You can use the calculator at the following link on the IRS web site to see if your child is required to file a tax return. Remember that you are answering the questions as the child.
Do I Need to File a Tax Return?
If you do file a tax return for your child, you have to use a different TurboTax Online account. A TurboTax Online account can only be used for one tax return. You cannot prepare another tax return with the same account that you used for your own return.
See the following FAQ for instructions to start another tax return with a new account.
How do I start another return in TurboTax Online?
You should teach your teenager to file his or her own tax return (with supervision), instead of doing it yourself. They have to learn how to do it.
