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June 1, 2019
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Can I claim my daughter and grandson who live with me and receive welfare? I do not charge her any rent/utilities and provide her medical /dental coverage.

  • June 1, 2019
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Best answer by Texas Roger

You can claim your daughter as a qualifying relative dependent if she meets the following tests:

1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer. A child is not the qualifying child of any other taxpayer if the child's parent (or any other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) is not required to file an income tax return or files an income tax return only to get a refund on income tax withheld.

2. The person either (a) must be related to you or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household. 

3. The person's gross  taxable income for the year must be less than $4,000 in 2015.

4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.

5. The person must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien, U.S. national, or a resident of Canada or Mexico.

If your daughter does not file a tax return and claim your grandson, you can claim him as a qualifying child dependent if he meets the following tests:

1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster chld, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student, or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child. 
6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year.
7. The child must be younger than you (or your spouse, if filing jointly) unless disabled.



10 replies

Employee
June 1, 2019
Is that their only income?
Employee
June 1, 2019
How old were your daughter and your grandson and if over age 18 were they full time students?
Employee
June 1, 2019
Does your grandson's father live with you as well?
Celery63Author
June 1, 2019
welfare is her only income
Celery63Author
June 1, 2019
my daughter is 25 and a full-time college student. my grandson is 2yrs old
Employee
June 1, 2019
How is she paying for college? Any scholarships or grants?
Celery63Author
June 1, 2019
grants and student loans
Employee
June 1, 2019
You may need to complete the worksheet on p. 16 of IRS Pub. 501 to determine if you provided more than half of your daughter's support or not. Here is a link to get the pub: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf</a>
Employee
June 1, 2019

You can claim your daughter as a qualifying relative dependent if she meets the following tests:

1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer. A child is not the qualifying child of any other taxpayer if the child's parent (or any other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) is not required to file an income tax return or files an income tax return only to get a refund on income tax withheld.

2. The person either (a) must be related to you or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household. 

3. The person's gross  taxable income for the year must be less than $4,000 in 2015.

4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.

5. The person must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien, U.S. national, or a resident of Canada or Mexico.

If your daughter does not file a tax return and claim your grandson, you can claim him as a qualifying child dependent if he meets the following tests:

1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster chld, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student, or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child. 
6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year.
7. The child must be younger than you (or your spouse, if filing jointly) unless disabled.



Employee
June 1, 2019
@Texas Roger
Daughter has college grants.
Employee
June 1, 2019
As an aside, the fact that you are providing them with support may impact their ability to receive welfare, whether you claim them or not.