On the dependent questions in TurboTax, after you entered the birthdate, TurboTax would have asked that question (was she a full-time student). If she was, then she qualifies to be your dependent if she did not provide 50% of her own support. If she was not a full-time student, the worksheet does not come into play, only her income.
For the full-time student question:
The taxpayer's child qualifies as a student if he or she was enrolled as a full-time student at a school during any 5 months of the year or took a full-time on-farm training course during any 5 months of the year.
How you answer that question will determine whether or not the support worksheet comes into play. If she was a student in Jan, Feb, March, April and May, you should answer YES to the student question and you can claim her if she did not provide over 50% of her own support.
*** For your child dependent, you can claim them if they do not provide over half of their support - income doesn't matter. For adult dependents (non-students), you have to provide more than 50% of their support in order to claim them as a dependent on your tax return - income can't be over $4300.
And everything in the tax world is for the full year. This is no pro-rating or part-time dependency. She is either a dependent for all of 2021 or not a dependent in 2021.
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