If my son can be claimed as a dependent but he still earned income does he have to file on his own?

If your son earned over $400 from unemployment, or over $5350 from a job where he got a W-2, then he is required to file. If he earned less than that, but had any federal income tax withheld from his paychecks, he should file to get it refunded to him.

Yes if he meets the filing requirements. Most dependents under 65 must file a return if their unearned income is above $850 or their earned income is above $5350. There are other situations where he would be required to file such as if he had a profit from self employment of $400 or more.

Of course he should file to get any federal withholding back if he had any and didn’t meet the filing requirements.

See pub 501 for more details

Yes. As a general rule, ho ought to file because chances are, He'll get ALL his money back, depending on how much he made. If he made less than the allowable minimum amount for a single person, the ONLY way he can get the money back is to file for it. (He doesn't HAVE to if he made less than minimum, but if he doesn't file, he forfeits what he's paid in) This year, there, like a $ 300.00 cushion that's figured in on a worksheet when you file, but it generally won't affect the outcome unless he made considerably above the minimum allowable wages.

He may not HAVE to file, but he probably should so that he can get his money he paid in as taxes. If you go irs.gov and click on free file, there are many websites that will allow him to file for free based on his low income status. :)

Otherwise, 1040EZ should take five minutes from start to finish.

Yes He Files as A Student.

He can. I am not sure if he has too. If he has paid any taxes in he will probably get them back unless he made a significant amount. But since you claim him when he fills his taxes out he will claim 0 on his.

Yes...1040EZ. I fill one in every year for my 17 yr old.

depends on the amount he made.. call a tax account and ask...