GiggleGirl
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You should see how much claiming her will affect each of you.
If you have a decent relationship, then the parent that has the best benefit should claim the child and handle a payout to the other as agreed on.
ie. If the child is worth an extra $3K to you and only $2K to him (based on other factors); then it would be best for you to take the child, get the maximum value and then pay to the father what he would have obtained had he claimed the child. The same goes in reverse, if he would be better off than you in claiming.
this is a good idea. we had originally did something like this and just then split it down the middle. i can ask him if he would be willing to do this.
i was just reading more information about the child tax credit and im soooo confused right now. i DIDNT claim her as of right now in my taxes and its giving me credit for the child tax but not the EIC. im thinking i should remove her as a dependent entirely for now. soooo confusing!