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sbookerAnswer
Level 10
June 1, 2019

Yes, if you attended high school or college full time for five months or more of 2015, you would be considered a student for tax purposes.

Student defined.   To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:

  1. A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or

  2. A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The 5 calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

More information: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html

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sbookerAnswer
Level 10
June 1, 2019

Yes, if you attended high school or college full time for five months or more of 2015, you would be considered a student for tax purposes.

Student defined.   To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year:

  1. A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or

  2. A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.

The 5 calendar months do not have to be consecutive.

More information: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html

Hal_Al
Level 15
Level 15
June 16, 2019

Yes. A H.S. student is a full time student for the purposes of claiming him as a dependent.