Question
Kids each have income of ~$800
My daughters both participated in studies and received these payments. There was also around $200 withheld for federal taxes for each, so I would like to include these in my own return to see if some of that is refundable. However, when you get to the other income sections where child income is, this application asks if the child is required to file. The answer in their case is no, since the unearned income for each is less than $1,100. When I answer no, then it just closes that form and doesn't allow me to add the 1099-MISC info. My other option is to file tax returns for each child for free, since they would be very simple returns, but I'd rather not add two tax returns when it should be possible for me to just add it to our married filing jointly return. Any ideas from the staff or anybody else how I can get these child 1099s in?
