Your child, grandchild, brother, or sister under the age of 18 (over 18 qualifies if the dependant is physically or mentally impaired)
Important: Do not report your child's income (e.g., T4, T4A, T4A(P), or T5 slips) on your own tax return. When your child should file their own tax return: Earned income: Filing is beneficial even with low income.
Generally, the parent who has physical custody of the child is the parent who should claim the child on taxes. If one parent has primary physical custody and the other has secondary physical custody, then the parent with primary physical custody should claim the child on taxes.
The short answer is no, you cannot claim yourself as a dependent on your tax return. This is because you are considered to have your own personal exemption. In other words, you cannot claim yourself as a dependent because you are already claiming yourself as a personal exemption.
The short answer is no, you cannot claim yourself as a dependent on your tax return. This is because you are considered to have your own personal exemption.
Generally, the custodial parent—the parent with whom the child lives for the greater number of nights during the year—has the right to claim the child as a dependent on their tax return.
Relationship: Be your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, half-sister or -brother, stepbrother, stepsister, adopted child or the child of one of these.