I’m a full time student and also work part time but i made less than $6000 this year. How or do i still file taxes? I have 2 dependents as well.

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

Yes you can file a tax return, even though you only made $6000.  If you made less than $4200 in 2019, is there someone who can claim you (and the children) as dependents, though?  How did you support yourself and two children on so little?

If you cannot be claimed as someone else's dependent then file a tax return that claims your children so that you can be eligible for refundable child-related credits like earned income credit and the child tax credit as well as a refund of tax withheld from your paychecks.

But if someone is claiming you as a dependent, then you cannot get child-related credits--so post back with more information.

[xmasbaby0]

And you did not indicate your age--if you are under 24 at the end of 2019--then it is even more likely that someone else can claim you as a dependent since you are a full-time student.  If you are someone else's dependent then you cannot claim dependents yourself.  

[jasmine-spivey]

I live with my fiancé. I have a daughter from a previous relationship and we have a son together. I am 29. 

[xmasbaby0]

Your BF cannot claim you as his dependent if you made over $4200 in 2019.  But he could claim the son you have together as his dependent since the child is also his--and he could file as HOH.  (Neither you nor your daughter qualify BF to file as HOH, but your son does).

You could file Single and claim your daughter as a dependent in order to get EIC and some of the refundable child tax credit.    (You would get somewhere between $400 -- $500 for CTC depending on how much you actually earned from working.)  

[Hal_Al]

In addition to the EIC and Child tax credit, you are likely eligible for the (up to) $1000 American Opportunity Education Credit.

[Hal_Al]

As you can see from the details in the replies, taxes are complicated.  If you lived with your fiance ALL year, it's possible he could claim your daughter, but because she is not related, he doesn't get full benefits (no EIC and not child tax credit).   Based on the info provided ($6000 earned income), you should claim your daughter.