I filed my taxes for 2019 as single with my W2 and 1098 I paid all of my rent, tuition, other expenses, my parent hasn't filed but is upset I filed as single, am I wrong?

[LinaJ2020]

If you are not married and do not have a child, your legal filing status is Single. 

Your parents might want to claim you as a dependent for possible benefits on their taxes.  If that's the case, you would need to check on your return that "someone else is claiming you on their return".  I am not sure if that's the case. 

[xmasbaby0]

What your parents are upset about is that you filed saying you cannot be claimed as a dependent on someone else's tax return--not that you said you are Single.  You would say Single whether you are a dependent or not.

Were you a full-time student in 2019?  Were your folks counting on claiming education credits?  We do not have all the facts--so we do not know if they could claim you.   

Do you fit into the category of qualifying child or qualifying relative for them?

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 $4200  (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?

[mul962747]

I lived in my apt throughout 2019, I was a full time student as well as full time worker thats why I was able to pay all my expenses and tuition without my parent's help, I am also 21 years of age.

[RobertG]

If you provided more than 1/2 of your own support, they are not entitled to claim you as a dependent.

Here are the requirements for claiming a dependent:

You can claim a child as a dependent on your 2019 taxes as long as they meet the following requirements:

Qualifying child

• They're related to you.
• They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else.
• They're a U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
• They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse.
• They're under the age of 19 (or 24 for full-time students).
  • No age limit for permanently and totally disabled children.
• They lived with you for more than half the year (exceptions apply). (One of the exceptions is that they are temporarily away from home at school.)
• They didn't provide more than half of their own support for the year.

[mul962747]

If she filed her taxes would she owe anything since I filed as single or would the refund be lower for her since I am not a dependent? And also I have 1 more year left of school would it affect my financial aid when I apply for fafsa next year?

[AmyC]

She would be losing a $500 credit for claiming you. Also, whoever claims you gets to claim any education credits. Here is the IRS Worksheet for Determining Support. 

You two may want to take a short online, anonymous, IRS quiz, to figure all this out. The Filing Status, Dependents and Exemptions  will help figure out who claims who.

Also see Credits - who can claim what credits

The IRS is the best source for a correct answer to all of your questions.

If your mom owes or has a refund is due to what she had withheld at work based on claiming you and possibly education credits. She will definitely need to change her W4 at work as you are certainly grown up. It is smart to use Tax Withholding Estimator .