topic My 80 year old father in law came to live with us in 2015. he gets a monthly social security check but we pay for everything else. can I file him as a dependent? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-80-year-old-father-in-law-came-to-live-with-us-in-2015-he-gets-a-monthly-social-security-check/01/66672#M3415 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:05:53 GMT chad-nations 2019-06-01T02:05:53Z My 80 year old father in law came to live with us in 2015. he gets a monthly social security check but we pay for everything else. can I file him as a dependent? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-80-year-old-father-in-law-came-to-live-with-us-in-2015-he-gets-a-monthly-social-security-check/01/66672#M3415 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:05:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-80-year-old-father-in-law-came-to-live-with-us-in-2015-he-gets-a-monthly-social-security-check/01/66672#M3415 chad-nations 2019-06-01T02:05:53Z Yes.  If he only gets SS that doesn't count.  And he does... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/yes-if-he-only-gets-ss-that-doesn-t-count-and-he-does/01/66676#M3417 <P>Yes. &nbsp;If he only gets SS that doesn't count. &nbsp;And he doesn't have to file a tax return either.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:05:55 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/yes-if-he-only-gets-ss-that-doesn-t-count-and-he-does/01/66676#M3417 VolvoGirl 2019-06-01T02:05:55Z