My daughter is an out of state grad student >25. She made $3000 in 2018 and took student loans for the tuition. I pay for everything else. Can I claim her as a dependent?

acnanu1990 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:32:20 GMT

Yes, assuming you meet all the qualifcations. Her income...

Coleen3 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 07:32:22 GMT

Yes, assuming you meet all the qualifcations. Her income is low enough, but she does not qualify as a "child" due to her age.

Since they are not your own children, you would have to see if they qualify as "relatives".

You can claim a child, relative, friend, fiancé (etc.) as a dependent on your 2018 taxes as long as they meet all of the following requirements :

You provided more than half of their financial support. More info
They made less than $4,150 in gross income during 2018 unless they are a qualifying child.
They live with you or they are related to you. (Your relative must live at your residence all year or be on the list of “relatives who do not live with you” in Publication 501.)
They are a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
They aren't (or won't be) claimed as a dependent by someone else.
They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse.
You are not being claimed as a dependent on someone else's return.

Child of person not required to file a return.

A child isn't the qualifying child of any other taxpayer and so may qualify as your qualifying relative if the child's parent (or other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) isn't required to file an income tax return and either:

Doesn't file an income tax return, or
Files a return only to get a refund of income tax withheld or estimated tax paid.

From <https://www.irs.gov/publications/p501#en_US_2017_publink1000220942>

topic My daughter is an out of state grad student &gt;25. She made $3000 in 2018 and took student loans for the tuition. I pay for everything else. Can I claim her as a dependent? in Education

My daughter is an out of state grad student >25. She made $3000 in 2018 and took student loans for the tuition. I pay for everything else. Can I claim her as a dependent?

Yes, assuming you meet all the qualifcations. Her income...

topic My daughter is an out of state grad student >25. She made $3000 in 2018 and took student loans for the tuition. I pay for everything else. Can I claim her as a dependent? in Education