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If you are an ummarried full time college student and they provided over half of your support. |
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ninasgramma
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I assume you were 24 on December 31, 2006.
They can claim you only if you lived with them for 12 months, had income under $3,300, do not file a joint return with your spouse, and they provided over half of your support. |
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seixerok
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I... don't think so, I think they lose all control after 18. |
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Lucy_Fur
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I believe the only way they could possibly claim you is if you were still in college and they were paying a substantial portion of your education and living expenses - either a dorm or by your living at home. |
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babyshoes
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no.
unless there are special circumstances and you are dependent on them for real.
if it is a scam it is a dangerous thing to do. |
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jseah114
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Your parents cannot claim you as a dependent. You have to be under 24 (which you are not) and you have to be a full time student in order for your parents to claim you as a dependent. |
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Peggy Pirate
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I don't suppose they pay for everything. Do they? |
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sunnycorre
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No, they can't claim you. |
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momof2kiddos
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Depends....how reasonable are your parents to bargain with.
Here is why. While I was in College, I lived ON MY OWN. But my parents still wanted to claim me as a dependent (parents just love that $1,000 per child tax credit!). Yet I wasn't depending on them at all for my day to day life. I told them I was going to file individually.
Well, we sat down and crunched the numbers. I figured my parents would get MORE $ for claiming me, than I would get refunded filing on my own. So we worked out a deal where they would claim me, but give me a large portion of the $ they got back. So it worked out best.
But for legal reasons....I think you have to be born after 1989 to be claimed as a dependent this year. Or be under 24 and still in College.
Crunch numbers and figure out what works best in your favor. |
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edws6
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I don't think so.. You would probably need to live at home and have some kind of disability. |
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Dr. H2O
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yeah
but you would get more back if you did it yourself |
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Dave S
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They can claim you if they have legal guardianship over you or you live in their home and do not pay rent. |
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Judy1
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No they probably can't, if you turned 24 in 2006. If you're 24, they can't claim you as a dependent child even if you lived with them all year and they supported you and even if you were a full-time student. If you made under $3300 and they provided more than half of your support, then they might be able to claim you as a qualifying relative dependent.
In any case, they can't get the child credit - that stops at age 17.
But if you're 24, didn't even make $3300 last year, you are not ready to be married. |
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loco13
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They probably don't need to, they should check www.losthorizons.com maintained by Pete Hendrickson, author of Cracking the Code the fascinating truth about taxation in America. |
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