https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-im-under-18-and-my-parent-claims-me-as-a-dependent-in-her-tax-return-will-i-get-any-return/01/66180#M27891 <P>I am a High School student and I have made ~$4500 at my current job with taxes being deducted from every paycheck. My Mom always have claimed me as a dependent because I live with her, but she is very vague about me filing my own tax return. So I have a few questions?</P><P>A. Do I need to file?</P><P>B. If I file, how much would I be looking to get back (roughly speaking)?</P><P>C. How would me filing impact her tax return?&nbsp;<BR /></P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:03:59 GMT jregan26 2019-06-01T02:03:59Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-im-under-18-and-my-parent-claims-me-as-a-dependent-in-her-tax-return-will-i-get-any-return/01/66180#M27891 <P>I am a High School student and I have made ~$4500 at my current job with taxes being deducted from every paycheck. My Mom always have claimed me as a dependent because I live with her, but she is very vague about me filing my own tax return. So I have a few questions?</P><P>A. Do I need to file?</P><P>B. If I file, how much would I be looking to get back (roughly speaking)?</P><P>C. How would me filing impact her tax return?&nbsp;<BR /></P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:03:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-im-under-18-and-my-parent-claims-me-as-a-dependent-in-her-tax-return-will-i-get-any-return/01/66180#M27891 jregan26 2019-06-01T02:03:59Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-you-can-be-claimed-as-a-dependent-on-your-parents-ret/01/66184#M27892 <P> <SPAN>If you can be claimed as a dependent on your parents’ return, you can still file your own return so that you can receive a refund of taxes withheld.&nbsp; (You will not get back anything for Social Security or Medicare withheld.) You will not get the $4050 personal exemption.&nbsp;<B> Be sure that on your own return you say that you can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.</B></SPAN> </P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:03:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-you-can-be-claimed-as-a-dependent-on-your-parents-ret/01/66184#M27892 xmasbaby0 2019-06-01T02:03:59Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/q-do-i-need-to-file-a-no-you-are-below-the-filing-thr/01/66186#M27894 <P>Q. Do I need to file?</P><P>A. No. You are below the filing threshold of $6300. You are allowed to file if you want to get back the withholding shown in box 2 and/or box 17 of your W-2.</P><P>Q. If I file, how much would I be looking to get back (roughly speaking)?</P><P>A. No rough about it. You will get everything shown in box 2 of your W-2. Since we don't know which state you live in , we can't tell you for sure you will get everything in box 17, but probably yes. There are lots of myths &nbsp;out there about people getting hand outs from the government just for filing a tax return. Some of them are true. But, none of them apply to high school students living a home.</P><P>Q. How would me filing impact her tax return?&nbsp;</P><P>A. Not at all as long as you don't try to claim your own exemption ("claim yourself"). Claiming yourself will NOT get you any additional refund.</P><P>You can do your return for free at TurboTax.&nbsp;<A href="https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom" target="_blank">https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom</A></P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:04:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/q-do-i-need-to-file-a-no-you-are-below-the-filing-thr/01/66186#M27894 Hal_Al 2019-06-01T02:04:00Z