Your Two possibilities to claim a dependent are as follows: You may be able to claim your daughter as a Qualifying Child dependent if:The child must be related to you. The child can be your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, adopted child or an offspring of any of them.Your child must be under age 19 or, if a full-time student, under age 24. There is no age limit if your child is permanently and totally disabled. Your child must live with you for more than half the year, but several exceptions apply (ie. away at school). The child cannot provide more than half of his/her support. You must be the only person claiming the childThe child must be a US citizen, resident alien, national, or resident of Mexico or Canada.The child cannot file a joint return with his or her spouse. You may be able to claim your daughter as a Qualifying Relative dependent if:You provided more than half of her support in 2016She earned less than $4,050 in gross taxable income. (Social Security income generally doesn’t count here.) She lives with you 365 days in the year or is related to you. She isn’t a dependent on someone else’s taxes. She isn’t filing a tax return with a spouse (married filing jointly). She is a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican residentYou can’t claim a dependent if you are a dependent on someone else’s taxesSee Rules For Claiming DependentsIf you are eligible to claim your daughter per the above, and she earned over $6,300 in W-2 wages in 2016, she should file her own return. If she earned less then $6,300 in W-2 wages, she may elect to file her own return for a possible refund of her withholding(s). If she files her own return with TurboTax, she should check the box Someone else can claim me on their tax return in the personal information section.

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mspinelle

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Can I claim my 19 year old daughter even though she has a job and I have supported her all year? And should she file her own taxes if I can claim her?

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June 3, 2019
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Your Two possibilities to claim a dependent are as follows:

You may be able to claim your daughter as a Qualifying Child dependent if:

The child must be related to you. The child can be your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, adopted child or an offspring of any of them.
Your child must be under age 19 or, if a full-time student, under age 24. There is no age limit if your child is permanently and totally disabled.
Your child must live with you for more than half the year, but several exceptions apply (ie. away at school).
The child cannot provide more than half of his/her support.
You must be the only person claiming the child
The child must be a US citizen, resident alien, national, or resident of Mexico or Canada.
The child cannot file a joint return with his or her spouse.

You may be able to claim your daughter as a Qualifying Relative dependent if:

You provided more than half of her support in 2016
She earned less than $4,050 in gross taxable income. (Social Security income generally doesn’t count here.)
She lives with you 365 days in the year or is related to you.
She isn’t a dependent on someone else’s taxes.
She isn’t filing a tax return with a spouse (married filing jointly).
She is a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident

You can’t claim a dependent if you are a dependent on someone else’s taxes

See Rules For Claiming Dependents

If you are eligible to claim your daughter per the above, and she earned over $6,300 in W-2 wages in 2016, she should file her own return. If she earned less then $6,300 in W-2 wages, she may elect to file her own return for a possible refund of her withholding(s).

If she files her own return with TurboTax, she should check the box Someone else can claim me on their tax return in the personal information section.

Licalve2

Level 2

My daughter has a son and they both live with me. She works and goes to college fulltime. She will be filing a tax return this year. Can still claim her and grandson. Or just her?