I am a minor working in Texas as a cashier at a McDonald's resteraunt (please, no comments about my job, I know it's McDonald's). I have no children, and because of, at my orientation I was told to put the number of beneficiaries I had as 0. A few days later, I told my mother about this, and she told me that I should've put myself down as a beneficiary because I was a minor, but this didn't believe her. Could someone please let me know if my mother was right?
The reason I'm asking is because I know that if you don't have any beneficiaries the government takes the maximum amount out of your paycheck each payday, and if my mother was correct, this would mean I would get a tax refund in April. As you can see in my above question, I have no idea whether I can count myself as a beneficiary, so any help would be appreciated!
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