It is not a question of whether you want to be claimed. If you CAN be claimed, you must say on your own return that you can be claimed as someone else's dependent. You do not get to choose. Do you fit the criteria to be a qualifying child or qualifying relative? WHO CAN I CLAIM AS A DEPENDENT? You can claim a child, relative, friend, fiance (etc.) as a dependent on your 2019 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 $4300 (not counting Social Security) • You provided more than half of their financial support. More infoWhen 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?

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I don’t want to be claimed but my mother is trying to claim me anyways because her income tax will be done before mine, can i deny her of this and if so how?

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Best answer by macuser_22

Claiming you does not depend on what you want. If she *can* claim you then she is entitled to do so. If she *can* claim you then you must check that box whether she actually claims you or not.

I will, assume that you are under the age of 18 or under 24 and a full time student.

---Tests To Be a Qualifying Child---
(Must pass ALL of these tests)

NOTE: If a child passes all of these tests he must say “yes” on his/her own tax return (if he/she files one) that another taxpayer CAN claim him/her as a dependent even if they DO NOT claim him/her)

1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother,stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.

2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of 2020, (b) under age 24 at the end of 2020 and a full-time student* for any part of 5 months of 2020, or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled and must be younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly).

3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year (There are exceptions for temporary absences such as school, illness, business, vacation, military service).

4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
See Worksheet 3-1. Worksheet for Determining Support
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17#en_US_2019_publink1000171012

5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child.

6. The child is not filing a joint return.

7. The child must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien, U.S. national, or a resident of Canada or Mexico

*A full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses the school considers to be full-time attendance during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year.

See IRS Publication 17 for more information.

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17

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Employee

It is not a question of whether you want to be claimed. If you CAN be claimed, you must say on your own return that you can be claimed as someone else's dependent. You do not get to choose. Do you fit the criteria to be a qualifying child or qualifying relative?

WHO CAN I CLAIM AS A DEPENDENT?

You can claim a child, relative, friend, fiance (etc.) as a dependent on your 2019 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 $4300 (not counting Social Security)

• 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?

**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.**

macuser_22Answer

Employee

Claiming you does not depend on what you want. If she *can* claim you then she is entitled to do so. If she *can* claim you then you must check that box whether she actually claims you or not.

I will, assume that you are under the age of 18 or under 24 and a full time student.

---Tests To Be a Qualifying Child---
(Must pass ALL of these tests)

NOTE: If a child passes all of these tests he must say “yes” on his/her own tax return (if he/she files one) that another taxpayer CAN claim him/her as a dependent even if they DO NOT claim him/her)

1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother,stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.

2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of 2020, (b) under age 24 at the end of 2020 and a full-time student* for any part of 5 months of 2020, or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled and must be younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly).

3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year (There are exceptions for temporary absences such as school, illness, business, vacation, military service).

4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
See Worksheet 3-1. Worksheet for Determining Support
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17#en_US_2019_publink1000171012

5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child.

6. The child is not filing a joint return.

7. The child must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien, U.S. national, or a resident of Canada or Mexico

*A full-time student is a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses the school considers to be full-time attendance during some part of each of any 5 calendar months of the year.

See IRS Publication 17 for more information.

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**