topic My son who is in college filed taxes for when he worked in the summer and he was getting back state taxes but when he put that i claim him on my taxes too. in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-who-is-in-college-filed-taxes-for-when-he-worked-in-the-summer-and-he-was-getting-back-state/01/136876#M57104 His state taxes lowered to almost zero.&nbsp;&nbsp;Why? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 06:47:49 GMT skylar714 2019-06-01T06:47:49Z My son who is in college filed taxes for when he worked in the summer and he was getting back state taxes but when he put that i claim him on my taxes too. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-who-is-in-college-filed-taxes-for-when-he-worked-in-the-summer-and-he-was-getting-back-state/01/136876#M57104 His state taxes lowered to almost zero.&nbsp;&nbsp;Why? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 06:47:49 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-who-is-in-college-filed-taxes-for-when-he-worked-in-the-summer-and-he-was-getting-back-state/01/136876#M57104 skylar714 2019-06-01T06:47:49Z Because two people can't claim the same exemption, so if... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/because-two-people-can-t-claim-the-same-exemption-so-if/01/136891#M57108 <P>Because two people can't claim the same exemption, so if he can be claimed as a dependent on your return, he can't claim himself. This would cause his taxes to go up and his refund to go down.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 06:47:51 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/because-two-people-can-t-claim-the-same-exemption-so-if/01/136891#M57108 IsabellaG 2019-06-01T06:47:51Z