Dependent as a full time student

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February 1, 2025
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I have two children between 19 and 17, both are full time students. TT allows me to identify one of them as a full time student, but not the other. I’ve tried deleting the profile of the child that doesn’t get to be identified as a full time student and re-created their profile, but I still don’t get a chance to add them as a student. Searched other threads on this topic with no luck. any suggestions? Thanks!

Hal_Al

Employee

Be sure you have the latest updates. An early error, in this area, was recently corrected.

There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and Other ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, student status, a relationship test and residence test.

A child of a taxpayer can still be a “Qualifying Child” (QC) dependent, regardless of his/her income, if:

He is under age 19, or under 24 if a full time student for at least 5 months of the year, or is totally & permanently disabled
He did not provide more than 1/2 his own support. Scholarships are excluded from the support calculation
He lived with the parent (including temporary absences such as away at school) for more than half the year. Answer all year when asked how long the kid lived with you.

If that fits your kid, you have answered something wrong in the interview. Reply back with how you answered each interview question.

Dgarren83401Author

Downloaded TT today, so should be the right version?

1. Student in question is 17 and a full time student

2. Child did not provide more than half their support/income (I did)

3. Did live with me the entire year.k

Thanks for the help!

Hal_Al

Employee

Yes, downloaded today is updated.

Did that take care of the problem? Is the kid now showing as your dependent? For a 17 y.o., student status is irrelevant. A child under 19,living with you, is a QC dependent, regardless of student status.

gpzjack

My 18 year old is a full time student in college. No where do i find the question about being a full time student and i am just given the standard $500 deduction?