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Why I clam my two older son's. They are both full time students who live at home. And My second son was 16 all but 10 days in 2016.

 
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Why I clam my two older son's. They are both full time students who live at home. And My second son was 16 all but 10 days in 2016.

You can claim them as dependents, but you can not get the child tax credit for a child who was not under 17 on the last day of the tax year. The age limit for the child tax credit is absolute and there are no exceptions to it

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Why I clam my two older son's. They are both full time students who live at home. And My second son was 16 all but 10 days in 2016.

You can claim them as dependents, but you can not get the child tax credit for a child who was not under 17 on the last day of the tax year. The age limit for the child tax credit is absolute and there are no exceptions to it

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