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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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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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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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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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