https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-daughter-is-20-she-was-a-full-time-student-in-2016-but-dropped-out-in-oct-she-lived-at-home-and/01/73039#M31004 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:30:29 GMT slooney 2019-06-01T02:30:29Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-daughter-is-20-she-was-a-full-time-student-in-2016-but-dropped-out-in-oct-she-lived-at-home-and/01/73039#M31004 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:30:29 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-daughter-is-20-she-was-a-full-time-student-in-2016-but-dropped-out-in-oct-she-lived-at-home-and/01/73039#M31004 slooney 2019-06-01T02:30:29Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/was-she-a-full-time-student-for-a-total-of-5-months-durin/01/73051#M31009 Was she a full-time student for a total of 5 months during 2016? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:30:31 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/was-she-a-full-time-student-for-a-total-of-5-months-durin/01/73051#M31009 xmasbaby0 2019-06-01T02:30:31Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/yes-if-she-was-a-ft-student-for-any-part-of-5-calendar-m/01/73061#M31014 <P>Yes, if she was a FT student for any part of 5 calendar months. The 5 months do not need to be consecutive.&nbsp;</P><P>A child of a taxpayer can still be a “Qualifying Child” (QC) dependent,<B> regardless of his/her income,</B> if:<BR /></P><P>1. He is under age 19, or <B>under 24 if a full time student for at least 5 months of the year</B>, or is totally &amp; permanently disabled</P><P>2. He did not provide more than 1/2 his own support. Scholarships are considered third party support and not as support provided by the student.</P><P>3. He lived with the parent (including temporary absences such as away at school) for more than half the year</P><P>&nbsp;So, it doesn't matter how much he earned. What matters is how much he spent on support. Money he put into savings does not count as support he spent on him self.</P><P>The support value of the home you provided is the fair market rental value of the home plus utilities &amp; other expenses divided by the number of occupants.</P><P>Furthermore, there is a rule that says IF somebody else CAN claim him as a dependent, he is not allowed to claim his own exemption. If he has sufficient income (usually more than $6300), he can &amp; should still file taxes; he just doesn’t get his own $4050 exemption (deduction). In TurboTax, he indicates that somebody else can claim him as a dependent, at the personal information section. &nbsp;</P><P>Even if he had less, he is allowed to file if he needs to get back income tax withholding. He cannot get back social security or Medicare tax withholding.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:30:32 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/yes-if-she-was-a-ft-student-for-any-part-of-5-calendar-m/01/73061#M31014 Hal_Al 2019-06-01T02:30:32Z