Hi, first time poster here, so lmk if I need to add anything.
I am 20 yrs old, a full-time college student, and currently living at home with my mom in PA. At the beginning of this school year, I took out 6,000 in loans, and my mom took out 2,000 so I could pay for school. The rest of it was paid through Fafsa stuff.
The actual question was that I have a job for the summer, and I'm expecting to make about 4,800-5,000 dollars before school starts back up. However, my mom is concerned that if I make too much money, she can't claim me as a dependent. We have been poor my whole life, and my mom kind of depends on the refund at the end of the year. Is there an upper limit to how much I can make before I'm not considered a dependant? I saw somewhere that it only matters that she provides more than 50% of my support. The thing is, I want to get a car. I know tho that I will be responsible for payments and gas stuff, so does that count as supporting myself? Do we need to keep track of how much she spends on me? Idk if it is actually 50% cuz I always feel bad for asking her to get me stuff.
Thx so much to anyone who responds!