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Can I claim my disabled mom if I help her with daily tasks and she does not live with me

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June 3, 2019
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Can I claim for daily tasks that I help my disabled mom with

Employee

No you cannot claim anything for helping your mother with daily tasks. That is just what one does for an elderly or disabled parent. If you pay for over half of your mom's support, and her income -- not counting Social Security -- is less than $4150, then you may be able to claim her as a dependent and get the $500 credit for other dependents.

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missneene

I have a sort of follow up to this question. My mom lived with me and she went into the hospital on march 27 of this year... then they placed her in rehab to get better and be able to "climb the steps" at where she stays with me and ended up staying there until sept 9th where she went back into the hospital and then passed away sept 23rd. I bought her food paid for clothing and went to see her everyday. can i claim her on the next text season where i previously did... before this happened.

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xmasbaby0

Employee

Again---performing tasks and helping your aging parent are not criteria in whether you can claim your parent as a dependent. Those are just the things you do as a decent human being.

In order to claim your parent as your tax dependent, the parent would have to meet the criteria to be claimed.

Review the criteria under Qualifying Relative:

You can claim a child, relative, friend, fiance (etc.) as a dependent on your 2018 taxes as long as they meet the following requirements:

Qualifying child

• They are related to you.

• They cannot be claimed as a dependent by someone else.

• They are a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.

• They are not filing a joint return with their spouse.

• They are under the age of 19 (or 24 for full-time students).

No age limit for permanently and totally disabled children

• They live with you for more than half the year (exceptions apply).

Qualifying relative

• They don't have to be related to you (despite the name).

• They cannot be claimed as a dependent by someone else.

• They are a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.

• They are not filing a joint return with their spouse.

• They lived with you the entire year.

• They made less than $4,150 in 2018 ($4200 for 2019)

• You provided more than half of their financial support. More info

When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of questions to make sure you can claim them.

Related Information:

• Does a dependent have to live with me?

• What does "financially support another person" mean?

• Can I claim a newborn baby?

IRS interview to help determine who can be claimed:

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3113432-who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**