topic Do I claim my brother who has been incarcerated for all of 2019 as I have been paying for all his expenses throughout the year? in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/do-i-claim-my-brother-who-has-been-incarcerated-for-all-of-2019-as-i-have-been-paying-for-all-his/01/1088274#M120042 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:10:03 GMT sierraroberts 2020-02-05T04:10:03Z Do I claim my brother who has been incarcerated for all of 2019 as I have been paying for all his expenses throughout the year? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/do-i-claim-my-brother-who-has-been-incarcerated-for-all-of-2019-as-i-have-been-paying-for-all-his/01/1088274#M120042 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:10:03 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/do-i-claim-my-brother-who-has-been-incarcerated-for-all-of-2019-as-i-have-been-paying-for-all-his/01/1088274#M120042 sierraroberts 2020-02-05T04:10:03Z Re: Do I claim my brother who has been incarcerated for all of 2019 as I have been paying for all... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-do-i-claim-my-brother-who-has-been-incarcerated-for-all-of-2019-as-i-have-been-paying-for-all/01/1088355#M120045 <P>To claim a dependent, you have to provide support which includes housing not just expenses,</P> <P><A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/worksheet-for-determining-support-what-should-be-included-in-line-1-amp-7/00/339103" target="_blank">Solved: Worksheet for determining support - What should be ...</A></P> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:24:44 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-do-i-claim-my-brother-who-has-been-incarcerated-for-all-of-2019-as-i-have-been-paying-for-all/01/1088355#M120045 MaryK4 2020-02-05T04:24:44Z Re: Do I claim my brother who has been incarcerated for all of 2019 as I have been paying for all... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-do-i-claim-my-brother-who-has-been-incarcerated-for-all-of-2019-as-i-have-been-paying-for-all/01/1088532#M120053 <P>No, your incarcerated brother cannot be claimed as your dependent,&nbsp; Although you may be helping him out with personal items, cash etc, you are not providing over half of his support.&nbsp; &nbsp;He is being housed and supported by the state that has him incarcerated.&nbsp; The money you spend on him would be considered to be a gift to him, which is not deductible,</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 05:06:21 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-do-i-claim-my-brother-who-has-been-incarcerated-for-all-of-2019-as-i-have-been-paying-for-all/01/1088532#M120053 xmasbaby0 2020-02-05T05:06:21Z