<p>Christcorp - I am glad you cleared that residence question up. Generally, education is considered a temporary absence and eliminates the 6 month rule. It also states in publication 501 that military service counts as a temporary absence - I don’t know if that helps out anyone here. </p>
<p>I am curious where you got the info about having to claim their income. Can you direct to me to a source? My belief is that they have to file their own taxes at a certain point but can still be claimed on the parents taxes. Hopefully that’ correct!</p>
<p>I really do wish we could get a simplified tax code so that it wouldn’t take hours to just file each year!!</p>