"He worked only briefly..." If your adult son had less than $5050 of income during 2024 ---not counting any Social Security---you may be able to claim him as a qualifying relative and get the $500 credit for other dependents. If he files a tax return of his own he will have to say on his own return that he can be claimed as someone else's dependent.
If he earned at least $5050 during the time that he worked, no one can claim him as a dependent.
IRS interview to help determine who can be claimed:
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent
Qualifying relative
- They don't have to be related to you (despite the name).
- They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else.
- They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
- They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse.
- They lived with you the entire year (exceptions apply).
- They made less than $5050 in 2024 (not counting Social Security)
- You provided more than half of their financial support.
When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of questions to make sure you can claim them. There may be other tax benefits you can get when you claim a dependent.
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