Do I file my minors earned income and unemployment

[Kshiminsky]

My daughter who is 17 worked a few jobs last year and received PUA unemployment and had taxes taken out. her earned income is $4000 and PUA was $15,563 

How should I file? either add her to mine or on her own

I do claim her as a dependent 

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

You do not enter a dependent's earned income from wages or their unemployment compensation on your tax return.  The dependent can file their own tax return and indicate on the return that they are a dependent on someone else's tax return.

[DoninGA]

You should be able to claim her as a dependent under the Qualifying Child rules if she meets all the requirements.

To be a 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, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child.
6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year.
7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.