Getting a jump start on my 2025 taxes and Turbo Tax is not allowing me to qualify my daughter as a dependent when it asks, "Let us know if she made $5200 or more in 2025". As soon as I state yes, it states she is not a dependent and forces me to file single. My daughter is a full time student, I do provide more than half her support, she lived with me the entire year in the US and was 23 years old from January - June (6 months) before turning 24.
It looks like this error happened last year, but I am confused on why it has not been resolved. I read that if your child is in school full time, and is under the age of 24 for at least five months they qualify as a dependent.
Please help me understand this. Also if it helps, I have provided the questions it asks along with the answers I put:
- What's Your Relationship to (Childs Name)?
- My Child (includes adopted, foster and stepchildren)
- Tell us about your child
- Name
- Birth Date
- Citizenship Status
- This is my
- The child is Adopted, Foster Child, None of the Above
- How many months did (Child name) live with you in 2025?
- Claiming (Childs name) as a dependent involves counting each month she lived with you in 2025.
- How many of those were in the US?
- Did any of these apply to (Childs Name)? Disabled, Passed Away in 2025, None of these apply
- (Childs Name) Marital Status. Was (childs name) married as of December 31, 2025?
- Did (Childs Name) make $5200 or More Last Year? Let us know if she made $5200 or more in 2025.
- Yes, (Childs Name) made $5200 or more last year.
- About (Childs Name) Dependent Status
- It turns out (Childs Name) doesn't qualify as your dependent.
