topic My son turned 18 in August 2022. He has been working since then and plans to file his own2022 taxes. He lives with me still, the entire 2022 year. Can I still claim him? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

My son turned 18 in August 2022. He has been working since then and plans to file his own2022 taxes. He lives with me still, the entire 2022 year. Can I still claim him?

sadielynnjohnson — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:28:57 GMT

Re: My son turned 18 in August 2022. He has been working since then and plans to file his own2022 taxes. He lives with me still, the entire 2022 year. Can I still claim him?

DoninGA — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 16:23:36 GMT

You should be able to claim him as your dependent under the Qualifying Child rules if he meets all the requirements. If you do claim him as a dependent on your tax return make sure that he indicates on his tax return that he can be claimed as a dependent.

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.

Re: My son turned 18 in August 2022. He has been working since then and plans to file his own2022 taxes. He lives with me still, the entire 2022 year. Can I still claim him?

Hal_Al — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 22:57:52 GMT

Q. He lives with me still, the entire 2022 year. Can I still claim him?

A. Yes. Because he is under 19 and lives with you. That answer assumes he does not provide more than half his own support, for the year.

There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and Other ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit or student status, a relationship test and residence test.

A child of a taxpayer can still be a “Qualifying Child” (QC) dependent, regardless of his/her income, if:

He is under age 19, or under 24 if a full time student for at least 5 months of the year, or is totally & permanently disabled
He did not provide more than 1/2 his own support. Scholarships are excluded from the support calculation
He lived with the parent (including temporary absences such as away at school) for more than half the year

So, it doesn't matter how much he earned. What matters is how much he spent on support. Money he put into savings does not count as support he spent on himself.

The support value of the home, provided by the parent, is the fair market rental value of the home plus utilities & other expenses divided by the number of occupants.

Note that the support test is different for each dependent type. The support test, for a QC, is only that the child didn't provide more than half his own support. The support test for a Qualifying Relative is that the taxpayer provided more than half the relative's support.

The IRS has a worksheet that can be used to help with the support calculation. See: http://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf

Furthermore, there is a rule that says IF somebody else CAN claim him as a dependent, he is not allowed to claim himself. If he has sufficient income (usually more than $12,950), he can & should still file taxes. In TurboTax, he indicates that somebody else can claim him as a dependent, at the personal information section. TT will check that box on form 1040.