Does student remain a dependent?

I would not imagine that the state residency of a dependent is a factor on a federal tax form. You will still be financially responsible for him. If he gets a part time job, just be sure that he does not claim any exemptions. That is where a problem would occur.

Congratulations on the D1 Commit!

Not sure about this, but dependency status on parent's tax return might be a factor in terms of the school (actually, the state) accepting his 'claim' that he is a state resident.

I would investigate this very carefully with the FA office.

Even so, the cost-benefit of getting in state tuition is worth more than the tax deduction so that should not be a deal breaker.

Son attends school in another state on scholarships but we still support him and therefor claim him as a dependent. Check into what is required by the school to become a state resident. In many cases it isn't that easy or everyone would do it to avoid paying out of state tuition.

As long as they are a full-time student and/or under the age of 21 not working full-time they are still consider a dependent under your care.

From what I've been told.

According to my wife, so long as you provide more than half of his "support" you can still claim him. Scholarships are not considered support by the IRS. Bottom line, if you're helping him finanically, and he has no job, you should be able to claim him..

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Originally posted by Out in LF:
As long as they are a full-time student and/or under the age of 21 not working full-time they are still consider a dependent under your care.

From what I've been told.

Just remember that if he takes on a part time job that he should not claim an exemption for himself, that really messes things up!

We are in CA our son is a student in TX. For him to get "in-state" tution from a state university he had to be "independent." There were several tests; the easiest to meet was for him to file his tax return as a TX resident; WITHOUT us claiming him as an exemption.

I have not checked states beyond TX but I would not be surprised if most require a person to be living "indepedent of their parents" to get in-state status.

States have requirements for you to claim residency, and just because you are going to school in that state is NOT one of them.

I would contact that particular state to find out what is required for residency.

If it were that easy everyone would be doing it.

Thank you all for your responses.

As to establishing residency, the university has this on their site:

Establishing Illinois Residency
An out-of-state student may request to be reclassified as an Illinois resident if he/she is a bona fide resident of the State of Illinois for a period of at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the beginning of any term

There is a form to fill out and submit. You would think it would be a pretty easy deal if he is living on campus and has his residency established there as they would surely know he is living there.

Both admissions and the coaches told us he could do this after living there 6 months. He would get in state tuition after his freshman year because he wouldn't have lived there 6 months prior to the start of the second semester of his freshman year.

Sure, become an IL resident. The head of our state, Ram Emmanuel, would be happy to add you to our tax rolls!

I just located the application for Reclassification of Residency. The two required documents that need to be submitted with the application are 1) A purchase agreement for property owned or leased in Illinois. For students living in a in one of the residence halls, a copy of their contract must be proivided. and (2) a copy of an Illinois drivers license.

One of the reasons for change that you may list is "classified as out of state resident, but have now resided in the state of Illinois as an adult for six consecutive months prior to the term in which the change is requested". So if you live in Illinois for 6 consecutive months (as he would), that meets that requirement.

I guess he could move in with my brother who lives near the campus after his freshman year and that would do it too.

Now to see what the requirements are for an Illinois license.