Yes, in order to claim your brother as your dependent, certain requirements must be met. You must provide more than half of his support to claim him as your dependent.
These requirements are as follows:
- They must be your, an adopted child or foster child, a brother or sister or a descendant of one of these.
- They lived with you more than half of the year (these exceptions apply).
- They are under the age of 19 (unless they are a full-time student. In that case it is age 24. They can be any age if totally and permanently disabled.
- You must have provided more than half of their support
- The child does not file a joint return with anyone else (unless to claim a refund of taxes paid or withheld).
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