TaxGuyBill
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12-06-2019
10:57 PM
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Yes, that qualifies as 5 months. It only needs to be parts of 5 months.
Yes, if she was under age 24 and a full-time student, the determination is if the daughter paid for over 50% of her own support, and income does not matter. Although your description sounds like she did not provide over 50% of her own support (living with parents for the entire year), you may want to have the parents fill out and sign the support worksheet, just to verify that she did not pay for over 50% of her own support.
https://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf