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January 9, 2024
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Months Dependent lived with me not saving

  • January 9, 2024
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Hi.

I am trying to select 0 for the number of months my son lived with me and keeps defaulting to 6. Is this an issue, or is there no difference between using 6 or 0?

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    January 9, 2024

    Why are you choosing "zero"?   If your dependent is a newborn, you are supposed to say they lived with you the whole year.  If the dependent is a student who lived away at school, you are supposed to say they lived with you--living away at school is a temporary absence -- so you say they lived with you.

     

     

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    jlimatoAuthor
    January 10, 2024

    My son moved out of country and doesn’t live home anymore. Perhaps I need to remove him as a family member from my taxes. I left him there thinking the software would figure that out. 

    January 10, 2024

    If you are not claiming your son as a dependent then go to My Info and delete his information.   

     

    Your question began with referring to a "dependent".    You have provided no information about your son.  We do not know his age, whether he is a full-time student somewhere (even overseas), if he has income of his own, etc. etc. etc.  We could be more helpful if you would provide some information.

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