@DMarkM1 Thank you. Yes because I'm single and factoring in 2/3 of the household expenses (they live me so I took out 1/3 for), I still support 60%+. Their total expenses of the 2/3 of household plus other expenses they pay on their own is roughly double their incoming income (SS and other sources included) and of that amount I mentioned 60%. I think another issue is they do have savings which according to the worksheet for Determining Support it's factored in but not mention anywhere else in the Publication 501. I feel like their savings will disqualify them as dependents for me.
Yes my parents total income with SS is under $26,000 which makes so they don't need to file but I did file them as MFS and they did owe a bit but net with my refund is higher. It also got rejected since on both their taxes I have it marked as themself and spouse can be claimed as dependent on someone else's taxes. Not sure why this would reject their taxes.
I want to be safe to avoid audits in the future but the part about the savings in the worksheet makes it seems nobody with elderly parents that collect SS can be claimed by a child of theirs.
