Daughter claims younger siblings

Bmain8745 — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:31:12 GMT

My daughter is 18 and works. Can she claim her 2 brothers age 17-3 and sister 12.. if I don't claim them . Also how would she file. Head of house hold ?

Re: Daughter claims younger siblings

DoninGA — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:43:06 GMT

She cannot claim Head of Household unless she provides over one-half the cost to maintain the home (rent, mortgage, utilities, etc.). Doubtful for an 18 year old, so she files as Single.

She may be able to claim the younger siblings if they meet all the requirements under the Qualifying Child rules.

To be a Qualifying Child -

1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child.
6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year.
7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.

She could not claim the older 17 year old brother since it is doubtful she provided over one-half of his support under the Qualifying Relative rules.

To be a Qualifying Relative -

1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer. A child is not the qualifying child of any other taxpayer if the child's parent (or any other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) is not required to file an income tax return or files an income tax return only to get a refund on income tax withheld.
2. The person either (a) must be related to you or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household.
3. The person's gross income for the year must be less than $5,050 (social security does not count) in 2024
4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.
5. The person must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S., Canada, or Mexico resident for some part of the year.
6. The person must not file a joint return with their spouse with the following exception -
You can claim a person as a dependent who files a joint return if that person and that person’s spouse file the joint return only to claim a refund of income tax withheld or estimated tax paid.

Re: Daughter claims younger siblings

AmeliesUncle — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:48:37 GMT

You first need to determine if your 18-year-old is ELIGIBILE to be claimed as YOUR dependent.

Does she live with you? Probably the most pertinent factor is "does she provide over half of her own support"?

Until that is determined, we can't really address how she needs to file.

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