I was wondering if I can claim an EITC because of my daughter.
My daughter was 23 years old at the end of the year, but she was only a full-time student from parts of January to parts of May. I wonder if this qualifies her as part of the qualifying child test in the IRS website :
"To be a qualifying child for the EITC, your child must be...
Under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student for at least 5 months of the year and younger than you (or your spouse, if you file a joint return)"
That said, I've gotten contradictory messages. One tax form I read implied that she needed to be a student at the end of the tax year. Also, she was a student in only late January and only early May, so it was parts of five months and not five full months.
Can anyone confirm that I am eligible to use my daughter as a qualifying child? Please and thank you.
