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My son is 24 last August 2018. He works and attend part time community college. His income for 2018 was $7K plus. He lives home all year what should I do for filing

 
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My son is 24 last August 2018. He works and attend part time community college. His income for 2018 was $7K plus. He lives home all year what should I do for filing

Your son would not qualify as your dependent because he had income over the limits (to qualify as a dependent) established by the IRS. The IRS guidelines state that if someone made over $4150 they can not be claimed as your dependent. Below are the requirements to be considered a qualifying relative

A qualifying relative is defined as 

  1. Not a Qualifying Child: The individual cannot be your Qualifying Child and cannot be someone else's Qualifying Child. 
  2. Relationship: The person must either have lived with you for the entire year as a member of the household (a person who is not actually related to you may meet the requirements in this way), or be related to you in one of the following ways: your child, stepchild, grandchild or other descendant of one of your children (or stepchildren or foster children), son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, parent, stepfather, stepmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent, and, if related by blood, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. 
  3. Gross Income: The person must have made less than $4,150 in gross income during 2018.
  4. Support: You must have provided more than half of the individual's total support during the year.

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My son is 24 last August 2018. He works and attend part time community college. His income for 2018 was $7K plus. He lives home all year what should I do for filing

Your son would not qualify as your dependent because he had income over the limits (to qualify as a dependent) established by the IRS. The IRS guidelines state that if someone made over $4150 they can not be claimed as your dependent. Below are the requirements to be considered a qualifying relative

A qualifying relative is defined as 

  1. Not a Qualifying Child: The individual cannot be your Qualifying Child and cannot be someone else's Qualifying Child. 
  2. Relationship: The person must either have lived with you for the entire year as a member of the household (a person who is not actually related to you may meet the requirements in this way), or be related to you in one of the following ways: your child, stepchild, grandchild or other descendant of one of your children (or stepchildren or foster children), son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, parent, stepfather, stepmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent, and, if related by blood, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. 
  3. Gross Income: The person must have made less than $4,150 in gross income during 2018.
  4. Support: You must have provided more than half of the individual's total support during the year.
lucky888-
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My son is 24 last August 2018. He works and attend part time community college. His income for 2018 was $7K plus. He lives home all year what should I do for filing

Should he files his own tax returns

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