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Dependent? Son age 24, military discharged, living at home, full-time student InTheNorthLand 04-02-2007
Posted by InTheNorthLand on April 2, 2007, 5:58 pm
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Our son: Age 24, military discharged (honorable), living at
home, full- time student.

Can my wife and I declare our son on our income taxes for
2006?

He lived at our residence for nine months of the 2006 year,
and he is a full-time college student. He has/had no other
residence.

We did not declare him as a dependent during the four years
of his enlistment.

Thanks.

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Posted by A.G. Kalman on April 3, 2007, 1:48 am
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InTheNorthLand wrote:

> Our son: Age 24, military discharged (honorable), living at
> home, full- time student.
>
> Can my wife and I declare our son on our income taxes for
> 2006?
>
> He lived at our residence for nine months of the 2006 year,
> and he is a full-time college student. He has/had no other
> residence.
>
> We did not declare him as a dependent during the four years
> of his enlistment.

He would be your qualifying child if he was not
self-supporting in 2006 and he was a full time student for
at least parts of five months and he was under age 24 at
year-end 2006. If he fails any of those tests, he might be
your qualifying relative. That would require that you
provided more than half of his total support in 2006 and
that his gross income be less than $3300.

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Posted by Bill Brown on April 3, 2007, 2:07 am
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> Our son: Age 24, military discharged (honorable), living at
> home, full- time student.
>
> Can my wife and I declare our son on our income taxes for
> 2006?
>
> He lived at our residence for nine months of the 2006 year,
> and he is a full-time college student. He has/had no other
> residence.

A qualified child must be under age 23 and a full time
student. Your son is not a qualified child.

He may be a qualified relative if his income in 2006 was
under $3,300 and you provided over 1/2 his support. If those
tests aren't met, you cannot claim him as a dependent.

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Posted by Bill Brown on April 3, 2007, 6:44 pm
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<<SNIP>>
> A qualified child must be under age 23 and a full time
> student. Your son is not a qualified child.

Oops. That should have said "under age 24." The OP's son
still isn't a qualifying child because he is 24 and being 24
is not being under 24.

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Posted by A.G. Kalman on April 11, 2007, 11:47 pm
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InTheNorthLand wrote:

> Our son: Age 24, military discharged (honorable), living at
> home, full- time student.
>
> Can my wife and I declare our son on our income taxes for
> 2006?
>
> He lived at our residence for nine months of the 2006 year,
> and he is a full-time college student. He has/had no other
> residence.
>
> We did not declare him as a dependent during the four years
> of his enlistment.

He would be your qualifying child if he was not
self-supporting in 2006 and he was a full time student for
at least parts of five months and he was under age 24 at
year-end 2006. If he fails any of those tests, he might be
your qualifying relative. That would require that you
provided more than half of his total support in 2006 and
that his gross income be less than $3300.

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