My husband and I partially support an elderly family with a severe mental illness. His only income is SSA disability from California. That doesn't cover his nursing home expenses so we pay the rest, which more than doubles his income. IRS does not allow us to claim him as a dependent because he doesn't live with us and disability is greater than $4650. We are retired and "not seeking work", another IRS disqualifier. TurboTax carries this info over to our CA 540 form...Exemptions.... Dependents. On Line 10 it enters 1 x $446 for our relative. The $446 Dependent credit is added to our Personal credits (2 x $188) plus our Senior credits (2 x $188) for a total Exemption of $1022. He's not a child so obviously none of the dependent child credits apply. We have not qualified for any dependent care tax breaks other than this $446 credit. Is this correct or has a mistake been made?
