Thanks for the response! Just following up, my Dad is a Qualifying Relative, right? So to include the medical expenses that I have paid for him, I would have to be providing over 50% support to him. How is that support calculated? Do I take those payments I make relative to the total living expenses of just him or the total living expenses of him and my Mom (they do file a joint tax return)? Their expenses were pretty commingled until he moved to the nursing care unit 3 months ago. What's included in living expenses--rent, food, utilities, insurance, all medical expenses (including what I have paid for?), etc.--basically everything they spend on? Is the 50% threshold during the 2021 calendar year cause I would say I have provided assistance >50% of their living expenses for the past 3-4 months (when the private aides and nursing care unit expenses went very high), but probably not >50% for all of 2021. If the current situation continues in 2022 with me paying for my Dad's nursing care expenses, I would definitely be paying >50% of his and their combined living expenses because nursing care expense is so high compared to their other living expenses. So I would then be able to deduct my Dad's nursing care expenses that I pay on my joint tax return? Thanks.
