So I moved out of my parents home (let’s call it Xville) and start living in Ycity for the tax year 2009. I am also filing as dependent under my parents.
What is my filing residential address?
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I moved out for college; what is my tax filing address?
#1 by Bob F on June 13th, 2011
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It’s where you live.
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#2 by Judy on June 13th, 2011
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You can use either. Use the address where you usually get your mail.
#3 by the kid on June 13th, 2011
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Did you move permanently? Or just for school? Do you support yourself, or do you parents pay tuition, rent, etc?
#4 by tro on June 13th, 2011
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if you do not live with your parents at least 6 months you are no longer their dependent
you may have moved out but if you return on breaks etc. you are still considered living at home, especially if the parents provide more than 50% of your support
#5 by Bobbie on June 13th, 2011
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You would use the address where you would want any future correspondence in future years from the IRS to be mailed to you to make sure that you will get the mailed items.
And at this time that would probably be your parents permanent address until you have finished your college education and moved out into this big old world and have established your own permanent address for this purpose.
But you can choose whatever addresses that you want to use for this purpose just make sure that when you do change your address each time that you should fill out the change of address Form 8822 Change of Address and mail it to the correct IRS address.
Go to the http://www.irs.gov and use the search box for Topic 157 Change of Address – How to Notify IRS
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc157.html
If your address has changed, you need to notify the IRS to ensure you receive any IRS refund or correspondence. There are several ways to notify the IRS of an address change. If you change your address before filing your return, you may correct the address legibly on the mailing label from your tax package or write the new address in the appropriate boxes on your return when you file. When your return is processed, we will update your records.
If you change your address after filing your return, you should notify the post office that services your old address. Because not all post offices forward government checks, notifying the post office that services your old address ensures that your mail will be forwarded, but not necessarily your refund check. To change your address with the IRS, you may complete a Form 8822 (PDF), Change of Address, and send it to the address shown on the form. You may download Form 8822 from the IRS website (www.irs.gov) or order it by calling 800–TAX–FORM (800–829–3676).
Hope that you find the above enclosed information useful.
#6 by ed p on June 13th, 2011
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Many young folks recently out of school move fairly often. Thus, if you use your living address for official purposes, you will be changing it frequently, and possibly miss important mail.
If your parents have a fixed address, it may be simpler to use your parents’ address until you are pretty well settled.