I just got started with TurboTax 2024, and the software is incorrectly telling me that one of my kids does not qualify as a dependent. It rejected her because she earned more than $5,050 - but that is a disqualifier only if the person is not my child. Can this be corrected?
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@gab2 If your child is older than 19 and not a full-time student, the $5050 disqualifies them from being claimed as your dependent. In order to be a qualified child---she would have to be a full-time student. To be a qualified relative, she would have to have less than $5050 of income.
WHO CAN I CLAIM AS A DEPENDENT?
You can claim a child, relative, friend, or fiancé (etc.) as a dependent on your 2023 tax return as long as they meet the following requirements:
Qualifying child
Qualifying relative
When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of questions to make sure you can claim them. There may be other tax benefits you can get when you claim a dependent.
IRS interview to help determine who can be claimed:
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3113432-who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent
You may have answered a question in Personal Info incorrectly. How old will your child be at the end of 2024? Were they a full-time student in 2024? How did you answer the question about whether the child paid for over half of their own support? (you need to say NO to that).
@gab2 wrote:
Can this be corrected?
Yes. It will most likely be corrected in a future update.
The software is not 100% complete or accurate at this point in time.
22 years old, not a full-time student. It never asked whether I paid more than half of the support (which is actually the relevant question), because it decided she wasn't a dependent after asking the $5,050 question.
Thank you
@gab2 If your child is older than 19 and not a full-time student, the $5050 disqualifies them from being claimed as your dependent. In order to be a qualified child---she would have to be a full-time student. To be a qualified relative, she would have to have less than $5050 of income.
WHO CAN I CLAIM AS A DEPENDENT?
You can claim a child, relative, friend, or fiancé (etc.) as a dependent on your 2023 tax return as long as they meet the following requirements:
Qualifying child
Qualifying relative
When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of questions to make sure you can claim them. There may be other tax benefits you can get when you claim a dependent.
IRS interview to help determine who can be claimed:
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3113432-who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent
Ah, got it, thank you.
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