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.
The POA for your cousin or your cousin will have to clear this up.
No, these facilities do not claim people as "dependents".
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.
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.
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.