Yes, you can claim your daughter as a qualifying relative dependent. Dependents can be Qualifying Child or Qualifying Relative. Your daughter doesn't meet the requirements to be claimed as a qualifying child, (since she is over the age of 19 and not a full time student- see the requirement below ) but she meets the requirements to be claimed as a Qualifying relative.
Qualifying child:
- They are related to you.
- They aren't claimed as a
dependent by someone else.
- They are a U.S. citizen,
resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
- They aren’t filing a joint
return with their spouse.
- They are under the age of 19
(or 24 for full-time students).
- No age limit for permanently
and totally disabled children.
- They live with you for more
than half the year (exceptions apply).
Qualifying relative:
- They don't have to be related
to you (despite the name).
- They aren't claimed as a
dependent by someone else.
- They are a U.S. citizen,
resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
- They aren’t filing a joint
return with their spouse.
- They lived with you the
entire year.
- They made less than $4,050 in
2017.
- You provided
more than half of their financial support. More info
When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of
questions to make sure you can claim them.
