@Chrispina24 You are 16. Your mother and step-father can claim you as a dependent on their joint tax return. If they receive a refund from the IRS or if they owe the IRS, it is their financial situation--not yours. Their tax refund is not yours. ( "now me and my brother and we never received anything from it ") You are being supported by your mom and step dad. You do not have any entitlement to their tax refund ( nor would you want to be obligated to pay their tax due if they owed ). There is nothing to "help" you with about this. The adults in your household are receiving income for which they file a tax return. There are some child-related credits your parents may be receiving because they can claim you as a dependent. Those credits are theirs--not yours. The money they get for claiming your (and your brother) is their money to use as they see fit. Sorry if you are not on good terms with your parent(s) but that does not mean they owe you anything from their income tax refund.
If you get an after school job, or a summer job, and earn money yourself, then you can file a tax return yourself to seek a tax refund of money the employer withholds for federal and/or state tax. If you file a tax return----let's say you work and receive a W-2 from an employer--- then you will say on that tax return that you can be claimed as someone else's dependent. When you work for an employer, the employer withholds some of your pay for federal and state tax, and some for Social Security and Medicare. When you file a tax return, you may get some of that money back at tax time. Your parents can claim you as a dependent until the year you turn 19 or until you turn 24 if you are a full-time college student.
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