https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me-to/01/2541542#M910531 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:16:18 GMT zelowek 2026-03-09T09:16:18Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me-to/01/2541542#M910531 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:16:18 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me-to/01/2541542#M910531 zelowek 2026-03-09T09:16:18Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me/01/2541559#M910537 <P>Please explain <EM>"needed to claim herself.</EM>"&nbsp; &nbsp; The rule is that if someone CAN be claimed they are supposed to say they can be claimed as someone else's dependent----even if the person does not claim them,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="p1"><STRONG><A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/dependents/help/when-do-i-have-to-answer-yes-to-being-claimed-as-a-dependent/00/1994319" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/dependents/help/when-do-i-have-to-answer-yes-to-being-claimed-as-a-dependent/00/1994319</A></STRONG></P> Thu, 03 Mar 2022 01:38:14 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me/01/2541559#M910537 xmasbaby0 2022-03-03T01:38:14Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me/01/2541573#M910540 <P>She is a college student, but claimed herself because she missed the stimulus last year, needs to be independent for grants, and other education benefits.&nbsp; True or not, she already filed.&nbsp; The Turbotax questions do not ask if the dependent claimed themselves, only goes through the all the other dependent qualifying questions.</P> Thu, 03 Mar 2022 01:43:04 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me/01/2541573#M910540 zelowek 2022-03-03T01:43:04Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me/01/2541586#M910547 <P>Sounds like she filed incorrectly and you want to file incorrectly too. So take any mention of her off your own return.&nbsp; &nbsp;You cannot claim any eduction credits or even the $500 credit for other dependents for her.&nbsp; &nbsp;</P> Thu, 03 Mar 2022 01:46:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telling-me/01/2541586#M910547 xmasbaby0 2022-03-03T01:46:53Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telli/01/2541590#M910549 <P>If your daughter is not your dependent any longer, you can delete her information from <STRONG>My&nbsp;Info</STRONG> section on the left:&nbsp;</P> <OL> <LI>Open or continue your return</LI> <LI>Click on <STRONG>MY Info</STRONG> to bring out <STRONG>Personal info summary</STRONG></LI> </OL> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 03 Mar 2022 01:48:10 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-daughter-is-a-full-time-student-but-needed-to-claim-herself-turbotax-guide-is-still-telli/01/2541590#M910549 FangxiaL 2022-03-03T01:48:10Z