She was in school for most of the year. I helped her financially and paid for her tuition.
She is doing her own taxes (single).
I am doing joint taxes with my wife.
I am not claiming her as a dependent (you keep focusing on deduction or gain, I am trying to do neither) nor I want to (let's just say we had a fight or whatever our personal reasons are)
The address is the same for both parties.
Are you saying that in this situation, she must check the box (someone can claim you as a dependent)? If that is the case, that doesn't make any sense to me. She is filing her taxes, as a single person. Does me paying for her college obligate her (or me) to have any bearing on how we choose to do our own taxes? I would think not but stand corrected.
