@heidisloane FICA is not refunded to minors. When a person begins working --at whatever age--- they have to begin paying in to Social Security and Medicare. Someday they will be able to get benefits from those programs. And there is no age at which you do not pay in--even if you work until you are 100.
Your dependent minor child can file their own tax return to seek a refund of federal tax from box 2 of their W-2 and a state refund of tax withheld from box 17. But they will not get back the money that was withheld for Social Security or Medicare.
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