Yes - She had income from Work Study for which she received a W-2, since these earnings are not included on her 1098-T.
Yes - She filed her own return - I put the numbers in TurboTax to see how it looks, but her boyfriend temps for Jackson Hewitt during tax season, so I let him submit her return since he gets a free code for one friend/family, and it helps with his metrics.
I did remind him that she was a dependent and to report the same amount, in excess of qualified education expenses, as taxable income with the "SCH" designation as I did; as I know their system is different from TurboTax.
Outcome: per her boyfriend, her federal return was not impacted. Even with the SCH amounts, her total income was under the standard deduction and she is due a refund-- equal to the amount of federal income tax that was withheld.
It did, though, impact her state return. He said NC's standard deduction is lower, and her taxable income exceeded the amount. So she owes the state, but it's not a lot, and she can easily cover the balance from her federal refund.
