that a half time student wouldnt be checked? I was a full time student at CC all 4 terms last year.. yes full time int he spring, summer, and fall

I translated your posts as that you've been a taking classes at the community college, not at the university.

As for how it's handled by the university, they probably deal only with what classes you take there. It's a "tuition statement" from your university...if you're not paying for the courseload to maintain full time status there, I don't see why it should say "full time" on their tuition statement.

Call the university's bursar and see what they say...

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It doesn't really matter. If you are full time then you are full time. One form will have the box checked and one won't. On the IRS form where it asks if you were a full time student you check YES. End of story.

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well regardless I dont get chit because my parents claimed me as a dependent! I had almost $3500 in that credit plus my return and now I dont get anything!

bull ****!

Turbotax wont let me efile because my SSN is on my parents taxes so now its telling me to print and mail the crap in and wait for my measly refund check of $94.87

wow..golly gee im going to put that in my savings and hope I can buy a loaf of bread this time next year with it

Would it work out better if the parents didn't claim you?

yeah it would have.. I wouldnt have this issue and I would have gotten the tax credit for school and a healthier refund.

You should have your parents try it both ways, overall it might come out better.

well its too late they already filed and wont unfile or w/e

its just another pain in my ass.. seriously.. right now I am extremely pissed off and really tired of all the crap

It could be worse, you could owe them $98.

oh god like they get enough of my money through all of these taxes I pay...


I guess ill have to print them out and send them in... is there anyway I can mail them the taxes and a bag of dog crap too? or will I get sent to Guantanamo bay

Can't.

"Dependent's Own Exemption

A person who can be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer's return cannot claim his or her own exemption. This is true even if the other taxpayer does not actually claim the exemption.

Example.

James and Barbara can claim their child, Ben, as a dependent on their return. Ben is a college student who works during the summer and must file a tax return. Ben cannot claim his own exemption on his return. This is true even if James and Barbara do not claim him as a dependent on their return. "

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p929/ar02.html#en_US_publink1000203737

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See my previous post. Don't complain about your parents. Nothing they can do to permit you to claim yourself.


Get used to it Joe. You have oh, statistically, about another 60 years to deal with "the crap"!.
But heck, look on the bright side. At least you don't have a state income tax to worry about!

I believe that rule is open to some interpretation regarding what percentage of support is provided by the parents.

Same church, but different pew. But, yes, the qualifying "support test" may be subject to "further review".

Not saying the Don lives at home scott free, (as most kids do) but the meals and lodging "tab" the parents "pay" might be hard to beat. Likely it depends on how much the tuition is and who pays.
( But now that he's gassing up the Cabriolet and driving it all over FLA, he may be ok. )
Whoever provides >50% of the dependent's support, of course, gets the $3,650 brass ring, assuming the other tests are also met (age, filing status, etc.)

heh I pay my own bills, buy most of my own food, cover my insurance and gas.. so I got screwed