@LocHa wrote:
She will get W-2 I think so she does not have to file a tax return separately . . .
If her income is only about $3,000 she will not be required to file a tax return. If she does not file, her income does not get reported anywhere. But if federal or state income tax was withheld from her pay, she will probably want to file a tax return, even though it's not required, in order to get a refund of the income tax that was withheld.
If she does file a tax return, make sure that she checks the box indicating that she can be claimed as a dependent by someone else. We harp on this because we see so many cases where a student files her own tax return and does not indicate that she can be claimed as a dependent. That causes problems for the parents when they try to file their tax return claiming the student, and it requires extra paperwork to correct the error on the student's tax return.
