laws, if it is assumed to the mother in unwed cases then you should be the applicant. Tell his mother to butt out.
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November 10th, 2009 - 08:19
whoever has custody – if its 60/40 split whoever has the 60 if you have joint custody you take turns claiming her each year – you get her one year he gets the next – make sure you are clear on who claims her though bc if you both try to whoever files first will get it and the other one will get nailed for tax fraud. call a lawyer though and check on the local laws though….
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November 10th, 2009 - 08:49
Did you not get the question booklet with the forms? It says in there on page 5.
"Primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of a child means that you are responsible for such things as supervising the child’s daily activities and needs, making sure the child’s medical needs are met, and arranging for child care when necessary. If there is a female parent who lives with the child we usually consider her to be this person. However, it could be the father, a grandparent, or a guardian."
*Tell his mother it says nothing about who is making money to support the financial needs of the child. You are the primarily responsible.
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Copied out of the book and filled out the same papers last week.
November 10th, 2009 - 09:05
i would call h and r block and ask them, then u will know for sure..
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