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If a child under the age of 19 (or 24 for full-time students) it doesn't matter how much he/she earned. The child doesn't have to provide more than half of his support.
At 19 (or 24 for full-time student) he/she must made less than $4,050 in 2017.
Who can I claim as my dependent? https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/5187060If a child under the age of 19 (or 24 for full-time students) it doesn't matter how much he/she earned. The child doesn't have to provide more than half of his support.
At 19 (or 24 for full-time student) he/she must made less than $4,050 in 2017.
Who can I claim as my dependent? https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/518706017 STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL
@JEAN801 You are posting to an old thread. If your child is 17 there is not a limit to the amount they can earn that prevents you from claiming a seventeen year old child who is your dependent. The age or earnings limits come into play when the child is older than 18 and/or not a student.
MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB
If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return. He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return. (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)
If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc or 1099NEC then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.
You might also want to use free software from the IRS Free File versions:
https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/
There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and Other ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, student status, a relationship test and residence test.
A child of a taxpayer can still be a “Qualifying Child” (QC) dependent, regardless of his/her income, if:
So, it doesn't matter how much he earned. What matters is how much he spent on support. Money he put into savings does not count as support he spent on himself.
The support value of the home, provided by the parent, is the fair market rental value of the home plus utilities & other expenses divided by the number of occupants.
The IRS has a worksheet that can be used to help with the support calculation. See: http://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf
Furthermore, there is a rule that says IF somebody else CAN claim him as a dependent, he is not allowed to claim himself. If he has sufficient income (usually more than $12,950), he can & should still file taxes. In TurboTax, he indicates that somebody else can claim him as a dependent, at the personal information section. TT will check that box on form 1040.
Even if he had less, he is allowed to file if he needs to get back income tax withholding. He cannot get back social security or Medicare tax withholding.
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