Amazingly fast response. Thank you.
A bit more info, and clarifying question:
His Tuition was about $60,000. But he didn't pay a dime of it; it was covered in full by scholarships.
I estimate that his Lodging, Food, and Clothing, gas/maintenance on our vehicle were about $16,000 total. This was all paid by my son's own money, through his own income and his own gift money received from a family friend.
I estimate the medical expenses and vehicle annual vehicle value + insurance that we provided to be about $6,000.
Originally I thought we could claim him because I was estimating his total expenses as 81K per year based on total of Tuition and Living expenses, which he obviously did not pay 50% of. Clarifying questions:
1. I understand you to be saying that we cannot count the $60,000 tuition (in scholarships) as part of the total support given to him in 2022. Do I understand this correctly?
2. Assuming the estimated expenses I noted above, instead of 81K, my son's annual living expense was $21K, of which he paid $16K (~76%) of support from his own funds. Therefore, we CANNOT claim him as our dependent. Based on the simple numbers I have provided and assuming they are accurate, do you agree that I understanding this correctly and that we CANNOT claim him as dependent.
Thank you very much!
