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Can the IRS Still Say You Can Be Claimed as a Dependent if You Don't Check That Box?
I am 24 and a graduate student, so too old to be a qualifying child. I don't live with my parents for more than half of the year, but I listed their house as my residence because my internship, bank account, driver's license, and voter registration are in the state they live in, not the state I attend college in. The only taxable income I received in 2019 was money from a summer internship, amounting to less than $4,200. I did not live with them the full year however, so I'm not a qualifying relative. I did not check the box that says I can be claimed as a dependent by someone else on my 2019 return.
Despite this, it has been a couple days since I filed, and I still get the, "Payment status not available," message from the IRS website. Is it possible that because I made less than $4,200 and listed my address as the same as my parents that they think I could have been claimed as a dependent despite the fact that I did not check the box saying I could be? Or is the portal just being slow?