The only time you are allowed to include a child’s income on a parent’s tax return is if that income is interest and dividends from investments in the child’s name. If the child has any other income, then all the child’s income must be reported on a tax return in the child’s name.
however, in this particular case, as long as the child has no other income, the child is not required to file a tax return for this income. You do have the option of preparing a tax return in TurboTax, which is “free to start“, and the program should tell you that no tax is owed and no return needs to be filed.
