Hi,
my sister is disabled she 44 she lives with me but she is not receiving disability benefit SSI can I claim her on my tax return.
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You can claim a child, relative, friend, or fiancé (etc.) as a dependent on your 2018 taxes as long as they meet the following requirements:
Qualifying child
Qualifying relative
When you add someone as a dependent, we'll ask a series of questions to make sure you can claim them.
Thanks and IRS will ask for proof of disability by documentation all I have her medical records.
The IRS is unlikely to ask for proof of her disability. All you get for claiming an adult dependent is a $500 credit, and you will not have to enter anything about her disability on your tax return.
CREDIT FOR OTHER DEPENDENTS
I pay all her expenses my income very limited I just want advice from someone who knows the IRS rules.
You do not get back anything for the living expenses you pay for her. You get a $500 credit, as stated. Unless you have been paying all of her medical expenses and have enough other itemized deductions to exceed your standard deduction, and want to try itemizing medical expenses for her. You can enter medical expenses for a dependent. But the deduction is really hard to get.
just to put some numbers to that... assuming you are filing HOH, the standard deduction is $18,350 and only the medical expenses that exceed 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income are tax deductible.
So if you think you have a lot of medical expenses and your income is low, it's worth a try to go itemized (which TT will figure out whether standard is still better once you input everything), as noted above, it's a 'tall bar' to meet. But the point is you'll need more than $18350 in itemized deductions to make it worth your while.
yes, I will be filing as HOH my income $26,000 and she 100% disabled.
So if you paid any medical expenses for her, only the amount you actually PAID in 2019 over about $2000 "counts" toward itemizing--and you would still need enough other itemized deductions like mortgage interest and property tax to reach over $18,350. So it is unlikely that entering any medical expenses will affect your tax due or tax refund.
If she is disabled has she applied for disability from Social Security or has she applied for SSI (not the same thing as Social Security)
https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02274
she applied for SSI over a year now and we still waiting for approval, I paid in medical expenses $4,000.
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