My mom filed me on her taxes without me knowing about it and now i cant file. what can i do?
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Did she claim you as a dependent? Was she able to? If she was in the right, let it go. Otherwise, declare yourself and let the audit fall into her lap. Odds are nothing will be done if you both claim you as a dependent.
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If you can't declare yourself as a Dependant, then you can't file for yourself. If she claimed you, and then you file on top of that, she'll receive somewhere around a thousand dollar fine.
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If she took care of you for more than 6 months of the year then she has the right to claim you. I think you can still claim what you have earned but chances are you won't get very much back YOU DO HEVE TO TELL THEM THAT SOMEONE ELSE CALIMED YOU AS A DEPENDENT. If you have a child I suggest you tell her to ammend her taxes so you can file. It's $180 dollars to ammend verses about $1000 if you file head of household for yourself at the same time your mom claimed it with you as a dependant. Depending on who they concider head of household will decide who has to pay the $1000. Meaning if she made more money than you and you knowingly double filed you would pay the $1000.
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You can still file but maybe not claim yourself.
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My situation is similar. I have been claiming my grandchildren for years. I take care of them and they live with me, every year until around christmas, when their mother decides to go to her family menmbers and lie to them by saying they can claim her children just to get money and gifts and as soon as January rolls around she comes back to me because she knows I give her money after I file. Now she is threatening to call the irs on me and say she did not authorize me to claim her children because I won't give her the stimulus check they sent. She doesn't want some of it, she wants it all.
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You can still file and if you have a W2 over about $5000, you must file. the problem is with 'dependency'. You are not telling us how old you are and if you were a full time student for at least 5 months last year. If you are 18 and over and NOT a full time student, then your mother can NOT claim you as a dependent. If you are a full time student, chances are that Mom provided the home you lived in along with food, lights, heat, garbage, water, etc and she would be entitled to the dependency deduction for you.
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