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alma53
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Claming parents as dependents and IHHS

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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JotikaT2
Employee Tax Expert

Claming parents as dependents and IHHS

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.

 

Dependent qualifications

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alma53
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Claming parents as dependents and IHHS

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: 

  1. Sign in to TurboTax Online, click Continue your return, then pick up where I left off (if you are using TurboTax CD/ Download, then just open your return on your computer);
  1. Click on Federal Taxes at the top of the screen;
  2. At the bottom of Your Income box pick the option in blue to help me add other income, then jump to full list;
  3. Scroll down the page to the last section titled: Less common Income and click show more;
  4. Select start or update next to the last topic titled Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C;
  5. Scroll down to the last option titled Other reportable income and select start or edit;
  6. When it asks, "Any other reportable income?" say yes then you will make two entries:
  7. Your first entry description would be W-2 EIN # (enter EIN number from W-2) Box 1 Medicaid Waiver Payments, and enter the Box 1 amount as a positive number.
  8. Next you click "Add Another Miscellaneous Income Item," and enter this description: IRS Notice 2014-7 excludable income and enter the W-2 Box 1 amount as a Negative (-) number. 

 

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