Can I claim my 19 year Old daughter who's away for college? I pay her rent, groceries, utilities and books. She is part time employed.

[Vanessa · Accepted solution]

Generally, yes, if she is not paying over half of her own support, with the information you provided you can claim her. Below is the criteria to claim her as a qualifying child.

• Your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, or a descendant (for example, your grandchild) of any of them, or
• Under age 19 at the end of the year and younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly), A  student under age 24 at the end of the year
• be a U.S. citizen or national, or a resident of the U.S., Canada or Mexico 
• Your child must have lived with you for more than half the year (away at college counts as a temporary absence)
• The child can't have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
• The child can't file a joint return for the year.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/a-qualifying-child

[Francisco]

She made 4500 more or less as a part time employee. Can she file her own tax return If I claim her as a dependent?

[xmasbaby0]

Being away at school is called a "temporary absence" so you can still say she lived with you the whole year.  Her rent. groceries, etc. are not deductible for you.  YOU can claim any education credits for her since she is your dependent  If she has a 1098T it goes on your own tax return.

[xmasbaby0]

MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return.  He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.  (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.  You may want to use this version of TT for that:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom/