Rooster5
New Member

Child tax question

Hello, my son, 21, a college student, made about $15,000 working last year, but no tax was withheld.  He and us did pay over $5,000 for tuition. We could claim him as a dependent as we paid more than 1/2 his expenses last year. He is filing his own taxes this year. He wants to know if it is better for him for us not to claim him as a dependent? Or would we have more benefit to claim him as our dependent.  I'm sure he will owe taxes as there was no withholding on his pay during 2023.  Thank you.