when do you stop claiming children on taxes?

Answer 1

If your child lives with you for more than half the year and does not support himself, then you claim your child as a dependent as long as

1. They are under age 19 as of December 31 or
2. They are under 24 as of December 31 and a full-time student, or
3. They are permanently and totally disabled.

If your child does not meet any of the above three criteria, you child can still be your dependent at any age if

1. They have less than $3,400 of income and
2. You provided over half of their support.

Answer 2

Here are the requirement for a Qualifying Child for claiming Dependent.

1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student, or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child.

Even if you can't claim you child as Qualifying Child, you may still be able to claim as Qualifying Relative:

1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of anyone else.
2. The person either (a) must be related to you, or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household (and your relationship must not violate local law).
3. The person's gross income for the year must be less than $3,400.
4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.
5. You cannot claim a married person who files a joint return as a dependent unless that joint return is only a claim for refund and there would be no tax liability for either spouse on separate returns.

Answer 3

You can claim them 1. 18 end of year and no longer in school. 2. 24 if they are in college 3. disabled (partial or full disablitity). This is to get the earned income credit. If they are over 18 not in school you can claim them as a dependent only to reduce your taxable income. You will not get credit of any other type. You can also go to www.irs.gov and get the any information you may want.

Answer 4

To claim a dependancy exemption for a qualifying child, all of the qualifying child dependancy tests mys be met:
dependent taxpayer test
joint return test
citizenship test
relationship test
age test
support test

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Answer 5

If they are full-time students for at least 5 months of the year, and are under age 24, and don't provide half of their own support, and they live with you over half of the year, you can claim them. If they aren't a student but live with you over half the year and don't provide over half of their own support, you can claim them as long as they are under 19 as of the end of the year.

Answer 6

under age 19 at the end of the year, or
under age 24 and a be a full-time student for at least five months out of the year, or
any age and totally and permanently disabled.

Answer 7

When they are over 19 years old they can claim themselves if they aren't living with you anymore.

Answer 8

Each situation can be different, so you should consult your 1040 manual.
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Answer 9

when they are self supporting