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I will be claimed in 2022 taxes as a dependent, but I was not claimed in 2021. How do I file my taxes this year?

My parnets did not claim me as a dependent in 2021 taxes, but they are in 2022.  Do I need to make ny changes to my 2022 tax return?  I only have W-2s.
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I will be claimed in 2022 taxes as a dependent, but I was not claimed in 2021. How do I file my taxes this year?

If you can be claimed as a dependent for 2022 then in My Info you must answer yes to the question when it asks if someone else can claim you as a dependent.

 

 

CAN I FILE A RETURN IF I AM A DEPENDENT?

If you can be claimed as a dependent on your parents’ return, you can still file your own return so that you can receive a refund of taxes withheld.  (You will not get back anything for Social Security or Medicare withheld.) Be sure that on your own return you say that you can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/children-dependents/help/do-i-need-to-file-my-own-taxes-if-i-m-a-d...

 

 

 

 

If you can be claimed as a dependent and you answer the question in My Info incorrectly, here is what happens if you e-file first:  Your Social Security number goes into the IRS system as having been used.  When your parents try to e-file, their e-file is rejected and they will find it impossible to e-file their own tax return.  Then they will have to print, sign and mail their return and wait for months for it to be processed.  You, meanwhile, will have to file an amended tax return on a special form called a 1040X, which also takes months for the IRS to process.  So make sure you know the correct answer to "Can anyone claim you as a dependent on their tax return?"

 

 

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
Hal_Al
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I will be claimed in 2022 taxes as a dependent, but I was not claimed in 2021. How do I file my taxes this year?

As @xmasbaby0 said,  just check the box on form 1040 that says you can be claimed as a dependent. You do so by checking that box in the personal info interview.

 

The fact that your status has changed from 2021 is not indicated anywhere on the forms or in the interview. 

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