02-06-2008, 06:41 PM
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 Re: Parents Abroad as Dependents Augustine <evandro[at]mailinator.com> writes: - quote - > I contribute to a significant portion of my Brazilian parents income,
The would-be dependent has to earn less than the personal> however it seems that there's no way that I can claim them as > dependents or to account the amount contributed as any form of > deduction, isn't there? exemption amount (in '07, that was $3400), you have to provide more than half the dependent's total support during the year, and the dependent has to be a citizen or resident alien of the US, Canada or Mexico. So, probably, no. See IRS Pub 501 for more details. http://www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ar02.html -- Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed. No HTML in E-Mail! -- http://www.expita.com/nomime.html Are you posting responses that are easy for others to follow? http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting |
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02-06-2008, 03:59 PM
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| Parents Abroad as Dependents I contribute to a significant portion of my Brazilian parents income, however it seems that there's no way that I can claim them as dependents or to account the amount contributed as any form of deduction, isn't there? TIA |
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