MULTIPLE SUPPORT AGREEMENT

An agreement where two or more taxpayers provide financial support for the same dependent. It allows several persons to jointly aid a single dependent to be able to take turns declaring this individual as a dependent for their tax return. In order for the agreement to take effect, every taxpayer must shoulder 10% of the dependent's support and the form 2120 can be used to make this claim. This is also utilized when many children contribute to support their aged parent.