How Do I File Taxes Without My Child's Social Security Number? - Weekend Wisdom

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Question: My husband and I finalized our adoption in December 2025, and we’re still waiting for our son’s birth certificate in the mail. Then we’ll need to take it to file for an SSN and wait for that to arrive. How can we file taxes, including our newborn baby, without a Social Security Number for him? (We didn’t know we could file for a temporary number with the IRS until it was too late - after his finalization hearing).

Resources:

• The 2025 Adoption Tax Credit (podcast)
• The Annual Adoption Tax Credit Guide: 2025 Edition
• IRS.gov: Adoption taxpayer identification number

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