my daughter is a full time college student and 21. she earned over 15K last year, is she still a dependent? also we covered most of her expenses for 2024

Funrunner55 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:40:38 GMT

Re: my daughter is a full time college student and 21. she earned over 15K last year, is she still a dependent? also we covered most of her expenses for 2024

DoninGA — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:31:39 GMT

If eligible you can claim her as a dependent under the Qualifying Child rules if she did NOT provide over one-half of her own expenses.

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.

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my daughter is a full time college student and 21. she earned over 15K last year, is she still a dependent? also we covered most of her expenses for 2024

Re: my daughter is a full time college student and 21. she earned over 15K last year, is she still a dependent? also we covered most of her expenses for 2024