YES,if this person meets the requirements of being your qualifying relative. Do they live with you?The person must live at your residence all year Do they make less than $4,050 in 2016? Your relative cannot have a gross income of more than $4,050 in 2016 and be claimed by you as a dependent. Do you financially support them? You must provide more than half of your relative’s total support each year. Are you the only person claiming them? This means you can’t claim the same person twice, once as a qualifying relative and again as a qualifying child. It also means you can’t claim a relative—say a cousin—if someone else, such as his parents, also claim him. Click the link below. CLICK HERE for TurboTax help on Rules for Claiming aDependent on Your Tax Return

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I have a partner that has lived with me the whole year that is legally blind and can not work. Can I claim her as a dependant?

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KrisD15

YES,

if this person meets the requirements of being your qualifying relative.

Do they live with you?The person must live at your residence all year
Do they make less than $4,050 in 2016? Your relative cannot have a gross income of more than $4,050 in 2016 and be claimed by you as a dependent.
Do you financially support them? You must provide more than half of your relative’s total support each year.
Are you the only person claiming them? This means you can’t claim the same person twice, once as a qualifying relative and again as a qualifying child. It also means you can’t claim a relative—say a cousin—if someone else, such as his parents, also claim him.