Will my daughter get any more back in taxes if she claims herself or if I claim her she is 19 and lives on her own

[jmells00]

She is not a full-time student and made less than $5,000 last year

[Marketstar · Accepted solution]

If you are eligible to claim your daughter, she cannot claim herself.

If no one is eligible to claim her, she should claim herself-her own exemption.

See Rules For Claiming Dependents

However, if her entire income in 2016 was W-2 wages, she will have no taxable income, and thus her $4,050 exemption will be of no benefit.

Then again, she may elect to file her own return to obtain a refund of her withholding(s).