I incurred expenses last year due to gaining and taking care of my father, he did get social security but I was his legal guardian and was responsible for him can I write off any expenses because of that?
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You can't write off expenses per se. You can claim him as a dependent if you provide more than half his total support. If he is your dependent you can claim any medical bills you pay for him.
You can claim a child, relative, friend, fiancé (etc.) as a dependent on your 2018 taxes as long as they meet all of the following requirements :
Child of person not required to file a return.
A child isn't the qualifying child of any other taxpayer and so may qualify as your qualifying relative if the child's parent (or other person for whom the child is defined as a qualifying child) isn't required to file an income tax return and either:
From <https://www.irs.gov/publications/p501#en_US_2017_publink1000220942>
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