Can I claim my daughter as a dependent or her education as a college education tax credit?
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Can I claim my daughter as a dependent or her education as a college education tax credit?
I am a divorced father who pays tuition and a monthly living allowance for my 22 year old daughter. She has not lived with her mother who was the full-time custodial parent for 3 years. Our divorce decree does not provide tax guidelines for college. Aside from her 20 hour a month job, I am her sole financial provider.
Asked on January 2, 2013 under Family Law, Georgia
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you are under a court order to pay support for your adult daughter then under federal and state tax laws you are entitled to claim her as a dependent with respect to your taxes both on a federal and state level.
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