https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-dependent-was-with-me-from-october-of-2018-until-september-of-2019/01/1045102#M380109 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:20:30 GMT Balay90 2020-01-30T17:20:30Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-dependent-was-with-me-from-october-of-2018-until-september-of-2019/01/1045102#M380109 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:20:30 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-dependent-was-with-me-from-october-of-2018-until-september-of-2019/01/1045102#M380109 Balay90 2020-01-30T17:20:30Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-dependent-was-with-me-from-october-of-2018-until-september-of-2019/01/1045272#M380174 <P>Who was the dependent?</P> Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:44:12 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-dependent-was-with-me-from-october-of-2018-until-september-of-2019/01/1045272#M380174 xmasbaby0 2020-01-30T17:44:12Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-dependent-was-with-me-from-october-of-2018-until-september-of-2019/01/1045346#M380210 <P>If the dependent is a child, you can claim them as a dependent as long as they lived <STRONG>more than half the year</STRONG> with you and meet the other requirements to be a qualifying child:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;<STRONG>Relationship&nbsp;</STRONG>-&nbsp;&nbsp;A child must be:</P> <UL> <LI>Your <STRONG>son</STRONG>, daughter, stepchild, foster child, or a descendant (for example, your grandchild) of any of them, or</LI> <LI>Your brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant (for example, your niece or nephew) of any of them</LI> </UL> <P>2.<STRONG>&nbsp; Age&nbsp;</STRONG>- A child must be:</P> <UL> <LI>Under age 19 at the end of the year;&nbsp;</LI> <LI>A student under age 24 at the end of the year. &nbsp; [According to&nbsp;<A href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf" target="_blank">IRS Pub. 501</A>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"To qualify as a student, your child must be, during some part of each of any&nbsp;<STRONG>5 calendar months</STRONG>&nbsp;of the year… The 5 calendar months don't have to be consecutive."];</LI> <LI>Permanently and totally disabled at any time during the year, regardless of age.</LI> </UL> <P>3.<STRONG>&nbsp; Residency&nbsp;</STRONG>- Your child must have lived with you for more than half the year. [Being away at college is still considered living with you (for tax purposes).]</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>4.<STRONG>&nbsp; Support&nbsp;</STRONG>- The child can't have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>5.<STRONG>&nbsp; Joint return</STRONG>&nbsp;- To meet this test, the child can't file a joint return for the year.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>&nbsp;</EM>If they do&nbsp;not meet the requirements of a Qualifying Child, you may claim them as a Qualifying Relative instead.&nbsp; The requirements are listed page 17 of&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf" target="_blank">IRS Pub. 501</A>.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:52:58 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-dependent-was-with-me-from-october-of-2018-until-september-of-2019/01/1045346#M380210 Irene2805 2020-01-30T17:52:58Z