If I'm a minor (seventeen) and have to file taxes but no one can claim me as a dependent what do I do?

My mother is disabled and does not fill out taxes since she lives off the government with SSI. 

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If your father or other relative does not live with you and  nobody can claim you then don't check the box that another taxpayer can claim you.
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What would that do? What would happen then? Would I be claiming myself? Would no one claim me?

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Yes.  That is how you claim yourself if another taxpayer cannot claim you.
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Oh okay! Thank you so much for the help! Would the returns be about the same?

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That depends on the amount of income.  When no one can claim you then you get all the credits instead of them.
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