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You can claim your son as a dependent if you provided more than half of his support in 2016 (which is the case).
You do not add your son's income on your tax return.
He has to file his own tax return and indicate in his return that Someone else is claiming him as a dependent.
You can claim your son as a dependent if you provided more than half of his support in 2016 (which is the case).
You do not add your son's income on your tax return.
He has to file his own tax return and indicate in his return that Someone else is claiming him as a dependent.
ok thanks, want you say half of support what are we talking about, because my granddaughter works part time so she able to buy own cloth, go to college and works part time, her scholarships been paying for her books and school, i bought her a car for her own transportation, had to put it in my name for insurance purpose it would have cost double. she pays no rent or utility or food and ect!! anything else, in which i don't ask anything for that her school is more important at this time! and yes she been living with me for 4 years! i have always claim her but now she is working part time . Any help by you or the agent will help!
If she is living with you rent free, you are providing her meals, and you furnish her a car, then she should qualify as your dependent. The IRS has an online tool you can use if you to be sure: Whom May I Claim as a Dependent?
Dependents didn't come over from last year on page one for 1040. They are in the easystep questions. I need to delete them
If the "dependents" did not show up on the Form 1040 there will be no tax consequence to leaving them in the step by step. However, if you wish to clear them out you should go to:
That will successfully clear that dependent.
I have a similar situation except that my child lived with a relative for the full 12 months in another state, can my child be claimed as a dependent by the relative?
That would be difficult to answer without further information.
First would be to determine if the student supplied more than half of their own support. Since they didn't even pay rent I would assume no, so they are a dependent.
Next, whose dependent is the student?
You say "relative". Could the student be their "Qualifying Child?" "The student must be their son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, adopted child or a descendent of any of them" to be their qualifying child, so if not, the student would need to be their qualifying relative in which case the student would need to have earned less than 4,300.
For you the time at the relatives could be considered as living at home if the student was only away because he/she was attending school. This would include time not actually in class and even working a job if the intent is to return home when finished with school. Then you would still claim the student as your dependent.
It's a bit subjective. Below is a link to an IRS interview which might help.
You can claim a person as your dependent if they meet the requirements of being your “Qualifying Child” or Qualifying Relative”
These terms can seem misleading since a “Qualifying Child” does not need to be your child and a “Qualifying Relative” does not be related to you.
A “Qualifying Child is a person that meet these tests:
There is no age limit if your child is permanently and totally disabled.
A QUALIFYING RELATIVE IS A PERSON THAT MEETS THESE TESTS:
This person can’t be a qualifying child to you or anyone else.
This person must have lived with you OR be a relative of yours.
This person must have gross income of less than $4,300
This person must have gotten more than half their support from you.
Q.> Can my child be claimed as a dependent by the relative?
A. > Simple answer yes. Any close relative that lives with the child can claim him. A cousin is not a close relative.
But, as the other answer indicated, there's more to it than that.
There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and standard ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, student status, a relationship test and residence test. Only a QC qualifies a taxpayer for the Earned Income Credit and the Child Tax Credit. They are interrelated but the rules are different for each.
The support test is different for each type. The support test, for a QC, is only that the child didn't provide more than half his own support. The support test for a Qualifying Relative is that the taxpayer provided more than half the relative's support.
.A child closely related to a taxpayer can be a “Qualifying Child (QC)” dependent, regardless of the child's income, if:
A person can still be a Qualifying relative dependent, if not a Qualifying Child, if he meets the 6 tests for claiming a dependent:
In either case:
See full dependent rules at: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Family/Rules-for-Claiming-a-Dependent-on-Your-Tax-Ret...
Sounds like my child, as a full-time college student, can be claimed by me as a qualifying child. In that case, does my child's W-2 need to be reported in my tax returns? Or, can my child file her own tax returns without a dependent exemption?
Q. Does my child's W-2 need to be reported in my tax returns?
A. No.
Q. Can my child file her own tax returns without a dependent exemption?
A. Yes
You do not report his/her income on your return. If it has to be reported, at all, it goes on his own return. If your dependent child is under age 19 (or under 24 if a full time student), he or she must file a tax return for 2020 if he had any of the following:
Even if he had less, he is allowed to file if he needs to get back income tax withholding. He cannot get back social security or Medicare tax withholding.
In TurboTax, he indicates that somebody else can claim him as a dependent, at the personal information section.
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