<prompt> Human: My oldest child I have three - this one is just 16 and still living at home, not an independent situation had a job this summer where she made around 2000. They took some trivial amount out, but not much. I dont have the paystubs handy.I was assuming that this would just fold into the one tax return I file at the end of the year, like my wifes W2, and adjust everything accordingly. I wasnt exactly looking forward to that, since from experience I make a lot more than my wife does it just ends up resulting in me having to pay more.But then my daughter said, When do I get my money back? The other counselors at work told me that when youre below a certain amount you just get back whatever they took out of you.Im guessing that she was speaking with people who were filing their own independent returns, and I believe thats true, since that would put her below poverty level. But shes not trying to live on it. Im not sure what Im supposed to do here. All Ive ever done is fired up TurboTax, Ive never gone to anybody else to do our taxes. Now on the one hand Im expecting to pay more out of my own pocket while shes over here thinking shes getting it all back. Somebodys not right.Can somebody point me to an article about how Im supposed to be handling this situation? Thank you!EDIT : Thanks everybody! Always open to learning that Im wrong, especially when it saves me money! :  <response>: Your kid needs to file a return to get their refund. You are not affected. There is no limit on how much she can make as a qualified dependent child as long as you still support 50 of her expenses. Turbotax article 