18 yrs old, was kicked out in August but filed taxes in February, so was living on own for 7ish months, paying my own rent, food, bills, etc, only financial help my parents have was they kept me on t

[KathrynG3]

The rest of your question did not come through. But, until you turn 19, you would still meet the age requirement for your parents to claim you as a dependent. 

The rules for claiming a dependent, which all must be answered "yes" to claim as a qualifying dependent:

1. Related to the taxpayer/spouse

2. Under 19 or under 24 if in school full-time

3. Live with the taxpayer/spouse more than 6 months of the year

4. Financially support more than half of the support

5. Relates to Divorce Cases--the rule is that the taxpayer/spouse is the only one filing the claim for the dependent

Click these resources for more details including claiming someone as a qualifying relative instead:

Rules for claiming a dependent on your tax return

Twelve Tricky Tax Dependent Dilemmas

IRS Publication 501 Dependents, Standard Deduction and Filing Information

[Carl]

kicked out in August

You also have no claim to providing more than 50% of your own support for the entire year either. Bottom line is, your qualify to be claimed as a dependent on your parent's tax return. It doesn't matter how much money you made either. Also doesn't matter if they actually claim you or not either. The key word in the IRS Pub is that you "QUALIFY" as their dependent.

So you really don't have a choice here, and must select the option for "I can be claimed on someone else's tax return" weather they actually claim you or not.