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June 3, 2019
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Is my daughter required to file her own return with no unearned income 1099 Misc income $5788 and W-2 $1486I claimed her as my dependent on my return

  • June 3, 2019
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RachelW33
June 3, 2019

Yes, your daughter needs to file her own Tax Return.  

In order to claim your daughter as a Dependent, all of these qualifications must be met:

  • She is a citizen of the US 
  • She is related to you
  • She was under age 24 and a full-time student at least 5 months during 2018
  • She lived with you more than 1/2 the year
  • She cannot be claimed as a Dependent by anyone else
  • She is not filing a joint return
  • You provided more than 1/2 of her support 

You can also check out this IRS Tool which walks you through a set of questions to help determine if you can claim someone as a Dependent:  https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/whom-may-i-claim-as-a-dependent.

If you meet all the qualifications to claim your Daughter as a Dependent, she can still file her own Tax Return, but she cannot claim herself.  As she walks through the TurboTax interview process she will need to answer "YES" to the question "Someone else can claim me as a Dependent" and "YES" to "and this person will claim me on their 2018 Tax Return" so that you can claim her on your Tax Return.

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