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dk8491
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Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

 
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KrisD
Intuit Alumni

Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

If she is you dependent (Qualifying Child or Qualifying Relative) she is your dependent. She may file, but she cannot claim herself, she cannot claim her exemption. She would need to choose "Someone else can claim me". The IRS does not allow a dependent to claim their exemption, even if no one else does. 

You can file and claim her, but if she claimed her exemption, the return will be rejected and you will not be able to e-file. 

Your daughter will need to amend her tax return and not claim her exemption. This may result in a tax liability for her, or she may need to return part of her refund. This all needs to be done before taxes are due this year, April 17th. 

You may "paper file" your return and mail it. It would be smoother if you have your daughter mail in her Amended return 1040X before you mail your return in. A 1040X can be done with Turbotax, but all 1040X need to be "paper filed" and mailed. 

Qualifying Child

1.         The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.

2.         The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year and younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly), (b) under age 24 at the end of the year, a student, and younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly), or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled.

3.         The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year.

4.         The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.

5.         The child must not be filing a joint return for the year (unless that joint return is filed only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).

Qualifying Relative

A person is your qualifying relative if you can answer “Yes” to the following questions:

  • Do they live with you? Your relative must live at your residence all year or be on the list of “relatives who do not live with you” in Publication 501. About 30 types of relatives are on this list.
  • Do they make less than $4,050 in 2017? Your relative cannot have a gross income of more than $4,050 in 2017 and be claimed by you as a dependent.
  • Do you financially support them? You must provide more than half of your relative’s total support each year.
  • Are you the only person claiming them? This means you can’t claim the same person twice, once as a qualifying relative and again as a qualifying child. It also means you can’t claim a relative—say a cousin—if someone else, such as his parents, also claim him.

rsp12
New Member

Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

I noticed that my 17 year old can receive the stimulus payment on his tax return, if he checks that somebody else can't claim him as a dependent. I don't mind not claiming him so he can get the stimulus, and am wondering if that would work? So he lives at my house and made less than $4500, but I don't want to claim him. If I don't claim him, can he take his deduction and also receive the stimulus?

Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

The IRS rule is that he cannot claim the stimulus if someone else can claim him as a dependent.  In this case, you can claim him as a dependent and he is not eligible for the stimulus.  He can file his own return to get any refund he may be due from work but should check the box that someone else can claim him.

 

If a person can be claimed as a dependent by someone else, then they are not eligible for the stimulus even if that person does not claim them.  

Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

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DMarkM1
Expert Alumni

Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

Here is a link that will help you with the steps to take if you believe someone is using your identity to fraudulently file tax returns. 

 

You will need to complete and file a Form 14039 per the instructions in the Tax Related Identity Theft topic here.

 

 

 

 

[edited 2/21/2021 9:38am EST] 

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Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

What if the parents has not done taxes in 7 years because they have no income. The child has been no ones dependent for 7 years now. And their income was over $5,000. Can they claim that they are NOT anyone else’s dependent then? 

LenaH
Employee Tax Expert

Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

It depends. If someone else can claim the child as a dependent, then that child cannot claim a personal exemption on their return. The rule applies even if that child's parents do not actually claim him or her.

 

The child would qualify to be a dependent of his or her parents if all of the following requirements are met: 

  • The child is not claimed as a dependent by someone else.
  • The child is a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
  • The child is not filing a joint return with their spouse.
  • The child is under the age of 19 (or 24 for full-time students).
    • No age limit for permanently and totally disabled children.
  • The child lived with their parents for more than half the year (exceptions apply).
  • The child didn't provide more than half of their own support for the year.

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Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

What does the child do if they checked off that cannot be claimed as anyone’s dependent and they received the stimulus money from the IRS but did not receive a tax return for their job from the IRS?  After they checked that they cannot be anyone’s dependent and the tax return was fixed by the IRS, so they only received the stimulus money ? 

Can I still claim my 17 year old if she worked and claimed herself

The child needs to file an amended return, and give back the money.

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