<prompt> Human: Alright, hopefully this doesnt confuse you guys. Earlier this year my boyfriend claimed me on his taxes because I did not work and was a student the entire year. Once we filed, we learned that I could be claiming my schooling. So we went back and did an amendment, which doubled our return, only to find out weeks later the entire refund was applied to his ex-wifes debt. She has since sent in the required documents to clarify that SHE assumes full responsibility of the entire debt and any payments required for the debt. We called after sending in the documents and were told that the IRS did receive the documents and our case will be evaluated. Now the IRS is stating they never received it. My question now is, can I remove myself from my boyfriends return and just claim myself or is it too late?  <response>: can I remove myself from my boyfriends return and just claim myself or is it too late?The important thing to determine is whether your boyfriend could indeed claim you as a dependent the way he did.You would have to be able to be considered a qualifying relative dependent, and that would mean that you earned under 4050 for the entire year and also he provided more than half your support, among other things. See Publication 17 chapter 3 for the tests for qualifying relative dependent.If he was able to claim you as a dependent, then you are not allowed to claim your personal exemption, whether he claimed you or not. So if he was right to claim you as a dependent, dont amend your tax filing if you filed one or file a new return claiming your own personal exemption.I dont have any insight into how you handle the issue of getting back the refund that got misappropriated. 