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If IRS Form 8615 is immediately re-generated after you have deleted the form, there are questions or answers to questions that are causing it to re-generate.

 

Are you able to access the questions at:

 

Federal / Wages & Income / Your income / Less common income / Child's income (under age 24)?

 

Who Must File

 

IRS Form 8615 must be filed for any child who meets all of the following conditions.

  1. The child had more than $2,200 of unearned income.

  2. The child is required to file a tax return.

  3. The child either:

    1. Was under age 18 at the end of 2021,

    2. Was age 18 at the end of 2021 and didn’t have earned income that was more than half of the child's support, or

    3. Was a full-time student at least age 19 and under age 24 at the end of 2021 and didn’t have earned income that was more than half of the child's support.

  4. At least one of the child's parents was alive at the end of 2021.

  5. The child does not file a joint return for 2021.

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