If you have only made almost $6000 for the year can you claim your child as a dependant and will you get the full tax credit?

[Carl]

Your standard exemption is $6200, so that alone means you pay no taxes. If any taxes were withheld from that money, you get it all back. Still, if the child is your dependent, still claim them. But it will make no difference on the fact that your tax liability is zero.

[britt_0203]

So I won't get that much back from
My daughter

[sampsonmines]

So long as no one can claim you as a dependent, and you can claim your child as a dependent while you may not be eligible for the Child Tax Credit, you may be able to get the Additional Child Tax credit so long as you had "earned income" above $3,000 for the year.  Earned income is from W-2 wage work and independent contractor work.  IF your entire $6,000 is from earned income, then the calculation for the Additional Child Tax Credit will reduce this amount by $3,000 and multiply it by 15%. where the most you can get is $1,000.  Since your income is so low, your additional child credit at most may be around $450. however, you may get some Earned Income Tax Credits as well which could be substantial "if" you qualify as head of household.  Your situation really depends on whether you can be claimed as a dependent by someone else, and whether you can claim your child as a dependent.

[SweetieJean]

So do you support yourself and your child on only $6000 per year?

[britt_0203]

Ok thank you so much so how much do I have to make for the whole year to get the full about for my daughter at the end of the year. I'm currently looking for employment

[SweetieJean]

Are you married?

[britt_0203]

No I'm not married

[britt_0203]

I also got child support I just recently been out of work for 2 months

[Carl]

If you received child support in 2015, then you may have to claim your dependent. If you don't claim the child and its caught down the road, you may have to pay back all that child support.

[SweetieJean]

@Carl....Please explain.

[Carl]

If I am receiving child support, and I'm not claiming a child on my taxes (be it as dependent or non-dependent), then the potential exists for whomever is paying that child support to "claim" they are due that money back, since I didn't support a child with that money. (From the IRS perspective that is)

[britt_0203]

I have worked this year so I'm claiming my own child

[britt_0203]

I'm asking for year of 2016 not 2015 I already filed and worked all year you misunderstood what I'm asking nevermind

[Opus 17]

You may also be eligible for earned income credit.  That is designed as a help to low income earners.  To be eligible,  income must be earned from work (not investment or other passive income), and EIC is paid on a sliding scale -- it phases in at low income levels because you didn't work much, phases out at high income levels because you don't need it, and has a sweet spot in the middle with the maximum EIC.

You really should just file a tax return and see what you get.  You may want to use the TaxFreedom edition.  If your income is less than $31,000, you can file using the TaxFreedom edition, which includes complicated forms not normally included in the "regular" free version of Turbotax. The IRS requires it to be a separate web site. https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom/

You must create a different account to use TaxFreedom, you can't use your existing Turbotax account.  You may also need to clear your browser cache and cookies. https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3491786