special needs adult daughter and taxes

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2. She is a dependent and you should

see $500 “other dependent credit” as long as she doesn’t earn more than $4400 per year (not knowing how special needs she is, assuming maybe she might have a small part time job). Any disability pay she receives would not be taxable. If you are not married you could file as head of household to receive 1.5 x the single deduction.

Depending on the laws in your state - if you are receiving state pay to be her caregiver, that pay might be excluded from income tax but still be able to count towards earned income credit.