My parents are permanent residents of US ( Green card holders) but lived abroad for full year and I took care of their expenses abroad ,Can I claim them as dependents?
They did not earn any income in US and nor did they apply for social security benefits.
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In order for someone to be claimed as a qualifying relative dependent they must pass a dependency test which consists of 4 parts:
Not a qualifying child test - OK
Member of household or relationship test - OK (parents are one of the qualifying relatives who do not have to live with you to meet this test)
Gross income test - OK (no income)
Support test - OK
So base on facts at hand and the information you provided, the answer is yes you can claim them as your dependents as long as they have a social security number.
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Thank you. I read through IRS website but was not quite sure .You made it clear.
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