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Daughter not qualifying as dependent?

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February 2, 2022
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I provided more than 1/2 of my 22 yr old college student daughter for 8 months of 2021. She got married on 9/4/21. has taxable earned income so will file a joint return just to get a refund of tax withheld. Turbo Tax concluded she is a non-dependent and one of the possible reasons is she has taxable income > 0. Can anyone explain this further? I thought the threshold of gross income was ~12,000 for single and > 25,100 for married when if comes to qualifying as a dependent.

Hal_Al

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Her gross income is not relevant if she was a full time student for parts of 5 months. Otherwise, the income limit is $4300. The $12,550 amount ($25,100 MFJ) is the filing requirement, which is different from the dependent income test. Regardless of her income, she cannot be your dependent if she is filing a joint return with her spouse. For a full discussion on your options, see

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