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  • Jan 4, 2008, 09:41 AM
    paulroxc
    Claiming working children
    My child earned about $10K this year and will file a tax return. Can I also claim him on my return since he still lives with me and I provide support?
  • Jan 4, 2008, 09:42 AM
    ScottGem
    How old?
  • Jan 4, 2008, 09:25 PM
    AtlantaTaxExpert
    There are a number of factors to consider.

    If the child is still in school (high school, college, graduate school), the parent can normally claim the child's exemption if he/she provides more than half of the child's support, until age 25.
  • Jan 4, 2008, 11:32 PM
    MukatA
    If the child is under age 19 at the end of the year, or under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student, then the two requirements are:
    Child must live with you for more than half of the year
    You must provide more than 50% of his support.
    It does not matter what he earned.

    If child is more than 19/24 yr of age, then NO.
  • Jan 5, 2008, 08:25 AM
    AtlantaTaxExpert
    Agreed! MukatA said it better than I did.

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