Need to changes my son's dependent status

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April 15, 2026
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my son is 25 and lives with me while attending college full time. I am supporting him, I was advised to claim him as a dependent even though he worked a summer job. I efiled my return and it was accepted. He efiled his return and it was rejected because I claimed him as a dependent. How do I fix his return? Please and thank you in advance.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

If your son was 25 at the end of 2025 and had more than $5200 of income of his own, he cannot be claimed as your dependent. He is too old to be a qualifying child and if he earned over $5200, had too much income to be a qualifying relative.

If he earned less than $5200, you can still claim him as a qualifying relative for the non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents. In that situation he will have to change his own answer in MY INFO when it asks if someone else can claim him.

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CRS1985Author

Level 2

Good evening.

My son turned 25 in August 2025. He made close to $4,700 during the summer.

The issue is that we need to change his answer because he said no one could claim him. How do we do that? I do not get that question when I attempt to edit his form.

Thank you for your help.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

He earned less than $5200 so he can be claimed......the question you need does appear in MY INFO. Go to MY INFO, click his name and go slowly and carefully through the screens to the one that asks him if he can be claimed.