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:
There are 4 tests that will qualify a relative as a dependent as follows:
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.
Just becuase your daughter already claimed herself DOES NOT mean you cannot claim her. You can and should. Ity means you can't e-file. Prepare a paper return, attach W-2s, sign it and mail it.
In response to above (BobB7) your daughter will need to amend her return otherwise yours will just be kicked back!