If my 17-year-old son made $10,000 in wages last year working, does he have to file his own taxes?

axa253 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:29:59 GMT

He is my dependent, but I don’t know if I add his income to my tax return, or if he has to file his own.

Re: If my 17-year-old son made $10,000 in wages last year working, does he have to file his own taxes?

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:14:04 GMT

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 (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/

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If my 17-year-old son made $10,000 in wages last year working, does he have to file his own taxes?

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