my brother is seventeen, works part time at seaworld, lives in florida while i live in nevada. can i still claim him or will he have to file his own taxes
2007-12-15 15:33:11 · 3 answers · asked by tupicce 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
If he doesn't live in your household for more than half of the year, you can't claim him.
He'll have to file his own taxes even if he is a dependent if his income exceeds the filing requirement amount for his filing and dependency status.
2007-12-15 15:40:29 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If he didn't live with you over half the year, you can't claim him as your qualifying child.
The only other way you could claim him is as a qualifying relative. For that, you'd have to provide over half of his support for the year, and his gross income for the year would have to be under $3400. So that's probably not likely either.
If he makes over the limit of $5350 this year if he's someone's dependent, or $8750 if he isn't, he has to file his own return.
2007-12-15 15:49:49 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to be providing more than 50% of the expenses for his care and if he doesn't live with you you aren't going to be doing
2007-12-15 15:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋