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Can you help find where they ask if they are students in the dependent section?

nytelese — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:01:57 GMT

They are 24 and 27 and were full-time students in 2024. After googling it says it should be a question but I cannot find it

Re: Can you help find where they ask if they are students in the dependent section?

DoninGA — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:36:34 GMT

Since they are over the age of 23, the question if they are full time students is no longer valid. They have aged out of being a dependent under the Qualifying Child rules.

They are now being claimed as dependent under the Qualifying Relative rules, where being a full time student is not a factor.

Re: Can you help find where they ask if they are students in the dependent section?

DoninGA — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:38:28 GMT

To be a Qualifying Relative -

1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer. A child is not the qualifying child of any other taxpayer if the child's parent (or any other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) is not required to file an income tax return or files an income tax return only to get a refund on income tax withheld.
2. The person either (a) must be related to you or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household.
3. The person's gross income for the year must be less than $5,050 (social security does not count) in 2024
4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.
5. The person must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S., Canada, or Mexico resident for some part of the year.
6. The person must not file a joint return with their spouse with the following exception -
You can claim a person as a dependent who files a joint return if that person and that person’s spouse file the joint return only to claim a refund of income tax withheld or estimated tax paid.

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 you help find where they ask if they are students in the dependent section?

MindyB — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:40:38 GMT

Your children are above the age limit to be considered a qualifying child (your child must be under age 19 or, if a full-time student, under age 24. There's no age limit if your child is permanently and totally disabled.)

However, they may be a qualifying dependent. Here's the qualification test from Rules for Claiming Dependents on Taxes :

Do they live with you? Your relative must live with you all year as a member of your household or be on the list of “relatives who do not live with you” in Publication 501. About 30 types of relatives are on this list.
Do they make less than $5,050 in 2024 ($5,200 for 2025)? Your relative can't have a gross income of more than $5,050 in 2024 and be claimed by you as a dependent. This threshold increases to $5,200 for 2025. Certain income is excluded from this requirement such as all or part of Social Security benefits.
Do you financially support them? You must provide more than half of your relative's total support for the year.

If you believe they qualify as a dependent, you can add them here:

Navigate to My Info, Your household, add dependent.