HERE is a list of relatives that do not need to live in your home to qualify as your dependent.
You can select Zero for months in the home. If the person is related in a way listed on the linked article, and they did not earn 5,050 for 2024, the program will list that person as your dependent.
So in your case, you would select "Parent" on the "What's Your Relationship to this person?" screen
Continue through the interview.
To be your dependent, you would need to also indicate that no one else supported this person, they did not live with someone else (who supported them) for more than six months, they are unmarried or married but only filing for a refund if filing a joint tax return,
and NO to making $5,050 in 2024. (This does not include non-taxable Social Security)
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