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posted Apr 2, 2025 10:33:49 AM

My daughter received a 1099-NEC form with total amount $2000, does she need to file a tax?

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Expert Alumni
Apr 2, 2025 10:35:40 AM

Yes.

 

She's required to file a tax return as her self-employed income is over $400.

Level 15
Apr 2, 2025 10:36:39 AM

Yes.  If she had even $400 of self-employment income she is required to file a tax return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare, although she will not owe any "ordinary" income tax.

 

Is she your dependent?

 

MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return.  He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages from boxes 2 or 17 (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.  (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc or 1099NEC then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.

 

 

You might also want to use free software from the IRS Free File versions:

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/