Your friend Alice is a full-time college student, earned $4,000 working at the campus bookstore over two semesters last calendar year, and also got a part-time job as a cashier in February, earning $9,500. Alice knows that you have been learning about taxes in your personal finance lessons and asks you, “Do I need to file taxes this year? If I do, what is the process like?”

Single, under the age of 65 and not older or blind, you must file your taxes if: Unearned income was more than $1,050. Earned income was more than $12,000. Gross income was more than the larger of $1,050 or on earned income up to $11,650 plus $350.

Sorry, I can not answer the second part to the question sorry.  

Yes Alice needs to file taxes because her total income was more than $12,00 (the federal minimum for single taxpayers to file taxes).

She will need both of her W2 forms and a 1040EZ form since she will not have enough deductions to itemize her taxes.

Deadline is April 15 (tax Day).

I would recommend she file her taxes online with a tax company like HR Block.