18 year old and tax filing

[tatumja]

Does my 18 year old FT student but PT Worker since August 2016 have to file taxes?? He is claimed by his dad on his taxes this year....my ex-spouse.

[xmasbaby0]

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, etc. you do not include the information on the parent's return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return.  He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.  (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.  You may want to use this version of TT for that:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom/