Yes, you can claim your mother as a dependent if she meets these qualifying rules below. As you go through the Personal Info section in TurboTax, we'll ask a series of questions to determine if somebody qualifies as your dependent.
You may able to claim your [father/mother] as a
Qualifying Relative dependent if:
- You
provided more than half of his/her support in 2017
- He/She
earned less than $4,050 in gross taxable income. (Social Security income
generally doesn’t count here.)
- He/She
lives with you 365 days in the year or is related to you (Relatives who don’t have to live with you.
page 33).
- He/She
isn’t a dependent on someone else’s tax return.
- He/She
isn’t filing a tax return with a spouse (married filing jointly).
- He/She
is a U.S.
citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident
You can’t claim a dependent if you are a dependent on
someone else’s taxes
See Rules
For Claiming Dependents
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