With season quickly approaching who has the right to claim the child on their taxes when both parents have 50/50 custody. One parent has cus...

Question

With season quickly approaching who has the right to claim the child on their taxes when both parents have 50/50 custody. One parent has custody of the child for 1% more than the other only because he has her for a couple hours more then other but both parents pay half over everything education, doctor bills, food, clothes etc., it is not stated on the court order.

Answer

The one who has the child the extra 1%.

Answer

IRS code allows the greater timeshare parent to take the deduction. The California support guideline program will not do a 50/50 factor. There will always be a parent with 51% and the other parent with 49% for calculating support in the program.