https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-is-19-and-in-his-second-year-of-college-he-worked-part-time-in-2022-and-earned-over-12-000/01/2823468#M1025248 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:37:55 GMT ngoines13 2026-02-23T10:37:55Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-is-19-and-in-his-second-year-of-college-he-worked-part-time-in-2022-and-earned-over-12-000/01/2823468#M1025248 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:37:55 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-is-19-and-in-his-second-year-of-college-he-worked-part-time-in-2022-and-earned-over-12-000/01/2823468#M1025248 ngoines13 2026-02-23T10:37:55Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-son-is-19-and-in-his-second-year-of-college-he-worked-part-time-in-2022-and-earned-over-12-000/01/2823474#M1025250 <P>If he did not provide over one-half of his own support you should be able to claim him as a dependent under the Qualifying Child rules.</P> <P>Use this IRS worksheet to determine support -&nbsp;<A href="https://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf" target="_blank">https://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If you do claim him as a dependent and his is filing his own tax return make sure that he indicates on his tax return that he can be claimed as a dependent.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>To be a Qualifying Child -</STRONG></P> <P>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.<BR />2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, <STRONG>(b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student</STRONG> or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled.<BR />3. <STRONG>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.</STRONG><BR />4. <STRONG>The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.</STRONG><BR />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. <BR />6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year.<BR />7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.</P> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:33:46 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-son-is-19-and-in-his-second-year-of-college-he-worked-part-time-in-2022-and-earned-over-12-000/01/2823474#M1025250 DoninGA 2023-01-20T17:33:46Z