<prompt> Human: I received a total tax refund of 27 I believe this money was from income taxes. I was claimed as a dependent by my father so I did not receive a personal exemption but he did. I filed my own returns this year for the first time as a single person. Am I still entitled to this federal and state refund of 27 or should I reject it since my father got the dependent exemption? He thinks I should reject it and file an amended tax return since he claimed the exemption of 4000. I tried looking this up but could not come up with any IRS literature on the subject.  <response>: Dependents are certainly entitled to tax refunds. If you have 1,000 in tax liability and gave the IRS 1027 through withholding lets say, the IRS owes you 27. You earned that money, paid too much to the IRS, they owe it to you, and it has nothing to do with being a dependent or not. Your dad already got the 4000 exemption which translates to 1,000 in cash for him if hes in the 25 tax bracket. Hes not entitled to the 27 you earned. Nor can you reject a refund, and if you could, your money wouldnt just transfer to your dad. 