Many factors determine whether a person will
qualify as your dependent.
Please use the qualifying test
from the IRS to find out!
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/whom-may-i-claim-as-a-dependent
Here are just a few guidlines:
In general, to
be a taxpayer’s qualifying child, a person must satisfy four tests:
- Relationship
—
the taxpayer’s child or stepchild (whether by blood or adoption), foster
child, sibling or step-sibling, or a descendant of one of these.
- Residence
—
has the same principal residence as the taxpayer for more than half the
tax year. Exceptions apply, in certain cases, for children of divorced or
separated parents, kidnapped children, temporary absences, and for
children who were born or died during the year.
- Age — must be
under the age of 19 at the end of the tax year, or under the age of 24 if
a full-time student for at least five months of the year, or be
permanently and totally disabled at any time during the year.
- Support — did not
provide more than one-half of his/her own support for the year
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