Do i need to enter 1099 info for my 4 and 8 year old in Virginia's AGI

[Opus 17]

If your children receive income reported on a 1099, you must file separate tax returns for them in their own names.  

You don't say what kind of 1099.  If a child's only income is interest and dividends (1099-INT or 1099-DIV), then you can make a choice to include their income on your tax return instead of filing separate returns for the children.  However, if they have investment income (1099-B), prizes or awards (1099-MISC), income from working (1099-NEC) or are beneficiaries of a retirement account (1099-R), then each child must file a separate return in their own name reporting their own income.  Most of the time, a child having income and filing a return does not interfere with you claiming them as a dependent. 

[mikelshaw2010]

the 1099 is SSA. My kids are 4 and 8 i am retired 

[xmasbaby0]

Information flows from your federal return to your state return.   And....you do NOT enter your children's SSA1099's on your federal tax return.   So they are not going to VA either.

[mikelshaw2010]

Thank you, so where does the SSA1099 get entered, do they have to claim?

[Opus 17]

If the child's only income is on a SSA-1099 (survivors benefit, I assume), then it is not taxable and they do not have to file a return.  If the child has other income from working or from investments, the social security income might be partially taxable.  You would prepare a return in the child's name and let Turbotax tell you if any tax is owed.  (If using Turbotax online, each tax return requires a different account with a different user name and password.)

Turbotax may not be able to prepare a free return if the child has taxable income.  You may want to look at one of the other IRS FreeFile options. 

https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free

[mikelshaw2010]

Thank you, not survivor benefits, i took early retirement.