Unique tax-filing question!

Paying for College
1

<p>It would be great if someone could help me out with this (since my own college's student accounts office could not):</p>

<p>The situation:
So I am currently a resident of Iowa and worked there part-time over the summer. I made ~$1,800 and had taxes deducted from my bi-weekly pay as expected. I am also a college student in New York (non-resident) and made ~$2,000 through work-study. Since I am a full-time student working less than half-time (~9 hours per week), I do not have tax deductions on my work study paychecks and should not have to pay them for that particular job when I do my taxes.</p>

<p>The problem:
While working on my Iowa taxes (free filing through TurboTax) to get refunds from my summer job, I entered in the information for both my summer job and work-study job. The numbers that came up stated that I owe over $200 (not taking into account the refund amount) in state taxes, which leads me to believe that I was taxed additionally for my work-study job. But I know I shouldn't have to owe anything at all (and only get a refund). It also stated that I might still have to file for NY taxes, for ~$14.99 (not sure if this cost is just bc of TurboTax wanting to get money). </p>

<p>So I guess my questions are:
--Do I have to include my work study job in my taxes even though I did not get any deductions and should not have any deductions?
--Do I have to additionally file for NY taxes? Will doing so adjust the numbers so I don't have to owe the state any taxes as a student? (And will I have to do it manually or use another program to avoid the $14.99 costs)</p>

<p>If anyone could provide any info to help me with this problem, I would really appreciate it! It's my first time filling out taxes as an independent, so I'm pretty nervous about the whole process.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

2

<p>You are not required to file a tax return in 2013. You can take this quick quiz on the IRS website. You should use the work study income AND the part-time work in Iowa when figuring out the amount of wages for 2013. </p>

<p><a href=“Do I Need to File a Tax Return? | Internal Revenue Service”>http://www.irs.gov/uac/Do-I-Need-to-File-a-Tax-Return%3F&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I am sorry I do not know about state taxes.</p>

3

<p>I just found this via Google.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.iowa.gov/tax/forms/Do%20I%20Need%20To%20File.pdf”>http://www.iowa.gov/tax/forms/Do%20I%20Need%20To%20File.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

4

<p>Um…I do believe your work study income IS considered INCOME for tax purposes. It is NOT added in as income the following year for financial aid purposes (actually it is deducted…there is a question about that on the FAFSA). </p>

<p>My daughter earned $3000 one year in work study and $4000 additional income all in the state where she attended college. She had to file both federal and state taxes. She filed in THAT state as a non-resident. </p>

<p>But my kid was required to file. You need to check the state guidelines to determine this for your states. In our state if ANY state income tax is withheld, you are required to file. One year one of my kid’s filed to get a $4 refund. </p>

5

<p>

Yes, you do.

Only if NYS withheld taxes on your work-study and you want to get them back.</p>

6

<p>OP HAS to file tax returns federally and in Iowa to get back withheld taxes. If he had not had taxes withheld, he would not have had to file taxes, as is the case for NY state. Do you really owe state taxes in Iowa making $3800? That doesn’t sound right to me, but I have know idea as to what Iowa’s state income tax schedule is. </p>