If your daughter has income in 2023, you don't report your daughter's income on your tax return. You can still claim her as a dependent if she didn't provide more than half of her own support for the year and she was under 19 at the end of 2023 (or under 24 and a full-time student). If she is 19 or older (or 24 or older and a full-time student), you can't claim her as a dependent if she earned more than $4,700 in 2023. If it has to be reported, at all, it goes on her own return. If your dependent daughter is under age 19 (or under 24 and a full-time student), she must file a tax return for 2023 if she had any of the following: Total income (wages, salaries, taxable scholarship etc.) of more than $13,850 in 2023. Unearned income (interest, dividends, capital gains) of more than $1,250. Gross income (earned plus unearned) exceeding the larger of $1,250 or her earned income (up to $13,850) plus $400. Other self-employment income over $400, including box 1 of a 1099-NEC If your dependent daughter files her own return, she has to indicate in the My Info section of TurboTax that she can be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer. Even if she had less, she can file if she needs to get back income tax withholding. She can't get back Social Security or Medicare tax withholding.

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Do I need to file my child dependent's return if she worked part times in 2023?

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MinhT1

If your daughter has income in 2023, you don't report your daughter's income on your tax return.

You can still claim her as a dependent if she didn't provide more than half of her own support for the year and she was under 19 at the end of 2023 (or under 24 and a full-time student).

If she is 19 or older (or 24 or older and a full-time student), you can't claim her as a dependent if she earned more than $4,700 in 2023.

If it has to be reported, at all, it goes on her own return. If your dependent daughter is under age 19 (or under 24 and a full-time student), she must file a tax return for 2023 if she had any of the following:

Total income (wages, salaries, taxable scholarship etc.) of more than $13,850 in 2023.
Unearned income (interest, dividends, capital gains) of more than $1,250.
Gross income (earned plus unearned) exceeding the larger of $1,250 or her earned income (up to $13,850) plus $400.
Other self-employment income over $400, including box 1 of a 1099-NEC

If your dependent daughter files her own return, she has to indicate in the My Info section of TurboTax that she can be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer.

Even if she had less, she can file if she needs to get back income tax withholding. She can't get back Social Security or Medicare tax withholding.

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ken-irokawaAuthor

Thank you very much for your quick reply.

My daughter is 16, and she only made a little over $2,000 in her part-time job in 2023, so from the looks of your feedback, she doesn't need to file a tax return.

Thanks again for your kind support.

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xmasbaby0

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@ken-irokawa She does not have a filing requirement if that income is on a W-2----but if any tax was withheld--in boxes 2 or 17, she can file to seek a refund.

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xmasbaby0

Employee

MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return. He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return. (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc or 1099NEC then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.

You might also want to use free software from the IRS Free File versions:

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/

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