Can I claim my 20 year old daughter who is a college student and works part time?

[BryanT2]

Can I claim my 20 year old daughter who is a college student and works part time? Her schooling is being paid for by grants. She also made approx. $9500+ working part time and they didn't take out taxes on her. I have provided for and took care of her the entire year. Does she need to file her own taxes or can I claim her?

[xmasbaby0]

Both---you can claim her, but she can file her own tax return.

MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return.  He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.  (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.  You may want to use this version of TT for that:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program

Note----You commented "they didn't take out taxes on her"    Did she receive a 1099Misc?  That means she is going to owe self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare and she MUST file.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/what-is-the-self-employment-tax/00/25922

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902389-why-am-i-paying-self-employment-tax

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2893577-does-a-1099-misc-mean-i-m-self-employed

[MinhT1]

If she is a full time college student, you can still claim her as a dependent.

If your daughter income is wages reported on form W-2, she is not required to file a tax return.

If her income is reported on form 1099-MISC, this is self-employed income and she is required to file a tax return. She has to pay self-employment tax calculated at 15.03% on 92.35% of her self-employed income. She has to indicate on her return that she can be claimed as a dependent by someone else.

[BryanT2]

She worked at 2 different jobs in 2019. Both are W-2. Both jobs took out Social Security and Medicare. But one job took out State and not Federal. The other job took out Federal and not State.

[LeonardS]

Yes, you can claim your daughter if she is younger than age 19 or a full-time student age 19-23, and does not have any of the following.  

• Unearned income (interest, dividends, capital gains, taxable scholarships, unemployment compensation) of more than $1,050.  

•  Earned income (wages, salaries, tips, and fees) of more than $12,200.  

•  Gross income (earned and unearned income) was more than the larger of:   $1,050 or earned income (up to $12,000) plus $350  

If none of the above items apply you qualify to claim your daughter as your dependent. However, your daughter may want to file anyway to get a refund of any tax withheld.  If she does file a return make sure that she checks the box that someone else is claiming her.