@Ethan71166 wrote:
I am a full time student. And I meet the requirements for my parents to claim me as a dependent, but I want to file as an independent and for my parents not to claim me. Can I still do that or do my parent have to claim me as a dependent?
You cannot say you are not a dependent just because you want to. If you are eligible to be claimed as a dependent even though you are not being claimed on anyone else's tax return you still must indicate on your tax return that you are a dependent.
To be a Qualifying Child -
1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student or (c) any age and permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. Temporary absences while away at college are considered living with you.
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. If the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child.
6. The child must be a U.S. citizen or U.S., Canada or Mexico resident for some portion of the year.
7. The child must be younger than you unless disabled.
