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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
If they had your child babysit so they could work then they are using the childcare credit on their tax return, and yes, your daughter will have to report it on a tax return of her own. I would not give them her SSN. Get her a Tax ID instead:
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayer-identification-numbers-tin
MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB
If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return. He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return. (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)
If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 paid in cash or were reported on a 1099Misc or 1099NEC then she must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.
You might also want to use free software from the IRS Free File versions:
https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/