<prompt> Human: Context: I graduated from college last may. My dad had been supporting both my tuition and rent for the last couple of years of school.I lived at home for about a month after graduating and have since been entirely working and supporting myself.I dont want to just tell him not to because he did help me out a lot, but I spent half the year working and supporting myself. My question is, what effect will him claiming me as a dependent have on my tax return when I file, and what effect will it have on his? Obviously since Im just starting out in life I could really use all that I can get back from my tax return, but I dont want to be ungrateful.I consulted the section in this subreddit about whether he even can claim me as a dependent and Im pretty sure he can  <response>: So he has paid your rent and your college fees for several years and you are now concerned hes going to claim you for 6 months potentially leaving you a couple thousands dollars out of pocket. Wow, this is the reason I never want to have kids 