May i claim my mother as a dependant even if she doesnt live with me but I provide more 50% expenses

[HelenaC · Accepted solution]

Generally, you can claim your parent if they didn't have more than $4,050 in gross income (excluding nontaxable Social Security) and you provided more than half of their support. Your parent doesn't have to live with you. There are a few other specifics.

You enter dependents in the Personal Info section of TurboTax:

• On the Do You Have Children or Financially Support Another Person? screen, answer Yes.
• On the Who Do You Support? screen, answer one of the first two options.
• On the What's XXX relationship to you? screen, click on Another person and select parent in the scroll down menu.
• Continue with the onscreen interview and verify the Citizenship status.
• Your parent does not have to live with you for you to claim them as a dependent so answer the number of months lived with you.   
• Continue with the onscreen interview.
• On the Did XXX make at least $4,050 in 2016? screen (do not include Social Security), if you answer Yes, they won't qualify, as your dependent.
• Make sure you go to the end of the dependent entry section of TurboTax.

For additional information, see Who can I claim as my dependent?