When you say your child, how hold are they? In order to claim the CO TABOR credit, you need to be at least 18 years old and a CO resident. If they return to your home when they are not in school, they would be considered temporarily absent from the state but still be considered a resident of the state.
You do not have to have income, but you do need to file a CO return, even if you do not have income in order to claim the credit. Since your child does not have income to file a federal return, you may end up needing to print and mail their return as $0 returns are sometimes rejected electronically.
To claim, the credit, just walk through the normal steps in TurboTax to file a return, you will enter their personal information but no income. Then keep going to the state section to claim the credit. If the returns come back as rejected, simply correct it by selecting print and mail. Then follow the instructions that will print with the return to mail the forms.
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