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If she does not provide over one-half of her own support then you should be able to claim her as a dependent under the Qualifying Child rules if she meets all the requirements under the rules.   To be a Qualifying Child - 1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them. 2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled. 3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you. 4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year. 5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child. 6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year. 7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.

have you completed entering everything for your return? If not, AGI can be increased for some items until the proper form or schedule is completed. This forum has no access to your 1040 1) review all your entries, sometimes it's a misplaced decimal point.  2) make sure all TurboTax sections are completed  3) have you done a final review, that may indicate where there are issues  3) if you can't find it, you'll need to contact support to allow them to see your return. There may be a fee if you are using the free edition of online  

On your Schedule Line 17, is the amount greater than the Standard Deduction for your filing status?   Standard deductions for 2025 Single - $15.750 add $2,000 if age 65 or older Married Filing Separately - $15,750 add $1,600 if age 65 or older Married Filing Jointly - $31,500 add $1,600 for each spouse age 65 or older Head of Household - $23,625 add $2,000 if age 65 or older   Only your total medical expenses that are greater than 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) can be deducted. The SALT limit on Schedule A is $40,000 ($20,000 if filing as MFS) - State and Local Income Taxes, State and Local Sales taxes, State and Local Real Estate Taxes, State and Local Personal Property Taxes

@budsara1 wrote: I decided to go with reporting as miscellaneous income so that I could include additional details about the source. That would be correct, in my opinion, as it's the only way to flag the income as IRD.

Delete the Form 5695   Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen Click on Tools Click on Delete a form   Note - There may be multiple pages of your tax return forms and schedules so click on the page number or right arrow (>) shown at the bottom of the federal tax return forms.

DianeW777, Thank you for the detailed and quick response. I also appreciate your comments on how the IRS will view it.  I don't know how they can possibly keep up with all the minutia of our tax system. I decided to go with reporting as miscellaneous income so that I could include additional details about the source. Best regards.