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Can I file my 17 year old daughter if she just started working in July of 2024 ?

mrcarte7 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:52:06 GMT

Re: Can I file my 17 year old daughter if she just started working in July of 2024 ?

DoninGA — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:54:50 GMT

You should be able to claim her as a dependent under the Qualifying Child rules if she meets all the requirements

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: Can I file my 17 year old daughter if she just started working in July of 2024 ?

MinhT1 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:55:58 GMT

Yes, you can.

If your daughter has income in 2024, you don't report your daughter's income on your tax return.

You can still claim her as a dependent if she didn't provide more than half of her own support for the year and she was under 19 at the end of 2024 (or under 24 and a full-time student).

If it has to be reported, at all, it goes on her own return. If your dependent daughter is under age 19 (or under 24 and a full-time student), she must file a tax return for 2024 if she had any of the following:

Total income (wages, salaries, taxable scholarship etc.) of more than $14,600 in 2024.
Unearned income (interest, dividends, capital gains) of more than $1,300.
Gross income (earned plus unearned) exceeding the larger of $1,300 or her earned income (up to $14,600) plus $400.
Other self-employment income over $400, including box 1 of a 1099-NEC

If your dependent daughter files her own return, she has to indicate in the My Info section of TurboTax that she can be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer.

Even if she had less, she can file if she needs to get back income tax withholding. She can't get back Social Security or Medicare tax withholding.