Our 67-year-old now starts to pay, starts to receive from Social Security, and the amount that the person could expect to receive from Social Security drops down. It drops down because of the probability of the person being alive. Social Security, unlike private retirement funds, is subject to a 100 percent estate tax.
You can't claim a dependent at all if you qualify as someone else's dependent. For example, if you're younger than 24, go to school full-time, and if you lived with your parents half the tax year and contributed less than half of your own support, you can't claim your child under any circumstances.
Youâre correct that the dependent canât claim a personal exemption if eligible to be claimed by their parents. However, if the parents choose not to claim the child as a dependent the child can take the education credits. In that case neither the parents or the child claim a dependency exemption for the child.his is an important distinction because itâs an either/or situation in terms of who gets the tax break. If the parent claims the education tax deduction or credit, then the child (in this case, the dependent) canât claim it.