time and goes to school full time? He lives with me and I pay for his school and etc. If so what do I need from him? He already did his taxes and he claim 0.
2007-02-12 08:20:32 · 4 answers · asked by liz r 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
If he earned less than $3300, and lived with you all year, and you provided over 50% of his total support, then yes, you can claim him as a dependent.
If any one of those conditions is not true - then you can't.
2007-02-12 08:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Timmy is thinking of the rules for claiming someone as a qualifying child who is not a full time student, so that doesn’t apply to your brother since he is a full time student.
Cat is thinking of the rules for a qualifying relative, and is correct for those. But a brother can also be claimed as a qualifying child, and the rules for that are totally different.
Tma is wrong about Cat being right, but is correct that your brother should have checked the box saying he is a dependent.
Since he's a full time student and under 24, you can claim him if he lived with you for over half the year, and he didn't provide more than half of his own support, and nobody else, like one of your parents, is entitled to claim him.
2007-02-13 00:16:40 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cat is right. however, you need to find out if your brother claimed himself on his tax return. if he claimed himself and you attempt to claim him, you will receive a notice from the IRS stating that two people tried to claim the same person as a dependent. your refund (if any) will be held up. so find this out before filing.
on his tax return he wouldve had to check a box that said "dependent of another"
2007-02-12 23:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by tma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so, he's over 18.
2007-02-12 16:32:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋