Will it be ok that I carry my mentally disabled daughter on my income tax as a dependent if she has a part time job I have carried her the last 2 years

angelcakes2020 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:55:37 GMT

The first 2 years I carried her she wasn't working but she has a part time job

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MayaD — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:02:03 GMT

You can still claim your daughter as a dependent as long as she didn't provide more than half of her support.

Re: Will it be ok that I carry my mentally disabled daughter on my income tax as a dependent if she has a part time job I have carried her the last 2 years

Hal_Al — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:37:50 GMT

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 disability 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.

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

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Will it be ok that I carry my mentally disabled daughter on my income tax as a dependent if she has a part time job I have carried her the last 2 years

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