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I need advice

Karebear17 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 01:01:35 GMT

My daughter is 17 and starts her 1st job tomorrow, jer employer wants her to fill out her MW507. But neither one of us know how to fill it out. Also will I still be able to claim her on my taxes as a dependent since she still lives with me?

Re: I need advice

Opus 17 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 01:11:49 GMT

Your daughter should file a form W-4 for federal income tax withholding and a form MW507 for state tax withholding. Just read the form and follow the instructions. I can't explain everything, but if you have a specific question after reading the instructions, someone may point you in the right direction.

Just be aware the form is several pages of instructions, not just the bottom half that gets turned in to the employer.

https://www.marylandcomptroller.gov/content/dam/mdcomp/tax/forms/2025/MW507.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf

In most cases, the fact that your daughter works does not affect your ability to claim her as a dependent. Only if she earns so much that she pays for more than half her living expenses. That includes her clothing, travel, entertainment, medical expenses, and a percentage of your home expenses like rent or mortgage payment, food, utilities and insurance. It is very uncommon for a child to pay more than half their expenses. And what counts is what she pays for, not what she earns. If she was a child actor making a million dollars a year, and saved it all, and you paid the daily living expenses for the family, then she would still qualify as a dependent.

All the rules are in publication 501, and Turbotax also has an interview that will ask the questions needed to determine her status.

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-501

Re: I need advice

xmasbaby0 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 02:35:01 GMT

MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return. He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages from boxes 2 or 17 (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return. (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc or 1099NEC then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.

Re: I need advice

Karebear17 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:09:57 GMT

Thank you for the advice.