<prompt> Human: I graduated HS spring of this year, and got a great offer for a 2 year paid internship45k starting. I took this right away, and decided not to go to college just yet because it is a full time job, and I dont want to mess my grades or my work up by trying to balance them. On my w4, I didnt claim myself or anything. two zeros. My dad is currently claiming me, and I didnt want that to conflict anything. Is there a way, however, for me to be able to claim myself this year? Do I have to wait till newyearstax season to do it? How do I get him to stop claiming me.EDIT: I should add I moved out the day I turned 18, I dont have the best relationship with my father.  <response>: See IRS Publication 17 chapter 3 to find out if your father can claim you as a dependent for 2016. Do you think he will try to claim you as a dependent qualifying child or dependent qualifying relative?There are several tests, all of which need to be met. The easiest one to evaluate might be whether you lived with him for more than half the year. If not, and you earn more than 4000, he would not be able to claim you as qualifying child or qualifying relative.If you did live with him more than half the year, could you show that you provided more than half the total cost of your support? See Support Worksheet for what that means.If he cant claim you as a dependent, just file and claim your personal exemption, which knocks 4050 off your income. Tell your father you are doing this and why, so he wont try to claim you as a dependent. If he does, IRS would send you both notices asking the person in error to amend their filing.By the way, choosing 0 on W-4 is likely causing too much taxes to be taken. Use 1 if you are a dependent, or 2 if not.It would be considerate to let your father know if you arent his dependent that you will be claiming your exemption. That would allow him to adjust his W-4 to account for the increase in tax when he isnt able to knock 4050 off his income. 