Yes, if they both meet the qualifications to be your dependents.
Your girlfriend can be
claimed as a dependent if she passes some of the same tests used to determine if
your child or relative can be claimed as a dependent.
First, your girlfriend cannot be claimed as a dependent on someone else's tax return.
That’s the first phase of tests.
If she and your daughter passes those rules,
these four “tests” will need to be passed to qualify as a dependent. She and your daughter:
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Is not a
“qualifying child” of a taxpayer. The IRS has specific qualifying child
rules based on relationship, age, residency, and joint return
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Earned less
than $4,050 in taxable income (amount of the personal exemption) in 2016
- Did not
provide over half of his or her own support
-
Lived with
you all year as a member of your household
As you can see, the tests make it
impossible for someone to be claimed as a dependent on two returns. Either you
provided their support or someone else did.
If your girlfriend and daughter passes these
tests, TurboTax makes it easy to claim the dependent exemption by
asking simple questions about your life.
