Q. For the question "I paid for more than half of my living expenses with earned income." does this living expense include tuition?
A. Yes, unless the tuition was paid by scholarships. Scholarships are ignored in the support calculation.
Reference: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/college-education/discussion/re-calculating-support-with-scholarsh...
Q. If a college student's tuition is $6k and living expense is $2k, then he/she must make more than $4k per year in order to be able to answer "Yes, I paid for more than half of my living expense with earned income"?
A. Yes. But, as others have said, $2K is not reasonable. Specifically, the support value of the home, provided by the parent (or whoever), is the fair market rental value of the home plus utilities & other expenses divided by the number of occupants.
