Our son left for Army BCT July 23, 2017 & turned 18 on November 27, 2017. Can we claim him as a dependent on our 2018 taxes without being reprimanded?

gshockyo · ‎June 1, 2019

He will file his own taxes as well.

MinhT · ‎June 1, 2019

If you provided more than half of his support in 2017, you can claim your son as a dependent.

Your son will file his own tax return if he has income. He'll need to indicate on his return that he can be claimed as a dependent by someone else.

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MinhT · ‎June 1, 2019

If you provided more than half of his support in 2017, you can claim your son as a dependent.

Your son will file his own tax return if he has income. He'll need to indicate on his return that he can be claimed as a dependent by someone else.

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Our son left for Army BCT July 23, 2017 &amp; turned 18 on November 27, 2017. Can we claim him as a dependent on our 2018 taxes without being reprimanded?