Can I claim my child as dependent?

You can still claim your daughter who was a full-time student as a qualified child dependent.  You do not put her income on your own tax return.   You are the ones who can claim any education credits like the AOTC.

MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return.  He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages from boxes 2 or 17 (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.  (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc or 1099NEC then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.

You might also want to use free software from the IRS Free File versions:

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/

Yes.  You can claim her as a dependent on your return.

The following criteria must be met to claim someone as a qualifying child:

• Your child (including adopted and foster children), your sibling, or a descendent of any of them.
• Age 18 or younger at the end of the tax year OR under 24 (and younger than you and your spouse) if they are a full-time student
• Lived with you for more than 6 months during the tax year
• They did not provide more than half of their own support (social security does not count)
• They did not file a joint return, unless it was to claim a refund
• Have a social security number that is valid for employment

No.  You do not report her income on your return.  Since her income was only $8,200 from a W-2, she does not need to file a return unless she is claiming a refund.  If she is not claiming a refund, then this income does not need to be reported on any return.

Thank you for your quick response. 

So, if we claim her as dependent & she is not looking for any refund - she can totaly ignor her w-2 (no need to file her own seperate tax)?

She is not required to file a return for the amount of income she received.  If any tax was withheld ---shown in box 2 or box 17 of her W-2---she can file to seek a refund.   If she can get a refund, there would be no good reason not to file to seek the refund.

Not unless there is any withholding in box 2 or 17 she wants to get back.

Good Morning,

On your previous below response you said "You are the ones who can claim any education credits like the AOTC." 

My daughter recieved both 1098-T and 1098-E for year 2024 tax season.

We will include her with our tax return as our dependent AND she will file her own return for a refund, since her W-2  (boxes 2 and 17) shows her withheld wages.

My question is: Who's tax return shall include her 1098-T and 1098-E forms information? In other words, parents or my daughter. 

Thank you for all your help!

If your child is your dependent, you will report these on your return, if you paid for her educational expenses. You can report either the 1098-T or 1098-E, but not both. The 1098-T may give you the best benefit because of the educational credit involved.

Thank you for your quick response.

Ok, we will include ONLY her 1098-T with our tax return, However can she include her 1098 -E with her tax return, since she is the one who paid her own student loan (total close to $2080, with box 1 of her 1098-E shows $760 loan interest)

Dependents cannot get education credits.  She will not get anything for entering student loan interest if she is a dependent.  If you co-signed for the student loan, you can enter the interest.