@ds1270 wrote:
My software stipulates that a child at age 17 is not considered a qualifying child. The correct age is 19. Can I have my software corrected? The return I have done regards a dependent child of 17 to be an OTHER dependent incorrectly. Please respond so I can prepare a corrected return.
Thank you
Daniel St John
You may have misunderstood something on one of the pages for a dependent.
A child age 17 or older is not eligible for the Child Tax Credit. They are eligible for the Other Dependent tax credit.
Your child can be claimed as a dependent under the Qualifying Child rules if the are under the age of 19. Or if they are a full time student under the age of 24. Or at any age if they permanently and totally disabled.
To be a Qualifying Child -
1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child.
6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year.
7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.
