special needs adult daughter and taxes

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1. What program are you using?

Usually, programs like TurboTax walk you through all that pretty clearly. Or are you trying to do it yourself with maybe one of the free-file programs that don't walk you through it quite so well?

EDIT: I doubt this will help you with your specific question, but it may answer some others you may have or provide you with some information you didn't already know when it comes to claiming a special needs child as a dependent and other tax benefits you may be able to claim: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p3966.pdf

Note: some states also provide their own tax benefits in such situations, so you may want to check on that as well.