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Eligibility for Dependent Exemption and Child Tax Credit
Hi,
Please help me in finding whether I can take exemption for my son and can claim child tax credit for tax year 2013. Following are relevant details -
1) Me and my wife are Indian citizens.
2) We were last in USA together in year 2010.
3) We both were out of USA (never visited) in 2011 and 2012
4) I came back to USA in March 2013 alone (H1 visa - Has SSN). I continuously stayed in USA till 31st Dec 2013.
5) My wife did not come with me and stayed in India entire 2013 taking care of my kids. She already has an ITIN number from our previous Stint.
6) Our son was born in USA (2008). He is a USA Citizen and has SSN. He stayed with his Mom in India entire 2013.
7) We are filing as "Married Filing Jointly" and using Standard deduction.
8) My wife does not have any income, so I paid entire household expenses for my wife and kids for entire year.
My questions are -
1) Can we take a dependent exemption for my Son?.
2) Can we claim child tax credit for him? He stayed with his mom full year in India and has not visited USA since we departed in 2010.
Regards
Please help me in finding whether I can take exemption for my son and can claim child tax credit for tax year 2013. Following are relevant details -
1) Me and my wife are Indian citizens.
2) We were last in USA together in year 2010.
3) We both were out of USA (never visited) in 2011 and 2012
4) I came back to USA in March 2013 alone (H1 visa - Has SSN). I continuously stayed in USA till 31st Dec 2013.
5) My wife did not come with me and stayed in India entire 2013 taking care of my kids. She already has an ITIN number from our previous Stint.
6) Our son was born in USA (2008). He is a USA Citizen and has SSN. He stayed with his Mom in India entire 2013.
7) We are filing as "Married Filing Jointly" and using Standard deduction.
8) My wife does not have any income, so I paid entire household expenses for my wife and kids for entire year.
My questions are -
1) Can we take a dependent exemption for my Son?.
2) Can we claim child tax credit for him? He stayed with his mom full year in India and has not visited USA since we departed in 2010.
Regards
