dependant

Kel3 — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 01:43:08 GMT

My daughter is full time college student with work study job, can I still claim her as a dependant on my taxes?

Re: dependant

DoninGA — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 01:46:16 GMT

If she is under the age of 24 you should be able to claim her as a dependent if she meets 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.

If she is age 24 or older then you can only claim her as a dependent if she meets all the requirements 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 $4,200 (social security does not count) in 2019
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.

Re: dependant

Hal_Al — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:49:17 GMT

Yes, If she is under the age of 24 and lives with you. A child of a taxpayer can still be a “Qualifying Child” (QC) dependent, regardless of his/her income, if she meets the qualifying child rules. See the other reply for rules.

There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and standard ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, a relationship test and residence test. Only a QC qualifies a taxpayer for the Earned Income. They are interrelated but the rules are different for each.

If she does not meet the QC rules, then there is an income test to be a qualifying relative.

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