https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-file-for-a-child-actor/01/336735#M140751 Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:54:16 GMT carsonwhite123 2019-06-03T19:54:16Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-file-for-a-child-actor/01/336735#M140751 Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:54:16 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-file-for-a-child-actor/01/336735#M140751 carsonwhite123 2019-06-03T19:54:16Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/is-the-child-required-to-file-a-rel-nofollow-target/01/336743#M140755 Is the child required to file ?<BR /><BR />&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="<A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302185&quot;&gt;https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302185&lt;/a" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302185"&gt;https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302185&lt;/a</A>&gt; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:54:18 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/is-the-child-required-to-file-a-rel-nofollow-target/01/336743#M140755 Critter 2019-06-03T19:54:18Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/it-depends-how-old-is-the-child-on-dec-31-of-the-tax-yea/01/336749#M140758 It depends. How old is the child on Dec 31 of the tax year? Are they your dependent? How much did they earn? Was what they earned paid to them in their name? Or to their parent or guardian? Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:54:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/it-depends-how-old-is-the-child-on-dec-31-of-the-tax-yea/01/336749#M140758 Carl 2019-06-03T19:54:19Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/people-who-work-even-kids-and-even-actors-are-paid-as-e/01/336758#M140761 <P>People who work, even kids and even actors, are paid as employees and receive a W-2 or they are treated as a self employed&nbsp; independent contractors; in which case they file as a sole proprietorship (schedule C or C-EZ).</P><P>You do not report his/her income on your return. If it has to be reported at all, it goes on his own return. If your dependent child is under age 19 (or under 24 if a full time student), he or she must file a tax return for 2016 if he had any of the following:</P><P>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Total income (wages, salaries, taxable scholarship etc.) of more than $6,300 (2016).</P><P>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unearned income (interest, dividends, capital gains) of more than $1050 (2016).</P><P>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unearned income over $350 and gross income of more than $1050</P><P>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Household employee income (e.g. baby sitting, lawn mowing) over $2000 ($6300 if under age 18)</P><P> <SPAN>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B> Other self employment income over $400</B>, including box 7 of a 1099-MISC</SPAN> </P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Even if he had less, he is allowed to file if he needs to get back income tax withholding. He cannot get back social security or&nbsp;Medicare&nbsp;tax withholding.</P><P> </P><P>&nbsp;He doesn’t get his own $4050 exemption (deduction), when he files. In TurboTax, he indicates that somebody else can claim him as a dependent, at the personal information section.</P> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:54:20 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/people-who-work-even-kids-and-even-actors-are-paid-as-e/01/336758#M140761 Hal_Al 2019-06-03T19:54:20Z