Question

Does my daugter need to file Tax Return - Indiana?

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March 17, 2020
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Hello,

My 16-year old daughter earned about $3000 in 2019. When I tried to incorporate her income with my tax return, the TurboTax did not allow me to add it. Should I file a separate 2019 tax return for her? Can I file her tax return for 2020 by combining 2019 and 2020 incomes? We live in Indiana.

Thank you.

Kumar

Tax Advice

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xmasbaby0

Employee

Do not try to put your child's W-2 on your own tax return.

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 then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare. You may want to use this version of TT for that:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program

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