If your daughter meets all of the requirements to be claimed as a dependent on your tax return, and claimed herself, she will need to amend her return and change her answer to the question that asks if she can be claimed by someone else as a dependent to indicate that she can be claimed by someone else as a dependent. To determine if you were eligible to claim your daughter as a dependent, please see the following rules:
There are 5 test that will qualify a child as a dependent as
follows:
- Relationship: Must be your child,
adopted child, foster-child, brother or sister, or a descendant of one of
these(grand or nephew).
- Residence: Must have the same
residence for more than half the year.
- Age: Must be under age 19
or under 24 and a full-time student for at least 5 months. They can be any
age if they are totally and permanently disabled.
- Support: Must not have provided
more than half of their own support during the year.
- Joint
Support: The
child cannot file a joint return for the year.
There are 4 tests that will qualify a relative as a dependent as
follows:
- They are not the “qualifying
child” of another taxpayer or your “qualifying child”.
- Gross
Income: Dependent
earns less than $4,000 in 2015.
- Total
Support: You
provide more than half of the total support for the year.
- Member
of Household or Relationship: The person must live with you all
year as a member of your household or be one of the relatives that doesn’t
have to live with you see IRS Publication 501for a list of
qualifying relatives.
Note: That if your daughter doesn't amend her taxes to reflect that she can be claimed as a dependent by someone else, you cannot claim her on your tax return as a dependent. Your return will be rejected.
Per the IRS: If you can be claimed as a dependent on another person’s tax return, you cannot claim a personal exemption for yourself (because then the IRS would essentially be counting you twice). This applies even if the other taxpayer does not actually claim you as a dependent on their return. See the following IRS link for more information: https://www.irs.com/articles/claiming-dependents-and-exemptions-2
To amend a return, you will need
to wait for the tax return to be accepted, and any refund due to be paid before
you amend your return. Please keep in mind that an amended return, Form
1040X, can only be printed and mailed to the IRS, it cannot be e-filed, but you
can prepare your 1040X in TurboTax and print it for filing.
Please see the following TurboTax FAQ for instructions
on how to amend your 2015 tax return in TurboTax.
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