Do not report your child(ren's) SSA-1099 form on your income tax
return. If Social Security is your dependent's only income, they most likely don't need to file a return. See the screenshot for dependent filing requirements.
Your child or other
dependent would report their SSA-1099 on their own return, but only if they
make enough income to be required to file (this is uncommon).
In cases where both you and your dependent receive Social
Security benefits on the same check, and the check is made out to you, only
report your portion
of the benefits on your return.
Any SSA-1099 form, regardless of the suffix, gets entered the same way:
1. Open
your tax return in TurboTax online.
(To do
this, sign in to TurboTax, see your Tax Timeline, and click ‘Take me to my return.’)
2. Using
the Search feature in the upper right corner of the screen, enter SSA-1099 and
perform the search. Then click on Jump
to SSA-1099, which is the first item in the search results.
3. Select Yes, let's work on Social Security
benefits and click Continue.
4. Check
the first box, Form
SSA-1099.
5. Enter
the amounts for yourself and your jointly-filing spouse, if they received an
SSA-1099 also.
o SSA-1099s
for children and other dependents are not reported on your return. They should
report it on their own return, but only if they're required to file a return
for some other reason (this is uncommon).
6. Click Continue.
TurboTax will automatically calculate what portion, if any, of
your Social Security benefits are taxable.
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