@LeeannH3 wrote:
What if you're 20 and been moved out and had a job, got a w2 and filed got denyed because mom purposely put me as a dependent. She purposely told me not to file my taxes cause and i quote "you dont need to do adult things" when Ive been living on my own in a camper for over a year at the time. Then she had the nerve to call me greedy.
If you provide over one-half of your own support in 2020 and are age 19 or older then no one can claim you aa a dependent.
Go to this IRS website for calculating support - https://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf
File the 2020 tax return claiming the Recovery Rebate Credit on the Form 1040 Line 30 and do NOT indicate that you can be claimed as a dependent. You will have to print and mail the 2020 tax return if another tax return was filed claiming you as a dependent. If your tax return shows a tax refund the IRS will pay the refund.
Within a year the IRS will send a letter to you and the other party to investigate this issue. The loser of the investigation must pay back any federal tax refund plus will have to pay penalties and interest.
