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April 2, 2020
Question

Unearned Income For children ages and 6

  • April 2, 2020
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In 2018 my Grandchildren ages 5 and 6 received Unearned income from their deceased mother.  The yearly income totals were $2040 from Teacher's retirement and $2976 from Social Security for a yearly total of $5,016 per child.   It is my understanding that I need to file taxes for each child, is this correct?

Thank You

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    Critter
    Level 15
    April 2, 2020

    Correct.  Use one of the IRS FREE FILE options for their returns if you are NOT using a downloaded version already :  https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/

     

     

    Level 2
    April 6, 2020

    Thank you for the response.  Can I use their father's drivers license info?  I am stuck at this point as Turbo Tax is asking for their Drivers License or State ID info and I do not know how to proceed.

     

    Alumni - Intuit
    April 6, 2020

    Yes, you can use their father's drivers license information since they don't have licenses of their own!