My 26year old daughter lives with me, hasn't worked all year, can I Claim her as a tax dependent?

Or can she file her own taxes even though she has not worked all year and get a tax credi?

She has nothing to file on, so doesn't have any tax credits coming so there would be no point in her filing a return.

If her gross income for the year is under $3400 and you provided over half of her support, you can claim her as a qualifying relative. She is far too old for you to claim her as a qualifying child.

if she has no income or is living with you (like you said) then you can claim her. as long as no one else, including her, claims does.

another free answer is to call your local irs office, they will give you the correct answer... and its FREE

My daughter lives with me. I claim "head of household" which gives me much more of a refund. The basic rules are, your child must be over 18, never married, never had children & you have to be contributing over 50% of paying household expenses.

Your daughter cannot file taxes if she didn't work. Even if she did work it would not affect you claiming "head of household".

Check with the IRS for any changes or look it up on the internet.

I am now on total disability & cannot claim "head of household" any longer. Last year I got less than a third of my return from the year before so that is a lot of money.

Yes; you can claim her. She did not earn over $ 3,400, lived with you all year, is your daughter, you provided over half her support, assume she is a US citizen; she does qualify. If she did not work then she has nothing to file a tax return for and would receive no credit. I have six daughters, none of whom live at home, and they still cost an arm and a leg all year long; I pay just to make sure they don't return home.

She can not file without any wages. So what will her tax credit be based on? You can claim her as a qualifying relative.

The short answer is no, you cannot claim her as a deduction. She may be able to claim a rental deduction though, if she pays rent.

For more research you can access either the IRS or FTB websites, and type in a few keywords, like 'renter deduction' or child deduction, and you can read the fine details in legalese.