<prompt> Human: Im a college student with no support from parents so I cant afford an accountant. I worked part time over the summer and winter so I have a W2, but I didnt make enough to owe income tax. Do I still have to file my taxes even though Im willing to sacrifice the refund?  <response>: Why would you not file and sacrifice your refund? Its really not that hard. Id recommend doing it on paper. Take a look at this 2-page 1040EZ form. Put your W-2 wages box 1 amount on line 1. If you had any taxable bank interest, it goes on line 2. Line 3 is blank unless you had unemployment compensation or Alaska permanent fund dividends. Line 4 is sum of line 1 and 2 and 3. Thats your adjusted gross income.If another taxpayer can claim you as a dependent, check the You box. If thats the case, turn to page 2 and use the worksheet there to find your line 5 amount. Hint: It will likely be your line 1 350. If you cannot be claimed as a dependent then you use 10300 on line 5. This line 5 amount is an amount you can earn and pay 0 tax on.Line 6 is your taxable income. Its line 4 line 5. If this turns out to be a negative number, write 0 and your tax on line 10 is 0. You said you didnt earn enough to owe income tax, so this will be the case for you this year.Line 7 is your W-2 box 2 amount. Its the amount of federal income tax youve already paid in.Line 8a, 8b are probably blank if you are a dependent.Line 9 will match line 7 if thats true.Line 10 is your income tax amount. Look up your line 6 amount in the tax table in the instructions for 1040EZ But if your line 6 amount is 0 you just write 0. Line 11: Leave the box empty and line empty if you can be claimed as a dependent. Line 12 will match line 10 if you had no health insurance penalty.Last part is to compare line 9 total payments and line 12 total tax. You will fill in either line 13 or line 14.If total payments - total tax is positive, then thats your refund. Put that value on line 13.If total tax - total payments is positive, then thats what you owe. Put that value on line 14.Sign and date your return and mail it in. The address to mail it to depends on whether you are getting a refund or you owe money.EDIT: A later poster reminded me about AOTC. See if you qualify for refundable portion of this tax credit, if you are not able to be claimed as a dependent and you are eligible and have qualifying education expenses. Your earned income would have to be more than half the cost of your support if youre 19-24. In that case, 1040EZ wouldnt be the form to use, but it would be worth graduating to the 1040. 