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There are two sets of rules to be claimed as a dependent. If you are age 24 or older, the qualifying child rule no longer applies, unless you are disabled.

 

To qualify as a qualifying relative dependent, your parents must pay more than half your total living expenses, and you must have less than $4700 of taxable income. It does not matter where you live.   You said you do not have taxable income this year.


The support test can be a little tricky for college students. Student loans that you take out in your name count as support that you provide yourself, even though you don’t have to repay them until later.  Suppose that your parents paid $10,000 for your apartment, food, travel, entertainment, clothing, medical, and other living expenses. But you took out a $15,000 student loan for tuition. Your total financial needs were $25,000 (cost of living plus tuition) and your parents did not provide more than half.


So you will have to carefully evaluate whether your parents provided more than half your total financial support.  There is a worksheet to help you figure out the support test in publication 501.

https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-501