The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act permits married or unmarried dependent children to be covered under the health plans to the age of 26. An unmarried dependent child may be covered for health beyond age 26 to age 30, if the criteria established by Florida Statute are satisfied (see following Q & A).
The child must be: (a) under age 19 at the end of the year and younger than you (or your spouse, if filing jointly), (b) under age 24 at the end of the year, a full- time student, and younger than you (or your spouse, if filing jointly), or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled.
To qualify as a dependent, your partner must have lived with you for the entire calendar year and listed your home as their official residence for the full year. If your partner has gross income above a certain amount ($5,050 for tax year 2024), you can't claim that person as a dependent.
The short answer is no, you cannot claim yourself as a dependent on your tax return. This is because you are considered to have your own personal exemption. In other words, you cannot claim yourself as a dependent because you are already claiming yourself as a personal exemption.
There isn't really such a thing as "claiming yourself as a dependent". You do need to specify whether it is possible for someone else to claim you as a dependent.
No. You can't claim yourself as a dependent on taxes. Tax dependency is applicable to your qualifying dependent children and relatives only.
The person to whom you are legally married. Your biological child, child with a qualified medical support order, legally adopted child, or child placed in the home for the purpose of adoption in ance with applicable state and federal laws through the end of the calendar year in which he/she turns age 26.