TaxGuyBill - Thank you for the information you shared in answer to the original question. If our 19 year old receives no support from us as his parents (he does not live with us, even in the summer) and he lives completely off of scholarships (unearned income), can he claim himself or not? If he earned $1000 would that qualify for 1/2 of his support? Scholarship money does not count as support, so If we are not supporting him then where does that leave him on filing? We don't want to claim him as we don't want the 'income' increase to our household. Thanks in advance.
