@AmyC HI Amy, isn't Gross Income for IRS is only taxable income? If my parents are MFJ then their SS benefits wouldn't be taxable. I'm going off this from IRS for their definition of Gross and Taxable Income. My parents is total taxable income is under $32,000 with SS and other income. This would make their SS benefits not part of gross income as what IRS would care for. https://www.irs.gov/faqs/social-security-income
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p17#en_US_2016_publink1000170388
For my parents their Gross Income not including SS is under $8,800. I would be able to claim them both as I support all their expenses and their Gross Income is under the limit. I think the issue for my end is I should had marked them as filing for MFJ and refile them again as MFJ.
