My son was a student in 06 with income, can i claim him as dependent and how does he get his $ back?

Answer 1

you can claim him as a dependent and he can also file not claiming himself. on his refund it depends on how much he made that year.

Answer 2

Whether you can claim him as a qualifying child depends on his age at the end of 2006, and whether he was a FULL TIME student or not. There are also other requirements, such as that he lived with you for over half of the year, and didn't provide over half of his own support.

A child under 19, or a full-time student between 19 and 23, can be claimed as a qualifying child if the other requirements are met. A full time student is defined as someone who was enrolled in what the school considers a full-time load for some part of at least five months of the year.

If he had anything withheld for federal income tax, he should file a return, noting on it that he is a dependent (line 5 if he files a 1040EZ). If he paid in more than he owes, or if he doesn't owe any taxes, then any excess will be refunded to him. If you can claim him as a dependent and he made over $5150, then he is required to file. This assumes his income was on a W-2 - if not, filing limits are lower.

Answer 3

If your son was a full-time student (as defined by the school) and age 23 or under, you can claim him as a dependent regardless of his income if you provided more thatn half of his support. If your son was age 18 or under on 12/31/06, you can claim him as a dependent regardless of his student status.

If he was age 24 or older, he no longer qualifies as a "qualifying child" for dependency status but he may qualify as a "qualifying relative" if he lived with you all year and had less than $3,300 in gross income.

If he had income, he may be required to file a return himself. He'll have some tax liability if his income was more than $5,150 for 2006 since he loses his personal exemption if you claim him as a dependent. Even if he earned less than that, he would need to file a return to have any withheld income taxes refunded to him.

Answer 4

I assume he is was a full-time student for at least a semester and is under age 24 as of 12/31/2006.

You can claim him as a dependent. He will file a 1040EZ with zero exemptions. He will get his withholding back as long as his income was under $5,150. If he earned more, he will not get all of his withholding back. He should also file a state return to get that withholding back.