topic If I earned only $500 can I claim my daughter as a dependent. I tried to do this but return when I e-file is rejected. Why in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-earned-only-500-can-i-claim-my-daughter-as-a-dependent-i-tried-to-do-this-but-return-when-i-e/01/423023#M174379 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:17:56 GMT jlblack15 2019-06-04T21:17:56Z If I earned only $500 can I claim my daughter as a dependent. I tried to do this but return when I e-file is rejected. Why https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-earned-only-500-can-i-claim-my-daughter-as-a-dependent-i-tried-to-do-this-but-return-when-i-e/01/423023#M174379 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:17:56 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-earned-only-500-can-i-claim-my-daughter-as-a-dependent-i-tried-to-do-this-but-return-when-i-e/01/423023#M174379 jlblack15 2019-06-04T21:17:56Z If you only earned $500, then you could get a very tiny a... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-you-only-earned-500-then-you-could-get-a-very-tiny-a/01/423030#M174382 <P>If you only earned $500, then you could get a very tiny amount of earned income credit by claiming her -- less than $200.&nbsp; You did not support a child on $500.&nbsp; Did someone else actually support you and your child?&nbsp; That person could likely claim both of you as dependents.&nbsp; And if you ARE being claimed as someone else's dependent, you cannot claim a dependent of your own.&nbsp; If someone else already claimed you or your child, that is why your own return is being rejected.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:17:57 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-you-only-earned-500-then-you-could-get-a-very-tiny-a/01/423030#M174382 xmasbaby0 2019-06-04T21:17:57Z