Ashley is single and lives with barney, her boyfriend, and candy, his 8 year old daughter. ashley paid all of the support for her household in 2018. barney has earned income of $2,500 and had income tax withheld form his wages. he has no other income and is not required to file an income tax return. with one qualifying child, barney may claim an earn income credit. barney files an income tax return solely to obtain a refund of withheld income taxes and does not claim eic. because barney does not have a filing requirement and filed only to obtain a refund of withheld income taxes, candy is not considered the qualifying child of barney or any other taxpayer. based on the information provided, can ashley claim candy as a dependent? a)ashley may not claim candy as her qualifying relative even if the other requirements are met. b) ashley may claim candy as her qualifying child provided all other requirements are metc) ashley may claim candy as her qualifying relative provided all other requirements are metd) ashley may not claim candy as her qualifying child even if other requirements are met.