It depends. In the following situations someone else may be able to claim you:
- Regardless of your age, you earned less than $4050 in the year. A qualifying blood relative (almost any relation except cousin) may claim you regardless of where you lived if they provided more than half of your support
- If you are a student, 23 years of age or younger on December 31, 2017, you could be claimed by your parent(s), an older sibling, an aunt, uncle, grandparent(s) or foster parents if you lived with them for at least 6 months and you did not provide half of your own support, regardless of how much you earned. You are considered a student if you were at least a half-time student for five months of the year. While you are a student, you are considered to live at your last address (for instance, your parent's or parents' home) until you finish school and move. This would be the most common situation for someone to claim you in your circumstance
- If you were under 19 on December 31, 2017, the same rule applies except that you do not have to be a student for another to claim you.
If you were not a student and at least 19, or 24 or older on December 31, 2017 with at least $4050 of income, no one could have claimed you. However, if you are getting an e-file reject, you would have to mail in your return. Once your age, student status and income are verified, the other individual will lose you as a claim on their return and have to return any refund they may have received by claiming you.
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