Can I claim my mother in law as a dependent?

[AuthenticatedGlo1]

She meets all the other requirements, but I am not sure if her income is considered Gross income to claim as a dependent. She gets her deceased husband's pension (he retired from that company in the mid to late 80's) $1200 a year total distribution and rolled his 401K into an IRA (in '95) with a yearly distribution of $3000.  Are these considered gross income or tax exempt income?

[AlanT]

Unfortunately, it would be considered gross income.  The two amounts together would be more than the $4,150 (2018) income limit.  

[Edited 3/9/20|7:54pm]

[AuthenticatedGlo1]

Thank you for the info

[Eggemeyerg]

During the year 2018 my Mother In Law passed away and we were actually living with her to help her.  We were paying more the half of her expense during 2018 and I claimed on our taxes and on her final tax in 2018. The tax forms were marked that way and marked as deceased.  Week are still paying some of her bills at this time due to the lack of insurance,

I went to file our 2018  taxes and it rejected them because her Social Security number is frozen.  How do I file our taxes now.

[VolvoGirl]

You will have to print and mail your return.

[Texas Roger]

You would have to print and mail your return to get it accepted since her SSN is frozen due to her death.