@Tjboilard wrote:
A man and I have lived together almost 10 years. I believe he claimed me 2015-2019. The criteria isn’t met, nor was my permission. We bought a house in Franklin NH. He has claimed the house interest credit and claimed me while he hid a 401k
If you were eligible to be claimed as a dependent as a non-relative under the Qualifying Relative rules, he does not need your permission. If you could not be claimed as a dependent then you should have filed a tax return indicating you were NOT a dependent.
To be a Qualifying Relative -
1. The person cannot be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer. A child is not the qualifying child of any other taxpayer if the child's parent (or any other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) is not required to file an income tax return or files an income tax return only to get a refund on income tax withheld.
2. The person either (a) must be related to you or (b) must live with you all year as a member of your household.
3. The person's gross income for the year must be less than $4,300 (social security does not count) in 2020
4. You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year.
5. The person must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S., Canada, or Mexico resident for some part of the year.
6. The person must not file a joint return with their spouse.
