Thank you for the detailed response. There is a bit of information that I had left out from my previous question.
I am currently living in an apartment off campus that I have been paying monthly with my scholarship money. Furthermore, I live about 2 hours away from my mother and pay for groceries and clothes with money that I earn from my on campus job. She does provide me with about 200 dollars maybe every 2 to 2.5 months in case I need something.
Furthermore, I’m on a full paid tuition scholarship, so I receive about 22000 per year to attend my university. Of course, I don’t get all of it deposited into my bank account as tuition and other costs are deducted from the total. This scholarship amount is a few thousand higher than what my mom makes in a given year.
Every summer I return back to my mom’s home, but I tend to get a job and continue paying my rent from the apartment close to my school as my contract is full term.
Listing all of this out makes it somewhat clear to me that I should not file as dependent. However, I want to make sure with someone that is more knowledgeable with how filing taxes work.
My question now is, with the given information provided above, should I file as not dependent for the 2019 year?
