Advice on How to Go About Tax Fraud on Someone

Hi J.,
You need to make sure what your husband and his ex's divorce settlement says. I've got two children and am their custodial parent, however, my lawyer told me that since my ex pays child support (whether or not he takes care of them), he's entitled to claim the kids. He suggested that we take every other year and the ex could get the opposite, but since I've got two kids, I claim one every year and Dan claims one. I think it stinks because Dan is only a playmate to them and doesn't enforce anything my husband and I try to teach the children. You should have your husband make sure what the settlement says. If indeed it is fraud, here is the IRS's toll free number to report it:
1-800-829-0433.
I know how frustrating ex's (and their families) can be. My husband has an awful one. lol She lied to him and told him she was allowed to claim both of their sons, eventhough one stayed with him. Talk about burning my cookies!
Good luck!!!
L. L.

just get a hold of the IRS and tell them about it.

I have a strange question. what do teh court papers say? and who has custody? in a lot of situations where child support is being paid and visitation is granted the parties switched every other year who claims the child. and if she has custody even if just on paper tehn she didn't actually do anything wrong. but if you both claimed him the irs would have only given the money earned by claiming him to one party, generally the first to file, so if you got a refund with said child on it then the irs already knows he was claimed twice and will deal with it. something else though claiming him on your return won't matter for such things as the child tax credit and so on, you only get that for the first 2 kids and nothing after that, so if it's jsut about the fact taht you feel you didn't get the return you sould have and it was becasue she claimed your stepson then making this an issue wo't do any good and regardless you'll probally have to pay an attorney the irs will need proof that you should have claimed him not her.

If I was you, I would call a CPA. They will know what to do. My husband is a CPA and you could call him at ###-###-####. His name is Garrison and he works for Skoda, Minotti & Co. He will be able to tell you what you need to do. Good luck.

type "tax fraud" into your keyword bar at the top of your screen and an IRS site will pop up. Tells you what to do from there. Good luck

Call the IRS and let them know she does not have custody of the child if this is true, you will need a Social Security Number. All you will need for proof is the custody papers or school records where the child attends school if he does that shows he is registered with your address. Also if they do not have custody of the child then legally for them to claim the child they would have to attach an 8332 (I believe) form to their tax return. This form is signed by the custodial parent giving the non-custodial parent right to claim the child for a specific tax year only.

The correct answer to who claims the child is the parent who provides more than 50% of their care, or who the child lived with for more than 6 months of the year. Paying child support only does not meet this criteria.

After spending 6 tax seasons working at H&R Block this is an issue that comes up many times over.

You need to contact the IRS. Their site should be able to point you a good direction www.irs.gov