tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post384620769977330234..comments2023-09-23T02:16:11.746-06:00Comments on Thoughts from a Foster Family: Thinking about being done, againYondallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375966725096729570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-36470323711918988542008-11-26T21:17:00.000-07:002008-11-26T21:17:00.000-07:00Oops, that was me Mothering4Money, not Contact Me....Oops, that was me Mothering4Money, not Contact Me. I wrote the wrong thing in the wrong place on my profile.Mothering4Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997640642902352560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-80016694503763982712008-11-26T21:12:00.000-07:002008-11-26T21:12:00.000-07:00I am not sure if the tax rule differs from state t...I am not sure if the tax rule differs from state to state, but here you can claim the foster child on your taxes if s/he lived with you for 6 months and 1 day. The birth parent can file before you of course and make your taxes kick back, but you can re-file proof of having provided care for more than half the year and the IRS will award in the foster parents favor.Mothering4Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997640642902352560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-5558745644395074032008-11-26T17:43:00.000-07:002008-11-26T17:43:00.000-07:00Ann Marie,You can claim a foster child as a depend...Ann Marie,<BR/>You can claim a foster child as a dependent on your taxes if 1) they have been with you for a year and 2) you provide more than half of their support. Our tax preparer says that given the rate at which the agency reimburses expenses we can't do that. But yes, if they are a legal dependent, then they are a legal dependent.<BR/><BR/>I think about that periodically -- like maybe I should try to do it in the next five weeks so I count him.Yondallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375966725096729570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-11951619664857476152008-11-26T17:33:00.000-07:002008-11-26T17:33:00.000-07:00Will being his LG allow you to claim him as a depe...Will being his LG allow you to claim him as a dependent on taxes? (I've always wondered if you could claim a long term foster child as a dependent or not, so maybe you already are. Would love to know if this is allowed or not.) Wouldn't be a huge difference, but a few hundred dollars at least, right?AnnMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505967972774910106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-37255918469187666072008-11-26T10:48:00.000-07:002008-11-26T10:48:00.000-07:00Hi, Yondalla. Just popping by to tell you that I ...Hi, Yondalla. Just popping by to tell you that I tagged you today.<BR/><BR/>http://palemother.blogspot.com/2008/11/dont-look-now.html<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>D.Palehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831665114462726477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-65911436840274371122008-11-26T08:57:00.000-07:002008-11-26T08:57:00.000-07:00By which I think you mean that most people's pain ...By which I think you mean that most people's pain is losing children.<BR/><BR/>That would indeed be more painful than this Old Woman in a Shoe syndrome.Yondallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375966725096729570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-76994455283387064972008-11-26T08:54:00.000-07:002008-11-26T08:54:00.000-07:00I was thinking on another post of yours about how ...I was thinking on another post of yours about how different your experience with care is from mine, and I would even venture to say from most. <BR/><BR/>I'm not trying to minimize your feelings, but your considerations seem like the exact opposite that most people face when providing foster care.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235941490505824539noreply@blogger.com