Dependent with income over 4300 - Kiddie tax

[hamida_surti]

I have a client with a 21 year old full time student. This year He received around 3K in wages and around 12K in unemployment compensation due to Covid. The questions are:
Is he still a dependent on the parents return. He lives in the family home and they have family meals paid for by the parents.
Do the parents claim the Education credits?
Is there a way he does not have to go through the kiddie tax process due to the unearned income.

[rbynaker]

Your best bet at this point is to wait until the software is updated and $10,200 of unemployment is excluded from gross income.  Then kiddie tax won't be too much of a problem.

[hamida_surti]

Thank you for replying, I am not sure about what you mean when you say wait till the software is updated. Can you please elaborate on that a little bit.

[sjrcpa]

One of a hundred times mentioned in the last few days

https://proconnect.intuit.com/community/proconnect-tax-discussions/discussion/2020-unemployment-due-...