kids

Last year, we got $2000 deduction for my daughter and this year we only got $500. Why is this?

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Daughter older than age 16 (or over 23 and not a full-time student) perhaps?

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@sshelton wrote:

My daughter is 17

Then, unless she is a full-time student, she is too old for the credit. All you can get is the $500 other dependent credit.

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