<prompt> Human: Heres the breakdown:- Im 23, full time graduate student as of Sept 1- In 2017, I worked full time and paid rent away from home from Jan-May.- Moved home June-August, worked full time- Moved to school Sept-Dec and paid rent.I have provided 100 of my support for 9 months out of the year. The other 3 were at home.I am filing my own tax return behind my parents back because they are trying to make a buck off me by claiming me as dependent and get viciously angry when they think Im taking something thats rightfully theirs to the point where I am fearful. My income tax and student loan interest deductions are mine to claim, point blank. I have never done this so any guidance would be appreciated. Step 1 was to have my W-2s sent to my apartment. Where do I go from here? Thank you!Tl;dr: parents try to claim me as dependent on their tax return, but I am not. Filing behind their backs and dont know how to do it. Edit: since a few commenters have brought it up, the reason I am going behind their backs to do this is because I have mentioned that I will be filing independently and have been commanded by my parents that I am their dependent regardless of where I live or what I pay for, and the money is theirs. From my understanding and based on my qualifications, this is illegal, and i do not owe them my income tax return or student loan deductions, which they were able to claim last year. I am not deliberately trying to get them in trouble, but rather file first before they illegally claim me with some kind of excuse and then let them know that it is illegal for them to claim me. Edit 2: my parents file through an accountant.  <response>: Parents can be like this, thinking that because theyre parents that theyre in higher tax brackets so should be the one getting the break. After we were married, my father in law pulled this before we figured out my taxes. I had my tax guy my dad, who owned his own tax prep company do the taxes both with us getting the deduction and us not getting it because the FIL said hed make up the difference in cash. He was pretty pissed with himself when he found that since our tax bracket was higher, he would have to pay us more than he saved. 