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For the child to qualify as your dependent, you (and, perhaps, another parent) paid more than half of the dependent child's support for the year.
Support is a basic test of dependency but it is addressed differently for a qualifying child than a qualifying relative.
For a qualifying child, the support issue is:
For a qualifying relative, the support issue is:
TurboTax software will ask you simple questions and give you the tax deductions and credits for which you are eligible based upon your answers.
If you are not sure whether a child provided more than half of their own support, you may find Worksheet 2 helpful on page 16 here.
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