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It depends. If you provided more than half of your brother’s financial support and meet the other requirements to claim a qualifying relative as a dependent, then you can include your brother. He’s not required to live with you if all the other conditions are met. However, you must consider the fair market value of the portion of the residences that your Uncle provides as financial support, too.    The test for claiming a qualifying relative is: They don't have to be related to you (despite the name). They aren't claimed as a dependent by someone else. They're a US citizen, resident alien, national, or a Canadian or Mexican resident. They aren’t filing a joint return with their spouse. They lived with you the entire year (see if these exceptions apply). They made less than $5,200 in 2025. You provided more than half of their financial support. For more info, please review these articles: Who can I claim as my dependent? Does a dependent for 2025 have to live with me? You can also review the IRS tool: Whom may I claim as a dependent? for additional guidance. 

@ptishasmom , namaste ji (a) Which country was the property in ( India ? ) (b) are you a US person ( citizen/GreenCard/Resident for Tax Purposes )? (c) How  did you acquire the property ( purchase, inheritance,gift,  exchange etc. ) ? (d) YES, you have to recognize the transaction on your US return. You have  recognize the  sale per US tax laws and therefore it may be gain/loss /nil for US tax purposes.   Please tell me more  -- I will circle back once I hear from you 

And to make it more annoying to the PAYING CUSTOMERS, there are no release notes or notification that a bug has been fixed.  So we have to waste time every few days redoing the entries to see if it now works.  Ridiculous. 

@dac10012 , just for your information (a) Standard deduction is available ONLY when a full calendar year  income is reported/recognized (b) MFJ with one spouse on a partial year income ( part-year residency ) is not practical  and /or allowed. (c) The  tax residency ( i.e.  by SPT  and/or GreenCard ) is  generally for the whole tax year except that the start date of the residency is generally  first day of legal presence in the year under consideration with some "ands" , "ifs" and "buts".  See this --> Residency starting and ending dates | Internal Revenue Service Therefore my repeated request to you for her status prior to admission as GC. (d) Note that as an NRA, one is still taxed by the US on all US sourced / connected income while world income becomes taxable to US  as a US person ( citizen/GreenCard/Resident for Tax purposes.  Also Tax Treaty benefits are generally not applicable for US person with a US tax-home and on US sourced/connected income. (e)  you posted --"how do we report capital gains and interest and dividend income only earned after the date she got her Green Card and became liable for US income taxes".   For US Tax Purposes, NRA taxation is limited  to US sourced/connected income ( of any type ) while a US person is taxed on world income.  Thus during the NRA period of your spouse all her US sourced income is taxable to US ( absent a Tax Treaty condition/assertion/ limitation ).  Foreign source passive incomes ( capital gain/interest/dividend) are generally effective ( i.e. recognizable/reportable ) on the date they were  constructively received by US person ( as part of world income and taxes paid to a foreign tax admin. may be eligible  for FTC treatment. As mentioned above, US sourced passive income is taxable US income whether one is NRA or a US person all the time. Does this make sense ?  Is there more I can do for you ?

This TurboTax FAQ about Refund Advance says "most customers get approval and can get money within 15 minutes of the IRS accepting your return." But the IRS will not start accepting returns until January 26. See the FAQ for more details about Refund Advance.