Question

Married filing jointly, my income was $5720.00. Do I have to include this income?

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January 12, 2020
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I plan to file "Married filing jointly" with my husband. He definitely has to file, however, I only made $5,720.00 this past year as I only worked 3 months. Do I have to file this as part of "our" income, or can I just omit my income since it was such a small amount? Thanks!

VolvoGirl

Employee

Sorry you have to report all your income no matter how small. Even $1 of bank interest you don't get a 1099 for.

DoninGA

Employee

Yes you have to include all income both you and your spouse received when filing a joint tax return, regardless of the amount of income received.

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xmasbaby0

Employee

ALL of your combined income must be included on your joint tax return. You do not leave off even small amounts.

Every W-2 that you received must be reported on your tax return, even if they are for small amounts. Remember that each one of those W-2’s has your Social Security number on it, and that income was reported to the IRS by the employer. You do not want to get in trouble with the IRS for under-reporting your income.

ALL of your W-2’s must be entered on the SAME tax return. After you enter the first one, you click Add Another W-2.

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