Should i file,iI am disabled as is my daughter,bought a house,should I file?

[meekah211]

Bought a house, is it worth filing with us both being disabled in Preble County, OH

[SweetieJean]

Did you or Daughter receive any disability income other than SSDI or SSI, or any other income or nay type, in 2016? Are either of you married?

[Hal_Al · Accepted solution]

The money you hear about people getting for just filing a tax return claiming kids requires you to  have some earned income (wages or self employment). Without earned income, you are not eligible for the "refundable" Earned Income Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit. A disabled child is still a qualifying child regardless of age.

If you or your daughter are students, over age 23, you may be eligible for the up to $1000 refundable American Opportunity (tuition) Credit. That credit is not dependent on having either kids or earned income. You/she must be at least a half time undergraduate student and actually paid tuition (not just had it paid by grants). Tuition paid by loans counts as paid by you (since you have to pay that back, someday)