<prompt> Human: Im 33 years old, Im a full time student, and just moved back in with my dad. I over heard him saying he claimed me as a dependent but I dont know the pros or cons to this. Im currently unemployed but looking for work. What will him claiming me as a dependent do as I look for a career and establish myself within a company? Will I get taxed more once I find a job? Whats my best step?  <response>: Being a dependent doesnt really have an impact on your career or establishing yourself within a company.If you do fill out a W-4 form at work, part of filling it out includes a worksheet which you keep where being a dependent plays a role in determining the allowances figure you use to tell the how much taxes to take out. So you might use a 1 instead of a 2 but even the folks in payroll wont know or care whether thats because you are a being claimed as a dependent.The impact on your taxes is that you get to deduct a standard deduction but not a personal exemption before you calculate your income tax. So your father gets to remove 4000 from his income 4050 in 2016 before calculating tax, but you do not. 