The easiest way to figure out who can claim your daughter is to
enter information in TurboTax and the program will determine if you can claim the her.
Your Two possibilities to claim a dependent are as follows:
You may be able to claim your daughter as a
Qualifying Child dependent if:
- The
child must be related to you. The child can be your son, daughter,
stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, half-brother,
half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, adopted child or an offspring of any
of them.
- Your
child must be under age 19 or, if a full-time student, under age 24. There
is no age limit if your child is permanently and totally disabled.
- Your
child must live with you for more than half the year, but several
exceptions apply (i.e., away at school).
- The
child cannot provide more than half of his/her support.
- You
must be the only person claiming the child
- The
child must be a US
citizen, resident alien, national, or resident of Mexico
or Canada.
- The
child cannot file a joint return with his or her spouse.
You may be able to claim your daughter as a
Qualifying Relative dependent if:
- You
provided more than half of her support in 2016
- She
earned less than $4,050 in gross taxable income. (Social Security income
generally doesn’t count here.)
- She
lives with you 365 days in the year or is related to you.
- She
isn’t a dependent on someone else’s tax return.
- She
isn’t filing a tax return with a spouse (married filing jointly).
- She is
a U.S.
citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident
You can’t claim a dependent if you are a dependent on
someone else’s taxes.
See Rules
For Claiming Dependents
