25 in school

[bekzm]

A 25 year old daughter still in school. Parents income $100,000 and hers is $18,000 but the daughter is still in college. The parents want to claim her and part of me agrees cause they pay for the college and still lives at home and etc. Am I ok to claim her?

[David1980]

We can't always get what we want. Nor is life always fair - especially taxes.

Daughter can't be a qualifying child because she's not under age 24 and she's not disabled.
Daughter can't be a qualifying relative because daughter's gross income for the year is not under $4,000.

[ATSMAN]

We can't always get what we want. Nor is life always fair - especially taxes.

Daughter can't be a qualifying child because she's not under age 24 and she's not disabled.
Daughter can't be a qualifying relative because daughter's gross income for the year is not under $4,000.

I get this all the time. Parents say they are still supporting the kid in college and previous tax preparer told them as long as the kid is a full time student they are ok. Completely ignoring the age requirement. They confuse this with the age 26 requirement for dependent health insurance.

[Snaggletooth]

Professional Students

IRS put an end to claiming professional students several years ago.

Parents seem to think claiming their child is an unalienable right bestowed upon them by the Creator.

[JoshinNC]

Read Pub 17

I would link it, but I'm not sure if that's against the rules currently.

[DaveinTexas]

Stay at Home Son

How about the "stay at home sons"? You know the ones that are 50 years old and live with their 75 year old parents because they are under or unemployed and they sit around all day complaining they have to chip in for the utility expense of the home. There should be a special category of dependents (maybe the pickle salesman will think of this in his tax reform plans) that will include deadbeat brother in laws and wayward (not prodigal) sons/daughters.

[JohnH]

How about the "stay at home sons"? You know the ones that are 50 years old and live with their 75 year old parents because they are under or unemployed and they sit around all day complaining they have to chip in for the utility expense of the home. There should be a special category of dependents (maybe the pickle salesman will think of this in his tax reform plans) that will include deadbeat brother in laws and wayward (not prodigal) sons/daughters.

What's with the pickle salesman joke?
I think you're ghrekin us around...

[DaveinTexas]

That is a nicer name

for one of the candidates running on the "D" side. I didn't want to get political, but you went there John.......