Deductions & credits

Your parents may have medical expenses. See Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses. As for you, follow these steps:

1. Select the child care, answer yes to begin. For some reason, I had to do it twice before it let me through.
2. Select yes I support another person
3. Select support another person
4. From drop down, select parent
5. Fill in name, birthday, citizen, continue
6. Answer time with you
7. Select disabled, continue
8. Marital status
9. Joint return
10. Refund of tax withheld - if your parents have a refundable tax credit, you do not qualify. See Refundable tax credits | Internal Revenue Service
11. Will there be taxable income? The answer must be no or you do not get the credit
12. Continue
13. Did parent make $4700 or more? Note Social Security is generally NOT included in this. See the what counts as income link.
14. Did you pay over half the support? Yes  goes to good news or No which asks about support agreements and other. Look at the support link. Housing and other expenses add up without realizing how much is for them. If just the 3 of you live together, then 2/3 of all utility bills, mortgage/rent, etc are expenses for them living there.
15. continue through the questions