EIC -> Student

[ILLMAS]

TP has a son that is still in HS and he is 19, is "student" reserved people that are in college only for EIC?

[GeneInAlabama]

The only thing I have seen just says "full time student". I don't think it makes any difference whether it is high school or college.

[Gail in Virginia]

I agree with Gene; as long as he was a full time student for at least 5 months of the year, you can use the student designation on the dependent entry page for him even if he is 19 years old and was still in high school.

[kcjenkins]

Maybe not a 'good student', but still, the tax code does not require that. Student is student.

[jainen]

>>Maybe not a 'good student'<<

Kids are almost never held back for academic reasons any more. But it is very common to wait until after the fifth birthday for children to be ready for kindergarten, so children born late in the year would still be in high school at age 18. And it's not especially rare if along the way a year was missed or repeated because of illness or family disruption.