Narcissist mom trying to report my taxes as “fraudulent” so she can get more money
Filed my taxes a few months ago and filed as “independent” because, according to the guidelines, covering over half of your own expenses makes you independent. Filing independently gets me enough money in grants to get myself through college, which neither of my parents help me pay for. I cover my own food & groceries, gas, car maintenance, medical bills, dental bills, cell phone bills, college tuition, and even my own damn cat. The only thing that my mom does for me is let me live in the same house as her for free while I save up to move out, and mind you this isn’t even her house and she doesn’t pay for it, it’s her ex-boyfriend/affair partner’s house who lets her live for free.
I guess my mom decided to claim me as a dependent on her taxes so she’d get more money and she got a call today that I had already filed as independent so her return will be amended. She lost it and demanded me to amend my taxes. I told her no, I am an independent, and this is how I pay for my school. She threatened to report me for “fraud” and call the cops to have me “ejected” from her house. My dad and I both told her that if she did claim me as dependent she’d have to help pay for my college, and she still won’t back down and also won’t agree to help with my tuition.
Basically, she would rather me lose my chances at a future and not be able to go to school or support myself than not be able to get a little extra money on her taxes.
I told her I’d rather die than live with her for another month. I am waiting on a roommate to be able to move out in a couple months when their lease ends but I don’t think I can wait any longer.