@AcerbicRead said "I have lived at home with my parents for just under 6 months of the year, and made a little over $16000 last year. I lived at school for just over 4 months, and then lived on-site at a job for just over 2 months."
The 4 months living at school (and probably the 2 months at a job site) are considered a temporary absence form your parents home. So, for 2022, you lived with them for more than half the year (probably the whole year.
The support value of the home, provided by the parent, is the fair market rental value of the home plus utilities & other expenses divided by the number of occupants. That includes the time you were temporarily absent.
Only your share of the groceries, for the 6 months you were physically there, would count.
Any part of my school bill that is covered by scholarships/grants is ignored in the support calculation. Birthday money from grandparents, is a gift and is treated as your money. Unusually larger gifts, meant as support, should be treated as support not provided by you.
