No, you cannot be claimed as a dependent if you provide over half of your own support, as stated by @DoninGA above. In addition, claiming a child as a dependent generally requires that the dependent live with the taxpayer for more than half the year, and is under the age of 19, or under 24 if a full-time student.
To qualify as a student, the person must be, during some part of each of any five calendar months of the year:
- A full-time student at a school that has a regular teaching staff, course of study, and a regularly enrolled student body at the school, or
- A student taking a full-time, on-farm training course given by a school described in (1), or by a state, county, or local government agency.
This information is found in the Personal Exemptions and Dependents chapter of Publication 17.
You can use the IRS worksheet at this link to help with calculating support.
See this TurboTax tips article for more information regarding claiming dependents.
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