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The answer depends on whether she earned enough income to be required to file a federal income tax return on her own. Generally, kids who qualify as tax dependents aren’t required to file a federal income tax return or pay taxes on their income if they earned less than a threshold amount ($13,850 in 2023). If your daughter earned less than that, you would not count her income as part of your household income when you apply for subsidies.