Changing the "Claimed as Dependent on Someone Else's Return" Entry
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You can locate the question regarding whether or not you can be claimed on someone else's tax return using the following the steps below:

  1. From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop), click Federal. On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then click Federal.
  2. Click Basic Information in the Federal Quick Q&A Topics menu to expand, then click Dependent on someone else's tax return.
  3. On the screen titled Can you be claimed as a dependent?, check I can be claimed as a dependent on someone else's return, then click Continue.