If your question is does anything change with regard to your ability to claim your daughter as a dependent, the answer is no.
Generally, you can claim your child as a dependent if:
- The child is a U.S. citizen or
resident who lived with you over half the year;
- The child is under age 19, or
under age 24 if a full-time student;
- You provide over half of their
support;
- The child is not claimed as a
dependent by anyone else; and
- The child is not filing a joint
return.
However, there is a related question about whether your daughter has to file her own tax return. The answer to that is probably not.
If your child is being
claimed as a dependent, she must file a return if any of
the following apply.
- Her
unearned income was more than $1,050.
- Her earned income was more
than $6,300.
- Her gross income was more
than the larger of—
- $1,050,
or
- Her earned income (up to
$5,950) plus $350.
It does not appear that your daughter will have a filing requirement.
Finally, if your child has earnings from self-employment of $400
or more, she must file a tax return and pay self-employment tax (the employer's
and employee's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes) on that income. If her part-time job was as an employee, no worries. But, if she was running her own part-time business, this filing requirement would apply.
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