Talking to him, we decided that I would claim both my own exemption and my tuition tax credit on my tax return and he did not claim me or my tuition on his (no double dipping, basically). As an aside, I'm not using FAFSA/government funding for my tuition (I wouldn't have qualified under my father and on my own it was all loans I didn't need). So, yes, I'm curious about the exact rules for emancipation of a college student. I'm 21, for what that's worth, and filed separately from my parents for the first time last year.
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