If you have "moved out", the support issue is moot. The fact that you did not live with a parent for more than half the year, means that you cannot be a qualifying Child dependent of someone else. Since you have more than $4200 of reportable income, you cannot be the qualifying relative (standard) dependent of someone else**.
So, the new answer: you can file independent (claim yourself). Nobody else is allowed to claim you.
The support issue is moot for the dependency issue. But, it's still on the table for the American Opportunity Credit. A student, under age 24, is only eligible if he supports himself by working . He/she does not qualify for the (up to) $1,000 refundable portion of the American Opportunity Credit (AOC) if items 1, 2, and 3 below apply to him.
1. He was:
.....a. Under age 18 at the end of 2019, or
......b. Age 18 at the end of 2019 and his earned income was less than one-half of his support, or
......c. A full-time student over age 18 and under age 24 at the end of 2019 and his earned income was less than one-half of his support .
2. At least one of his parents was alive at the end of 2019.
3. He is not filing a joint return with his spouse for 2019.
You have to do the math to see if you qualify. I don't think you do, even if you are putting the excess scholarship into savings. Remember, the support your father provides counts against you for this test.
The IRS has a worksheet that is designed for seeing if a taxpayer can be claimed as a dependent. It may help with the support calculation for (AOC). If you do use it, enter only your earned income on line 1. http://apps.irs.gov/app/vita/content/globalmedia/teacher/worksheet_for_determining_support_4012.pdf
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If you have about $8000 of earned income and report about $12,000 of taxable scholarship (allowing you to claim $4000 of expenses for the AOC), you will have a tax liability of about $800. That will be wiped out by the nonrefundable portion of the AOC and you will receive a $1000 "refund" based on the refundable portion. Even if the refundable portion is not allowed, the $800 tax liability will be eliminated.
**There are two types of dependents, "Qualifying Children"(QC) and standard ("Qualifying Relative" in IRS parlance even though they don't have to actually be related). There is no income limit for a QC but there is an age limit, a relationship test and residence test. Only a QC qualifies a taxpayer for the Earned Income Credit and the Child Tax Credit. They are interrelated but the rules are different for each. As stated above, the support test is different for both types.
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