<prompt> Human: So I am a college student and am dependent on my parents. I am a senior this year and usually every year I get about 350 back on state taxes and about 500 on federal. This year I got all of my state taxes back but im only getting 50 from federal. I grossed 11,200 last year. TaxAct says that only 6200 is deducted and I have 5000 taxable income which means I have to pay 500 federal tax knocking my federal return to 50. I dont claim any exemptions so I dont understand what has changed and why I now have to pay so much since I depend on my parents still. Please help  <response>: If you want to understand what changed between this year and last year, put both tax returns in front of you and look them over line by line.Did you make more for 2014 than you did in the previous years?Did you claim yourself in previous years even if you werent supposed to? 