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My daughter is living with my mother, but I pay for her bills and it says I cant put her as a dependent because she made over 4050 last year, is this correct?

she is a full time student in college.
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JulieH1
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My daughter is living with my mother, but I pay for her bills and it says I cant put her as a dependent because she made over 4050 last year, is this correct?

That is correct.

To claim her when she does not live with you she would need to be a "Qualifying Relative."  Relative does not have to mean blood relative.

Under the qualifying relative rules, a person can be a dependent if:

    1.   Not qualify as somebody else’s qualifying child or qualifying relative

     2.  Live with you the entire year (365 days) or be one of these:

                 Your child, stepchild, foster child, or a descendant of any of them

                  Your brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, or stepsister or a descendant of any of them

                  Your father, mother, grandparent, or stepparent, but not a foster parent

                  Your son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law

                  Your uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece

         3.     Earn less than $4,050

         4.     Receive more than half of his or her support for the year from you

To claim a dependent, these must also be true:

He or she can only have filed jointly with his or her spouse to claim a refund of the taxes withheld. Also, if he or she were to have filed separately from his or her spouse, neither would have owed taxes.

The dependent is one of these:

U.S. citizen

U.S. resident alien

U.S. national

Resident of Canada or Mexico

You can’t qualify as a dependent on someone else’s return. This is true even if the other person doesn’t claim you on his or her return.

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JulieH1
New Member

My daughter is living with my mother, but I pay for her bills and it says I cant put her as a dependent because she made over 4050 last year, is this correct?

That is correct.

To claim her when she does not live with you she would need to be a "Qualifying Relative."  Relative does not have to mean blood relative.

Under the qualifying relative rules, a person can be a dependent if:

    1.   Not qualify as somebody else’s qualifying child or qualifying relative

     2.  Live with you the entire year (365 days) or be one of these:

                 Your child, stepchild, foster child, or a descendant of any of them

                  Your brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, or stepsister or a descendant of any of them

                  Your father, mother, grandparent, or stepparent, but not a foster parent

                  Your son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law

                  Your uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece

         3.     Earn less than $4,050

         4.     Receive more than half of his or her support for the year from you

To claim a dependent, these must also be true:

He or she can only have filed jointly with his or her spouse to claim a refund of the taxes withheld. Also, if he or she were to have filed separately from his or her spouse, neither would have owed taxes.

The dependent is one of these:

U.S. citizen

U.S. resident alien

U.S. national

Resident of Canada or Mexico

You can’t qualify as a dependent on someone else’s return. This is true even if the other person doesn’t claim you on his or her return.

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