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False Income Tax Report
My boyfriends father claimed both him, and his younger brother on his income tax report. The problem with this is that his father hasn't been a part of their lives for more than ten years, and hasn't offered to be. He's always been lacking on child support payments (his mother has nowhere near enough income to hire an attorney to change this) , he neglects to answer phone calls or even attempt to get in touch. My boyfriends mother is a single mother, raising three kids. My boyfriend is in college, the middle is 17, and the youngest is under 17. Obviously, by his father claiming my boyfriend, his mother is being neglected of money she could use to help out her children. I find this incredibly ridiculous, and really don't know much about the subject. If there's anyone out there who knows anything about this, is there anything they can do to change this situation? Or is his mom just basically screwed.
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The good news is, she can definitely do something about it. As the previous responder said, a call to the IRS should bring about results.
The bad news is that this is not really your business. How much you can do to help the situation depends largely on the kind of relationship you have with your boyfriend's mother. She may have reasons for not calling the IRS which she is simply unwilling to discuss with you, or even with her own children. One possibility that springs to mind is that it may be her own taxes aren't being done entirely above-board either, and she doesn't want to invite an audit of her own income tax return.
The bottom line is that there is something that can be done about it, but not much that YOU can do. Even bringing the matter up to your boyfriend's mother might cause problems, because most people consider their finances to be a private matter and she may resent your butting in.
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As far as I'm aware, she can call the IRS and explain to them the situation. They should then do a tax audit. Since she can provide proof (school records, etc) that the children lived with her for more than 6 months out of the last tax year, and he of course does not, then Uncle Sam will be very displeased.
Tax fraud is a big no-no, an the IRS doesn't take such offenses lightly.
This page from the IRS website may be useful to her:
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