Military Mom

[natcamp]

Our daughter went into the military April of 2025 for boot camp at 18 years old. She has since graduated went to tech school and turned 19 in the summer and is now at her first duty station. I wonder do we still qualify to include her on our taxes. 

[NCperson]

best to use this IRS tool to determine.  it''ll take 5 minutes to complete. 

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/whom-may-i-claim-as-a-dependent

[Opus 17]

Likely not.  She has to live "at home" for a least half the year.  A student at college is usually considered to live "at home" while they are away at college because college is considered a temporary absence.  I don't think boot camp is considered the same, because a college student is expected to live at home during holidays and summer break, and I don't think that applies to boot camp.  If she no longer lives "at home" then you can't claim her as a dependent unless you paid more than half her financial support AND she has less than $5500 of taxable income.

If you decide that she did live "at home" for more than half the year, then the second test is that she can not have provided more than half her own support for the year.  Assuming you supported her from January to April, and she receives a military salary from April to the end of the year, then she probably provided more than half her support for the year.