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I live in New Jersey and my brother is in Alaris Health at West Orange facility. He has been in there after having cancer removed from his bladder. He has been trying to find affordable housing during his rehabilitation there and it is taking a long time.
As a result, the facility required him to pay for his room and board. My brother attempted to file his income tax but found out from the IRS that someone else claimed him.
The agency later informed him that his nursing facility named Atlaris Health at West Orange claimed him on their company taxes. Is this legal?
He didn't give them any consent neither did they informed my brother they would be filing him on their income taxes.

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There has been a misunderstanding here.
The POA for your cousin or your cousin will have to clear this up.
No, these facilities do not claim people as "dependents".
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Mittens380 31 min ago
Alvadeer, thank you for responding. I have to ask my brother who does he has as POA. He was told by his social worker that the facility claimed him as a dependent on their income tax. In addition, the IRS representative informed him the same thing too.

When my other brother told me this, he was given some phony bologny that the can put him as a dependent on their business income tax. My detective ears when on alert not to accept what was told them by the facility representative.
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Brother is in Rehab? Medicare should have paid the first 20 days and 50% after that. As long as your brother is paying forbhis care, he is not a dependent for anyone. If he has gkne over the 100 days Medicare allows, then he now is private pay. Again,not a dependent for anyone. Even if he were on Medicaid and his SS going towards his care, not sure this can happen. You need to talk to a CPA. Did he question this with the IRS, claim fraud?
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Mittens380 25 min ago
Hi JoAnn, he is paying for their services and board stay. No, my brother who is the patient and my other brother who checks in on him accepted what the facility social worker stated as being legal for them to claim him.

I am the suspicious one in my family who questions businesses shady practice. The Alaris health representative already have a good idea that my brother and other siblings don't question authority. I will relay your tip in action to my brother and thank you for your input.
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A customer is not a dependent. If I ate at a McDonald's everyday...they wouldn't be able to claim me as a dependent, even though they did feed me.
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Mittens380 23 min ago
Hi Cashew, that is so funny your example but very true. I am not that well verse in the Medicaid and Medicare senior coverage but I sure know the smell of corrupt business practices.
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A business cannot claim an individual as a dependent. I've been a principle in a c-corp for 40 years. I've seen our federal and state (MN) business tax forms. There's no where to claim someone on the federal. Not sure about your brother's home state, but I don't see how it's possible.

How old is your brother?

Is it possible he has a legal guardian? Is it possible someone (an individual at Atlaris) is doing something shady and claiming him?

Does your brother actually make an income that requires reporting? If he filed personal income taxes this would not intersect with federal business tax filing.

A more likely explanation is I think he got his info wrong.
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Do you mean the nursing home claimed him as a dependent? I'm not a lawyer or a tax expert but that sounds really weird to me. I would suggest he contact the ombudsman's office and get them involved.
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Mittens380 22 min ago
Hi LyndeeNew, thank you for your input too. I never heard of the Ombudsman's office; what level of government is that office located in? Or, is that a private organization?
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