Hello mommies. I have a question you guys may know. I filed my taxes and it got rejected because two of my children are being claimed. I don’t give my information out to anyone. Any tax expert know what to do next? I went through TurboTax as I always do
Maybe their dad is claiming them or a grandparent. You will need to go to a tax preparer and they will let you know what to do.
Are you saying it shows, your children have already been claimed? If so, it sounds like their dad or someone else in the family have claimed them. All they would need is their SSN.
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File a claim with the IRS. Why don’t you Google why come here?
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Sounds like your children’s father might be claiming them. You need to basically show documentation showing the kids resided with you 6 months out of the year and the agreement with you and your children’s father regarding taxes and who can claim what year etc if you have that documentation tho.
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Yeah someone else claimed them w their social security numbers. Are u separated maybe dad did it. If there is no court order saying who gets to claim children nothing you can do really. You have to refile w out the dependents
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If dad claimed them, unfortunately there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s whoever filed first. If it was someone else claiming your child, then you could have the IRS look into it and audit it. The other person would have to pay it all back. I went through this with my daughter’s father once upon a time.
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I’d file a claim with the IRS about it. If someone else claimed your kids (and you are the one able to claim them - no custody order showing claiming them on taxes), then you can file a paper and fight it with the IRS. It would be longer to be able to get your return but they would audit whoever claimed them as well. I’d definitely contact the IRS though!
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Contact the other parent and verify that they claimed the children? Or contact the IRS directly and ask questions.
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U have to.file a paper return and prove residence is with u and report fraud
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Whoever claimed them has to know full legal name, social security number and date of birth. If the children’s father has this information than he is the one who most likely claimed them. Usually a family court judge gives instructions on which parent gets to claim the kids during a divorce proceeding or custody/visitation agreement/order.
The most obvious answer would be their father claimed them. If he’s the legal father he’d have access to their SS#.
You have given their SS#s out though. Drs office, school etc. My son’s sperm donor got his SS# from a food pantry I went to. Most of us don’t want to suspect offices but that’s how they get away with it.
File snail mail. When it gets found that 2 people claimed they will audit. Whoever didn’t have the kids will have to pay it back. Also, get a federal pin for each kid.