Please see the eligibility requirements to claim your parents as dependents.
Qualifying
relative
- They don't
have to be related to you (despite the name).
- They
aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else.
- They are a
U.S. citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident.
- They
aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse.
- They lived
with you the entire year.- If the person is related to you they do not need to live with you.
- They made
less than $4,150 in 2018.
- You
provided more than half of their financial support. More info
Please see Pub 501 for more information on the above requirements:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf
