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I am claiming my parents as dependents as well as my brother who has special needs. We all live together. My dad is retired. My mom receives IHHS ( In-home support services for caring for my brother. I'm aware that wages received by IHSS providers who live with the recipient are not considered as gross income. My mother received a W-2 and she will file taxes (as married) to report the income as non-taxable. Can I still claim my mom and my dad even if they file to report the IHHS income and report that they can be claimed as a depended by someone else? Last year, my taxes were rejected because we both listed my dad in each of our taxes. My mother listed him as her spouse and I did as a dependent (parent). I want to file the taxes properly. Any advice is very much appreciated. Thank you.
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You cannot claim your parents as dependents because they are filing their return as married filing jointly.
See the attached for more information on the requirements to claim someone as a dependent on your return.
Thank you for the response. I just want to make clear that even though IHSS payments are nontaxable because my mom lives with my disabled brother I still can't claim her? I followed the instruction below (from turbo tax) since she did not have a corrected form.
If these payments are paid to you in box 1 of form W-2 (they should not), first try to get a corrected Form W-2 from the payer. If you cannot get a corrected Form W-2, follow these steps:
Do not enter the W-2 in the Wages & Salaries topic. Instead enter it as Other Reportable Income under the Miscellaneous Income section. Take the following steps:
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