Our 28-year-old daughter did not work in 2022, but attended a community college here (while living with my wife and I). We pay all her living expenses and claim her as a dependent. A form 1098-T from the college shows that she received more grants and/or scholarship aid than it shows expenses, so TurboTax seemed to "suggest" (?) at that point that she should file her own tax return to account for this "income." The software never mentioned this again, not even in final review, so I went ahead and filed mine and my wife's MFJ (with our daughter as a dependent.
I also ran an individual return on our daughter, which shows that she will owe nothing to either federal or state, because that "income" for 2022 does not exceed the standard deduction, which I have yet to file, if necessary or advisable. Should I still file an individual return for her like TurboTax recommended at the earlier stage? Wouldn't our daughter's income have been included in our tax burden for our MFJ return anyway? . I'm happy to file the extra return for our daughter, but TurboTax kinda left me wondering about this.
Dan
