@xmasbaby0 I think this is the situation. Elderly couple of husband and wife. No income. For years they have been claimed as dependents. Daughter claims mom as her dependent. Son claims dad as his dependent. Elderly couple starts receiving social security money SSA-1099. Somewhere around $10k each a year. They don’t have any other income but could have 1099-INT from banks. Maybe $10-15 annually which would put them over the $0 you mentioned.
But technically they aren’t filing taxes as married filing jointly or married filing separately. Do they have to report the $10k + $10k = $20k that they jointly receive from their social security? With the $10-15 interest income? They will either be both claimed as dependent by the son this year or continued as dad claimed as dependent by son and mom claimed as dependent by daughter.
