@danilol wrote:
Any difference between 1.total income( wages, salaries, taxable scholarship etc.) of more than $12,550
and 3. gross income of more than $1100?
what does gross income refer to here? is it wages salaries, taxable scholarship?
Thanks
Gross income is all income from all sources.
Earned income is compensation for working, for providing a service.
Unearned income is everything else (prizes, scholarships in excess of expenses, gambling, unemployment compensation, bank interest and investments, money found in the street, and so on.)
A person who is a dependent, and who has unearned income, may have a lower filing threshold. This is part of the "kiddie tax" which is intended to prevent parents from putting investments in a child's name to pay less tax. It can sometimes also affect taxable scholarships.
The easiest way to determine what her filing requirement is, is to use the IRS web site here.
https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/do-i-need-to-file-a-tax-return
