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Adding Adult Children that aren't Dependents

MCollett1 — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 04:22:00 GMT

My children, twins, age 30, are both disabled and live at home with me. They receive enough money that they are not dependents. However, because they are disabled and still living at home, they are qualifying for the EIC. When entering my son's information, I have told the software that I did not pay more than half of his living expenses and that he has his own income, (he has a job and SS income) but it continues to tell me he is a dependent when he is not. It does not do this with my daughter, who has no job and only receives SSI. I have tried editing him, I've deleted him and started over, but it continues to tell me he is a dependent.

Re: Adding Adult Children that aren't Dependents

xmasbaby0 — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:09:06 GMT

If you are not trying to claim your adult children as dependents, why are you listing them on your income tax return?

Re: Adding Adult Children that aren't Dependents

MCollett1 — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:24:09 GMT

Because I claim them every year for the EITC because they live with me. Do you have an answer why Turbotax is not accepting the correct answers?

Claim a qualifying child with a disability

The qualifying child you claim for the EITC can be any age if they:

Have a permanent and total disability and
Have a valid Social Security number

Re: Adding Adult Children that aren't Dependents

KeshaH — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:21:45 GMT

If you'd like, we can look at your return and see exactly what you see to help come to a resolution. The return will be scrubbed and won't include any of your personal details.

If you're using TurboTax Online:

Once you're logged in to your account,

- on the left hand panel, click on Tax Tools and then choose Tools

- on the pop up window, select Share my file with Agent

- you'll see a message saying you'll give us a copy of your tax return. Your personal information will be changed so we can't see any private information.

- click okay and you'll get another message with a token

Please reply to this message with your token so that we can further assist you. Let us know what state is included in your return.