Question

My federal taxes are set as Married Filing Jointly but I'm a minor. What do I do?

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March 15, 2022
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I am a minor and the HR department messed up my federal taxes by setting it to Married Filing Jointly instead of Single. While my state and city taxes are at Single. They said I don't have anything to worry about since I'm a minor and I only made less than 500 last year and because of that I don't plan to file. They have set it back to Single but I am still worried that I have not paid my taxes correctly. Is there anything I need to worry about?

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Bsch4477

Employee

There is nothing to worry about. Unless you had tax withheld you don’t have to file.

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AnixousTaxpayerAuthor

As in tax withheld, you mean federal taxes correct? Looking at my w2 I had none federal tax withheld so I am fine right? If I ended up having tax withheld then what do I need to do to fix it? In addition, I want to confirm that there is not possibility that I could have under withdrew taxes resulting in me owing taxes?

VolvoGirl

Employee

The only way to know if you need to pay taxes is to fill out a tax return. If you have federal tax withholding and don't owe any tax on your tax return then you would have to file a 1040 tax return to get s refund of the taxes withheld.

Are you a dependent?

You don't have to file if you only have W2 income under 12,400 but you can file to get back any withholding taken out in boxes 2 or 17. But you don't get boxes 4 or 6 back. If you got a 1099Misc or 1099NEC you have to file it as self employment income no matter how small the amount.

Filing requirements for a dependent

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/children-dependents/help/do-i-need-to-file-my-own-taxes-if-i-m-a-dependent/00/26111