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February 7, 2023
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IHSS help please

  • February 7, 2023
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Can parents be claimed as dependents even tho taxpayer being paid by IHSS for the parents?

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Best answer by Just-Lisa-Now-

Right, if the parents are living in the home with the taxpayer and the taxpayer is being paid to care for the parents as part of a Medicaid waiver program, those wages are excludable, and not taxable (thats why you have zero wages in box 1). 

But they can still be used for EITC purposes, if they qualify for EITC, the EIC worksheet has a place to include them.

 

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Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
February 7, 2023

Maybe, do they meet the requirements to be claimed as dependents?

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lucreciaAuthor
Level 5
February 7, 2023

They do but the ihss w2 from one parent has $0 wages $0 withholdings but $26,161. in ss wages and medicare wages.

Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
February 7, 2023

Right, if the parents are living in the home with the taxpayer and the taxpayer is being paid to care for the parents as part of a Medicaid waiver program, those wages are excludable, and not taxable (thats why you have zero wages in box 1). 

But they can still be used for EITC purposes, if they qualify for EITC, the EIC worksheet has a place to include them.

 

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