How do you handle taxes?
How does everyone do taxes with their exes and claiming the kids.
exH and I split the child tax credit every year, so usually he files and then just gives me my half and I'm CP.
BM is being difficult with doing anything fair regarding taxes. Don't you know she's a SINGLE MOM? (You know with the buckets of child support we pay, her other child's father pays, plus the brand new car her mom just bought her, with her mom's help, her sisters help,he brothers help, her neighbors help, and having 2 weekends completely to herself a month and living off the government and working part time). Anyway she NEEDS that money cause she's a single Mom. She's CP we have EOWE and between her sticking SD in daycare all day while she sits her ass at home and then sticking her with a babysitter so she can go to work at night. We probably spend more actual time with the child than she does.
I just want opinions. I like the way exH and I do it cause we both made them we should both reap the tax benefit of it, however, fortunately for us our relationship isn't toxic, greedy, or angry so we're able to do this when I realize that a lot of people can't.
My understanding is whichever
My understanding is whichever parent has more overnights with the kids, that is who claims them???
I claim my BS because he is with me 90% of the time AND his dad doesnt even pay his CS.
BM claims YSD. DH pays out a TON of money in CS but YSD hasnt stayed at our house in about 2 years.
Ugh doncha just hate that?
Ugh doncha just hate that? In my case Chef makes 10K LESS than BM a year and the BM is remarried to an almost six figure guy.
DH claims SS16 and BM claims
DH claims SS16 and BM claims SD18. DH did this intentionally because SS was younger.
I know of people who do
I know of people who do alternate years.
DH and I claim our kids every year. They are all with us FT.
my fiance and his ex each
my fiance and his ex each claim SD every other year. my fiance was smart and calculated out how may tax years between now and 23 and picked the option (odd years vs. even years) that gave him the extra year.
in my opinion, if you pay CS,
in my opinion, if you pay CS, you should get to claim them every year as a way to make it more fair.
That is my opinion too. The
That is my opinion too. The true dead beat dads that don't pay child support and don't have any visitation shouldn't have the option but otherwise it needs to be fair. I am debating if this is something that should be brought up at court for the next time they are there. SD is 3 so therefore over the course of the next 15 years that is $15,000 that would go to BM just because she is CP. Don't think so!!!
You sound like me! Grass
You sound like me! Grass isn't always greener on the other side!
BM gets tax credit for child
BM gets tax credit for child every year, and they alternate who claims her every other year. Mine, BD disappeared during DS's infancey so I did all claims but recieved no CS and had max custidy since BD was MIA. DS is now grown and gone but DH has one left SD12.
Something did irk me but I fixed it! There was a small "math error" with the way DH had his CS coming out of check so Uncle Sam said he owed $180 more and took it out of our joint return. I realize I could file injured spouse on that but it was a small amount. Irritating but petty so...to prevent that from happening again, I upped the amount I claim on my paycheck so that gave my check a small boost on a weekly basis and now we owe a little at the end of the year.
Sorry, DH but I am not paying your CS....
i dont get why they dont
i dont get why they dont treat CS teh same way as alimony. make it tax deductible to the payor and taxable to the recipient. then id have no issue with BM claiming SD every year.