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posted Jun 7, 2019 3:00:29 PM

Tax Year Prior to 2020: If someone claims me as a dependent can i still file taxes

If my mom claims me on her taxes (Im 17) can i file my own taxes, and will it affect her claiming me money wise?

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Level 15
Jun 7, 2019 3:00:30 PM

If you can be claimed as a dependent on your parents’ return, you can still file your own return so that you can receive a refund of taxes withheld.  (You will not get back anything for Social Security or Medicare withheld.) You will not get the $4000 personal exemption.  Be sure that on your own return you say that you can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.

New Member
Jun 7, 2019 3:00:33 PM

If my child made 13,800 for the year on 1099 but can be claimed as a dependent, can she not file or pay any taxes after being included in my tax as a dependent.  She has not made any tax payments for 2018 and you definitely be below 10k agi

Level 15
Jun 7, 2019 3:00:35 PM

She is required to file a tax return if she made even $400 on a 1099Misc. She will be subject to self-employment tax of 15.3% for Social Security and Medicare.  She can prepare a schedule C for any expenses she had in doing her job.
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Level 15
Jun 7, 2019 3:00:36 PM
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Jun 7, 2019 3:00:38 PM

Thank you xmasbaby0!  I can still claim her as a dependent (supporter her for 9 months at our home) or is that not wise as she will need that deductions herself?

Level 15
Jun 7, 2019 3:00:41 PM

The rule is if she CAN be claimed then she cannot "claim herself".  If she is a full-time college student under the age of 24 you can claim her.  And it would not make a difference--she still has to pay self-employment tax whether she is claimed or not.  Self-employment expenses are not the same as "itemized" expenses.

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New Member
Jun 7, 2019 3:00:43 PM

Yes, your mother can claim you as a dependent and you can still file your taxes. You will claim your own income with 0 dependents. It will ask you if somebody else can claim you.

Returning Member
Jan 8, 2020 8:48:50 AM

My son is a 20 year old full time student who has worked multiple jobs. When he gets his taxes does he have to click on can be a dependent? On my taxes can I claim him. Is there anything else that need to be done on his taxes that he needs to be aware of? Can he claim rent fee? So of his FASFA is for room and board how do you work that out? Thank You! 

Level 15
Jan 8, 2020 8:52:57 AM

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 then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.  You may want to use this version of TT for that:

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No he cannot claim anything for rent on his federal return.  Rent is not a federal deduction, nor is it a qualified education expense.

 

If he is a full-time student then you can claim him as your dependent no matter how much he earned, but the education credits go on YOUR tax return.  A dependent cannot get education credits.

 

 

Returning Member
Jan 8, 2020 9:01:42 AM

So how do I claim the education credit? Do I put his school 1098-T from his school on my taxes?

Level 15
Jan 8, 2020 9:02:35 AM

Yes---the 1098T goes on the parents' return when the student is a dependent.

Level 15
Jan 8, 2020 9:03:48 AM


@verne79 wrote:

So how do I claim the education credit? Do I put his school 1098-T from his school on my taxes?


If you claim him as a dependent on your tax return, then you enter the Form 1098-T on your tax return.  A dependent student cannot claim any education expenses or education credits on their tax return.

New Member
Jan 16, 2020 9:32:28 AM

How would the dependent claim his portion of the scholarship taxable income on his tax return?

Expert Alumni
Jan 16, 2020 10:03:16 AM

Taxable scholarship income is considered by the IRS to be earned income (See Publication 17, Page 157). Even if you are claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return, you will generally have to file your own tax return if your total income is more than your standard deduction (the greater of $12,200 or your earned income plus $350 for single dependents in 2019). 

 

In most cases, this would make the taxable scholarship not taxable to either the dependent or the parents (assuming the taxable portion is less than $12,200). 

New Member
Feb 3, 2020 8:02:51 AM

If I already filed, is there a way I can check if I did Mark it as I can be filed under my parents?

Expert Alumni
Feb 3, 2020 8:08:33 AM

Absolutely!

 

You can log back into your account and click on your return. You will be able to click on the personal information tab and click through the questions till you get to the one that stats: "Can someone else claim you as a dependent"? You will see what you selected as your answer. 

Level 15
Feb 3, 2020 8:08:39 AM

Yes look at your 1040 return middle of page 1.  By Standard Deduction there is a check box if Someone can claim you.

 

New Member
Feb 6, 2020 8:13:52 PM

Hi I have a question  
for 2018 I was a full-time student until July. I stayed with my mom for half the year.   I worked full time and made over 10,000$ that year. My mom filed me as a dependent and I filed my own taxes as a dependent. Would I have a penalty for my 2019 taxes due to how me and her filed my 2018 taxes due to the fact she claimed me and I made over 4,500? 

New Member
Feb 6, 2020 8:16:37 PM

Hi, I have a question, for 2018 I was a full-time student until July. I stayed with my mom for half the year.   I worked full time and made over 10,000$ that year. My mom filed me as a dependent and I filed my own taxes as a dependent. Would I have a penalty for my 2019 taxes due to how me and her filed my 2018 taxes due to the fact she claimed me and I made over 4,500? 

Level 15
Feb 6, 2020 11:12:27 PM

No if you were a full-time student under the age of 24 the amount of income you had did not matter.

New Member
Feb 13, 2020 3:07:07 PM

What if I did not select that someone can claim me as a dependent on my tax return. What effect will it have when my mom tries to claim me?

Expert Alumni
Feb 13, 2020 3:13:49 PM

Yes, your mom will need to file a paper return because hers will be rejected saying you have already been a primary tax payer on another return.  There is no way to get around the e-file system once you have already filed and claimed yourself.  

 

You will need to amend your return to indicate someone else is claiming you.

 

See this TurboTax FAQ for help with amending.

 

This article will give your mom instruction on how to print and mail her return.

Level 15
Feb 13, 2020 3:14:36 PM

If she claims you on her tax return and you e-filed your tax return first and it is accepted by the IRS, then her e-filed tax return will be rejected by the IRS.

She then can only print and mail her tax return to the IRS.  If she leaves you as a dependent on her tax return and has a tax refund the IRS will pay the tax refund.

Within a year both you and her will receive a letter in the mail from the IRS asking that her tax return be amended to remove the dependent on her tax return or you to amend your return and change your dependency.  If neither of you amend your tax returns, then the IRS will send another letter requiring you and her to prove either you were or were not a dependent.  The loser of the investigation gets to repay any refund based on the dependency plus penalties and interest.

New Member
Feb 15, 2020 6:45:08 AM

If somebody files me as a dependent can I still file my taxes