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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
Yes. See this.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/income/help/what-is-the-kiddie-tax/00/25913
Basically, the "kiddie tax" taxes a child at a higher rate on their unearned income. This is normally income from investments, so that the parents can't put income in their child's name to pay a lower tax rate. However, unearned income also includes unemployment compensation, so if you received unemployment this year, and you are under 24 and your parents are still alive, you are probably subject to the kiddie tax. There is a section of the program you will need to review, "Child's income under age 24" in the Uncommon Income section.
The amount of kiddie tax is currently being calculated incorrectly by turbotax, so you might want to wait a few days before filing to see if it gets fixed. Or, when the interview asks you about your parent's income, add $1 of qualified dividend income even if they don't have dividends, this seems to fix the error in the program.