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New Member
posted Jan 27, 2020 10:03:13 AM

kids

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

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Level 15
Jan 27, 2020 10:06:17 AM

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

New Member
Jan 27, 2020 10:15:05 AM

My daughter is 17

Level 15
Jan 27, 2020 11:34:26 AM


@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.