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Post by tractor on Mar 25, 2020 16:36:32 GMT -5
Anyone care to guess what constitutes the difference between and “adult” and “child” in the pending bill?
Both my boys are “adults” at 19 & 22, but I still claim them as defendants on my taxes. Are they then “children” for the purposes of the cash handout? The older one filed taxes last year, the younger one is a full time student and did not.
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Post by crazycat on Mar 25, 2020 16:43:05 GMT -5
Have heard over 18 and if they have filed taxes already for 2019 and or 2018 . 🤷♀️
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Post by NastyWoman on Mar 25, 2020 16:54:34 GMT -5
Anyone care to guess what constitutes the difference between and “adult” and “child” in the pending bill? Both my boys are “adults” at 19 & 22, but I still claim them as defendants on my taxes. Are they then “children” for the purposes of the cash handout? The older one filed taxes last year, the younger one is a full time student and did not. What the heck did you do? there must be an interesting story you are not sharing. Spill already...  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 17:06:31 GMT -5
Have heard over 18 and if they have filed taxes already for 2019 and or 2018 . 🤷♀️ Nice. That means my oldest is in no man's land. Over 17 so not eligible for the credit as a dependent and filed taxes in 2018 and 2019, but not over 18. |
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Post by tractor on Mar 25, 2020 17:13:49 GMT -5
Anyone care to guess what constitutes the difference between and “adult” and “child” in the pending bill? Both my boys are “adults” at 19 & 22, but I still claim them as defendants on my taxes. Are they then “children” for the purposes of the cash handout? The older one filed taxes last year, the younger one is a full time student and did not. What the heck did you do? there must be an interesting story you are not sharing. Spill already... I didn’t do anything. I’m just trying to estimate how much $$$ I might get. Being a mean dad who pays for everything, including all student loans, car insurance and cell phones, I figure the money should go to me 🙂. I will put it to work instead of sitting in one of their savings accounts. |
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Post by tractor on Mar 25, 2020 17:15:36 GMT -5
Just to be clear, both are still very much dependent on my financial support to survive, and neither currently have jobs.
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 25, 2020 17:18:24 GMT -5
What the heck did you do? there must be an interesting story you are not sharing. Spill already... I didn’t do anything. I’m just trying to estimate how much $$$ I might get. Being a mean dad who pays for everything, including all student loans, car insurance and cell phones, I figure the money should go to me 🙂. I will put it to work instead of sitting in one of their savings accounts.  you called them "defendents" not "dependents" |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 17:27:33 GMT -5
It's hard without having the actual bill to read, but it sounds like if you're claimed as a dependent on someone else's return you are not eligible for the $1200 payment as an individual filer. You MAY be eligible for the $500 one as a dependent, but some articles say "qualifying dependent" and some say "qualifying child under the age of 17" so I'm not sure.
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Post by tractor on Mar 25, 2020 17:29:54 GMT -5
I didn’t do anything. I’m just trying to estimate how much $$$ I might get. Being a mean dad who pays for everything, including all student loans, car insurance and cell phones, I figure the money should go to me 🙂. I will put it to work instead of sitting in one of their savings accounts. Sorry, completely missed that 😐 |
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Post by pooks on Mar 25, 2020 17:34:38 GMT -5
It's hard without having the actual bill to read, but it sounds like if you're claimed as a dependent on someone else's return you are not eligible for the $1200 payment as an individual filer. You MAY be eligible for the $500 one as a dependent, but some articles say "qualifying dependent" and some say "qualifying child under the age of 17" so I'm not sure. Yeah, I like how my government has decided that my 17 year old high school student is not a dependent. Not really sure what they are thinking there. Seems like it changed with the tax changes going from exemptions to the child tax credit. Now 17 is grown. |
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Post by NastyWoman on Mar 25, 2020 17:56:06 GMT -5
I didn’t do anything. I’m just trying to estimate how much $$$ I might get. Being a mean dad who pays for everything, including all student loans, car insurance and cell phones, I figure the money should go to me 🙂. I will put it to work instead of sitting in one of their savings accounts.  and this notorious miss-speller needed a bit of fun  |
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 25, 2020 18:01:00 GMT -5
you called them "defendents" not "dependents" Sorry, completely missed that 😐 Tried to warn you in a PM before anyone else noticed it. |
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Post by NastyWoman on Mar 25, 2020 18:18:18 GMT -5
Sorry, completely missed that 😐 Tried to warn you in a PM before anyone else noticed it. party pooper |
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Post by tractor on Mar 25, 2020 18:19:14 GMT -5
Sorry, completely missed that 😐 Tried to warn you in a PM before anyone else noticed it. Thanks for making the effort. I got a “D” in spelling in 4th grade and never really improved |
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Post by trippypea on Mar 25, 2020 18:21:47 GMT -5
I have a 17 yr old high schooler and a 20 year old college freshman. As we all know, it is no less expensive to raise a 17 yr old than a 16 yr old, and it's not like we can kick them out, lol. From the answers I've gotten so far to the question of how they will be counted, the general consensus is they aren't. Parents would get $0 because they are 17 or older and they will get nothing because they are listed as dependents on someone else's tax return. This affects ALL adult dependents, including those who are disabled and listed on someone else's tax return. Hopefully they change this or clarify it to include the people they are leaving out.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 18:22:10 GMT -5
Isn't getting a stimulus payment sucking off the teat of government and all of us aren't supposed to want that? People should support themselves or eat cake?
(joking, though I find it interesting that the most "Republican" of folks are complaining on FB about not getting enough money from the government...)
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Post by imawino on Mar 25, 2020 18:30:10 GMT -5
Anyone care to guess what constitutes the difference between and “adult” and “child” in the pending bill? Both my boys are “adults” at 19 & 22, but I still claim them as defendants on my taxes. Are they then “children” for the purposes of the cash handout? The older one filed taxes last year, the younger one is a full time student and did not. I am very interested in how this shakes out as well! I have 2 stepsons aged 20 (21 in a week...college junior) and 18 (college freshman). Both have filed taxes for the last 2 years, but I *think* their mother may still claim them? Is that possible? She actually provides zero financial support to them for college, so it seems a little wonky. |
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 25, 2020 18:42:32 GMT -5
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Post by imawino on Mar 25, 2020 18:53:57 GMT -5
Hahahahahahah!!!! Oh my god, that's hilarious. |
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Post by tractor on Mar 26, 2020 20:01:00 GMT -5
I saw a good explanation that anyone over 16, who is claimed as a dependent on your taxes, is not eligible for the payout. So both my boys will not receive any $$. If they were under 16, we would get an additional $500 per kid.
Oh well, it is what it is, not going to change my life either way.
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