Step 2. Is Your Qualifying Child Your Dependent?

Official source

1. Was the child a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. resident alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico? (See Pub. 519 for the definition of a U.S. national or U.S. resident alien. If the child was adopted, see Exception to citizen test , later.)

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.

2. Was the child married?

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.

3. Are you filing a joint return for 2025?

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.

4. Could you be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s 2025 tax return? (If the person who could claim you on their 2025 tax return is not required to file, and isn’t filing a 2025 tax return or is filing a 2025 return only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid, check “No.”)

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.

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Step 2. Is Your Qualifying Child Your Dependent?

Official source

1. Was the child a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. resident alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico? (See Pub. 519 for the definition of a U.S. national or U.S. resident alien. If the child was adopted, see Exception to citizen test , later.)

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.

2. Was the child married?

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.

3. Are you filing a joint return for 2025?

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.

4. Could you be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s 2025 tax return? (If the person who could claim you on their 2025 tax return is not required to file, and isn’t filing a 2025 tax return or is filing a 2025 return only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid, check “No.”)

[ ] Yes.

[ ] No.