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Trying to see if my daughter needs to even file for PA State Tax.

Jessica turned 21 in 2012; she worked during the summer at Stanford Univ. and made a couple thousand.

She has been going to Philadelphia Univ. where she get's $8,000 grant each year for the past 4 years - this is her last year.

She does NOT work at Philly.

So the question is, does she need to file in PA. I think it's only because she received a grant in the same year she made a little money in CA.

Prior to being 21 and working, we filed her as a dependent and such, with Turbo Tax and for the last 3 years, we just file a Fed. and CA State tax form but this year, I now see "File for PA State" as well.

IMO, I think it's Turbo Tax's way of getting a quick $40 just to tell Jessica, you owe us nothing and we owe you nothing. Have a nice day. But then again, perhaps there's more to it.