@NCperson wrote:
@Opus 17 - it is not 'taxable income' - that infers Line 15 after the standard deduction.
it's gross income , not including social security. See page 11 on the right:
The problem is that "gross income" is used in different ways. A scholarship is gross income, but it is not taxable and does not directly impact the dependent qualifications. See Table 1.
"Gross income means all income you receive in the form of money, goods, property, and services that isn't exempt from tax,"
Specifically here, disability is gross income (meaning all income) but it might or might not be "income that isn't exempt from tax" depending on who is paying out the disability benefit.
