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Can my parents claim me as a dependent?

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February 26, 2020
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For 2019, I was 23. I had a full-time job and was a full-time student. I paid for all of my rent, bills (trash, electricity, internet, ect),and groceries by myself. I made well over the $4200 mark as well in my own income from my job. I used the money I made from work and used my tax return the previous year to support me and lived minimally. I do not receive scholarships or financial aid. I only get my school loan from a 3rd party. Keep in mind, I haven't lived with my parents since Summer 2014 so it has been a long time. I'm struggling with if they still can claim me or not? Will they be able to next year? I'm already graduated at this point and it won't be an issue for next years tax return. But I am just very confused on all of these rules. My parents only paid for my health insurance and a small interest payment on my tuition (the full amount of tuition isn't able to be touched by anyone besides me here in a few months). They've only been paying the interest rate of ONE year, not my five years of school. Any bit helps and please be straight to the point, all of the information given just confuses me more. Thanks.

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GatorMom

My son is in similar situation, he is 23, graduated from UF last summer and is working on his Master degree, working as a TA, paying for all of his expenses, and the only thing we pay for him is his health insurance.

Your parents will not be able to claim you as a dependent because you are paying for more than half of your expenses.

You may get a tax refund if you file your own income tax since you did not make a lot of money in 2019. Good luck!

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linaj20201

In your situation, your parents do not qualify to claim you on their taxes. To see rules, click here: Credit for Other Dependents If you look at the Qualifying Child rule, you do not meet because you provided more than half of your total support. If you go down to the Qualifying Relative rule, you do not meet either because you made too much money.

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