https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/dependent-status/01/66796#M28215 I just learned that my father is claiming me as a dependent on his tax return, so I want to know whether that's possible for him to do or if I can still claim myself as an independent. The situation is this: My parents are separated, and I live with my mother who is a retired homemaker in a house with no mortgage/rent, but my father pays utilities and property taxes. She receives half her income in monthly stipends from him, and the other half in social security income. I am over 25, earned over $30K in 2016, pay my own car payments/insurance and phone bill, help pay for groceries, and paid about $7K in tuition (I am going to school part-time while working full-time and paying all my tuition from my own income). I don't know if he files jointly or claims my mother as a dependent (is it possible to do both?). So can he claim me as a dependent, and if he does, can I dispute it? Thank you for your help with this, it seems like a bit of a tangle. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:06:22 GMT lindsaycs87 2019-06-01T02:06:22Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/dependent-status/01/66796#M28215 I just learned that my father is claiming me as a dependent on his tax return, so I want to know whether that's possible for him to do or if I can still claim myself as an independent. The situation is this: My parents are separated, and I live with my mother who is a retired homemaker in a house with no mortgage/rent, but my father pays utilities and property taxes. She receives half her income in monthly stipends from him, and the other half in social security income. I am over 25, earned over $30K in 2016, pay my own car payments/insurance and phone bill, help pay for groceries, and paid about $7K in tuition (I am going to school part-time while working full-time and paying all my tuition from my own income). I don't know if he files jointly or claims my mother as a dependent (is it possible to do both?). So can he claim me as a dependent, and if he does, can I dispute it? Thank you for your help with this, it seems like a bit of a tangle. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:06:22 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/dependent-status/01/66796#M28215 lindsaycs87 2019-06-01T02:06:22Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/at-your-age-and-with-your-gross-income-well-over-the-limi/01/66820#M28232 <P>At your age and with your gross income well over the limit of $4050, no one can claim you as a dependent, including your father.<BR /></P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:06:24 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/at-your-age-and-with-your-gross-income-well-over-the-limi/01/66820#M28232 TomD8 2019-06-01T02:06:24Z