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Curious to hear what some tax expert says. Sounds really fishy/risky to me

I would Google the rules for claiming dependents. I don’t know it offhand but this should be a pretty straightforward question.

Are they a US citizen? I think they need to be do be claimed as a dependent but not sure. If they are married and living together, I think they need to look at combined income for the qualified income amount. The qualifications should be easy to find in someIRS instructions you should find using google

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