Hey! I had my first baby last year, and I have nooooo idea how doing taxes with a baby goes; how do I file online with a baby?
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You’ll need their social. It has a spot to claim dependents. It should walk you through it
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Usually online walks u through it. It will ask if u had a baby this year and then ask u to add a dependent. It will walk you through each question. Will ask for the babies social
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Baby will go where the dependents go. It will ask for all their info including social. Online is pretty easy and walks you through it.
If you have credit karma it is extremely easy to file. If you don’t have it get it! It is 100% free and it takes you step by step.
File head of household and 1 dependent it’ll ask for how long have you taken care of dependent put 12 months
If you are using an online service, it should walk you through the steps.
You’ll need baby’s DOB and social security number.
Make sure no one else claims the baby. Only you can claim, or the dad can claim. Only the person that takes care of the baby more than 50% of the year (financial and physical) can claim the baby. So if the dad doesn’t take care of the baby/isn’t in the picture, and asks for the babies social, don’t give it to him!
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You’ll mark the baby as a dependent, but you’ll also need the baby’s social security number.
TurboTax and HRblock will ask you about any new life events! (Having a baby, buying a house, getting married, etc).
You’ll simply put in name, date of birth, and social security number.
It will ask if you provide over 50% of care or childcare expenses and then move on!
I use simple tax. Super easy, I’m a single mom and claim my girls. It asks for date of birth. At the end it will ask you if you’d like to donate to the site but you can click zero and do it for free. The website is SO easy.
Usually you either hold them or put them in a bouncer 
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It will ask if you have any dependents click yea and enter the information
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I use turbo it shows u how to do it is really easy
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Make sure you get some help! If you income was under the threshold for the economic impact payment (the Stimulus Check) you should receive $500 for the first and $600 for the second payment. The IRS didn’t know that you had a baby since they based it off your 2019 return but because he/she was born in 2020 they should get their payment too!
Turbo tax is pretty straight forward. It has side bar info and pretty much guides you through it
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It will ask you to provide new information on the dependent (social security, DOB) when you get to your dependents. It will also ask you how much you received from both stimulus checks and will let you know how much will get for the baby for this stimulus checks.
Following!! This is vey helpful.
Turbo tax asks if you’ve had any life changes like new dependents right at the beginning of the process. Make sure you have the baby’s social security number on hand. Turbo also automatically added in the 2020 stimulus money that we didn’t get for the baby into our return!
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Go to h&r block not rocket science
H&R block is the worst.
Avoid.
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I’ve gone to H&M’s block for over 5 years and I’ve had no problem.
TurboTax, I had a bad experience with h&R block
It will ask if you have any dependents to claim you will need the babies social
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Follow the prompts. They will ask about children, simply input the requested information.
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Just claim as a dependent
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If doing online use turbo tax and follow steps by step. It will ask about dependants. File your child will need a social security number. An it will not go through unless you follow all the directions correctly very easy been doing them for 5 years.
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Turbo Tax it its the best!!!
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Turbo tax is easy peasy…make sure the father does not try to file on the child first. It happened with my daughter!
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It’ll ask for dependants, you put baby’s info in that section
Id prefer to file it with an adult, but hey babies are smart as hell these days!
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You’d claim a dependent, I believe in order to claim a child they have to have lived with you for at least 6 month’s of 2020. Also H&R block online is super simple, but if you don’t think you can do it on your own don’t, they can withhold your taxes if not filed correctly. So it will take even longer to get them back.
I love using turbo tax. It’s easy and quick
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You file baby as a dependent and yourself as head of household.
Go to Turbo tax it’s super easy
I use Turbo Tax. It asks if you had any life changes during the year, for example having a baby, and then it will allow you to claim your baby as a dependent
Depending on when kiddo was born you may need to file by paper rather than only. Online wouldn’t let me add mine because he didn’t live with me for 6 months since he was born in Sept.
Try to do it while your baby is sleeping. They’re very distracting when you’re trying to get important work done. 
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Turbotax. File normally but somewhere down the process it will ask if you’re filing any dependents, click yes and then do as it says… you’ll need your childs SS#, date of birth and ofc full name.
Turbotax will also add stimulus’ you didn’t get for your baby
When I had a baby in October 2019 we filed with h and r block last year and they said that any baby born in that year you can claim as a dependent for the whole year.
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Do not use turbo tax. Hire a real accountant. The price is not much different but the quality of having taxes done by a private accountant is much more benificial.
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If baby was born before Dec 31 of 2020 you can claim… if after, you cannot.
Go to Jackson Hewitt. I used to use turbo tax and thought it was the best because your not paying anything really trust me the few dollars you have to pay JH it’s definitely worth it and they give you upfront money that just comes out of your taxes whenever you receive them.
TurboTax…super easy and could be free to file depending on your income
Turbotax. It’s free and a life saver and gets the best return for you
File. Claim dependent. Enter needed information. It’s super easy! I was nervous our first year, but it’s so easy.
I used to use Turbo Tax but switched to FreeTaxUSA after a friend recommended it a few years ago. Super easy to use and they walk you through all the steps.
If you are single your filing status could change as well to head of household.