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My youngest child turned 25 in 2024. They are living with me, and I am paying all their expenses. Am I still able to claim them as a Dependant?

At what age can you no longer claim a child as a dependent?
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My youngest child turned 25 in 2024. They are living with me, and I am paying all their expenses. Am I still able to claim them as a Dependant?

Has to be under 19 or under 24 if a full time student.   At 25 you can only claim them if they had less than $5,050 income for 2025.

 

Who can I claim as a dependent?

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/credits-and-deductions/help/who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent/00/267...

 

My youngest child turned 25 in 2024. They are living with me, and I am paying all their expenses. Am I still able to claim them as a Dependant?

If there gross income for 2024 was $5,050 or more then no one can claim them as a dependent.

 

To be a Qualifying Relative -

1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer. A child is not the qualifying child of any other taxpayer if the child's parent (or any other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) is not required to file an income tax return or files an income tax return only to get a refund on income tax withheld.
2. The person either (a) must be related to you or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household.
3. The person's gross income for the year must be less than $5,050 (social security does not count) in 2024
4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.
5. The person must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S., Canada, or Mexico resident for some part of the year.
6. The person must not file a joint return with their spouse with the following exception -
You can claim a person as a dependent who files a joint return if that person and that person’s spouse file the joint return only to claim a refund of income tax withheld or estimated tax paid.

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