Age 18 at the end of 2022.
I did the worksheet on p. 18 as best as was possible. I assumed I was answering questions about MYSELF, and not trying to determine if someone else qualified as my dependent. I was confused about exactly how much to enter in #1 because of "income received both taxable and nontaxable" due to my both taxable and nontaxable scholarships. I included education expenses for both private school tuition and college tuition/fees. Then added up all other expenses of mine for the year. I admit I had to guesstimate on some of it, but overestimated in those cases. I had to use fair rent value (which included utilities) because I live at home with my parent and commute. I wasn't sure if I should have been using the college room/board from their COA, at least for the fall semester (my 1st semester as freshman). The total expense figure I came up with is $21,408. Social security income was $12,846. It was spent. Work income ($11,054.79 tot.) that I SPENT on my support was about $6952.43.---So 19,798.43 spent on expenses. Again, that includes college tuition, which I don't know if it was supposed to! I did not include 529 distribution in income. $10,704 would have been half of my support from my calculations. Is that correct?
And thank you SO much for responding! YOU are exactly who I wanted to talk to after reading so many of your posts!
