Apparently, my tax return was selected for review and they are going to ask for more information about me having my kids and my eligibility for the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit.
I have been claiming my kids since my daughter was born in 2012 and after their mom and I divorced in 2016 as my divorce decree allowed me to do so as my ex-wife doesn't work due to disability. So, I thought that meant I could say that they were with me the majority of the year even if they weren't as the divorce decree allowed me to claim them.
Now that I am doing research, that apparently isn't the case.
My girlfriend and family say that it was an honest mistake and the IRS will work with me, even if I owe money back to them. My issue is that I just started not having to live paycheck to paycheck with the new job and now I feel like I am going to be doing just that once again.
At that point, I won't want to work since I am working not to have a roof over my head, or my kid's heads when they visit or food in our stomach, but to pay their mom child support and the government back.
I was finally starting to feel like I could actually provide a life for my kids and my girlfriend when we got married, and now not so much.
I am really worried and scared.
I have been claiming my kids since my daughter was born in 2012 and after their mom and I divorced in 2016 as my divorce decree allowed me to do so as my ex-wife doesn't work due to disability. So, I thought that meant I could say that they were with me the majority of the year even if they weren't as the divorce decree allowed me to claim them.
Now that I am doing research, that apparently isn't the case.
My girlfriend and family say that it was an honest mistake and the IRS will work with me, even if I owe money back to them. My issue is that I just started not having to live paycheck to paycheck with the new job and now I feel like I am going to be doing just that once again.
At that point, I won't want to work since I am working not to have a roof over my head, or my kid's heads when they visit or food in our stomach, but to pay their mom child support and the government back.
I was finally starting to feel like I could actually provide a life for my kids and my girlfriend when we got married, and now not so much.
I am really worried and scared.