I am an 18 year old high school student and I have a part time job. I was wondering if I could get my refund even if my parents are claiming me as a dependent.

[ajcotto23]

My parents and I are both confused as to how this works and I just wanted to know if I am going to be getting any money since they are claiming me.

[jerry2000]

Here is the way that taxes work.
Each taxpayer has a personal exemption, worth $4,050. If you can not be claimed as a dependent, you get your personal exemption. If you can be claimed as a dependent, then the person claiming you gets your personal exemption.
Each filing status has an associated Standard Deduction. That is a deduction from income that you get without having to keep records to prove.
You tax is figured as follows:
add up all of your income and subtract any adjustments (for a young person, there usually aren't any). The result is called  your Adjusted Gross Income.
next your exemptions are subtracted. If you are claimed as a dependent, then your exemption is 0.
next, your standard deduction is subtracted
Standard Deduction
Taxpayer under 65, not claimed as a dependent
$6,300 for Single
$12,600 for Married Filing Jointly, or Qualifying Widow(er) with dependent child
$9,300 for Head of Household
$6,300 for Married Filing Separately
For over 65 or blind, add $1,250 for each instance or add
$1,550 each instance if single and not a surviving spouse.
 If you are claimed as a dependent, then your standard deduction calculation is a bit involved, You can find the Standard Deduction tables in IRS Pub. 501 at this link:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf
Now that your exemption (if any) and standard deduction have been subtracted, what is left is called your Taxable Income.
To find the tax on that amount, you look it up in the IRS Tax Tables
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040tt.pdf
If you qualify for tax credits (there are several but a high school or college student usually wouldn't have any of them.Now, your tax has been found from the tax tables. Now the amount of tax that was withheld is subtracted from the tax owed. If the tax withheld is less than the tax owed, you have to pay more.
If the tax withheld is more than the tax owed, then you get the difference as a refund. That is the process for Federal tax, the state tax process is similar.
The only way that you, or any other taxpayer gets back all of the federal tax withheld is if their taxable income is zero (or their tax is reduced to zero by credits). So in your case, if you made less than $6,300, you would get all of your withholding back. If you made more than $6,300, you would not get it all back.
In addition, only the Federal Income Tax withheld is refundable. The Social Security tax and Medicare tax withheld is not refundable under any circumstance.