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I didn't work for 2016 but I have kids can I still file taxes to claim them?

kmillovan14 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:10 GMT

I'm still confused can I claim my children if I didn't work and never went to school

How did you suppoet them and yourself?

SweetieJean — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:12 GMT

How did you suppoet them and yourself?

Welfare income

cwood1256 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:13 GMT

Welfare income

Read the answer below from DoninGA. If you had no income...

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:15 GMT

Read the answer below from DoninGA. If you had no income other than welfare, then you will get no benefit from filing a tax return.

No it wasn't welfare income thank you my husband supports...

kmillovan14 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:17 GMT

No it wasn't welfare income thank you my husband supports us but every year his baby momma get me and my kids portion of income tax because she gets everything

If all of the household income was earned by your husband...

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:18 GMT

If all of the household income was earned by your husband then the refund offset for the child support is just reality. Sorry. If you yourself worked and earned income you could file as injured spouse to shield your part of the refund. As it is, the refund will be seized even if some of it is based on EIC for your children together until his child support owed is brought current.

Food stamps worked very little

bmeyer1026 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:20 GMT

Food stamps worked very little

If you are not married so you would not be filing a joint...

DoninGA — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:22 GMT

If you are not married so you would not be filing a joint tax return with your spouse, then there is no point for you to file a tax return if you do not have income of any kind regardless if you have children or not.

You cannot receive any type of tax credit such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit or the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit if you do not have earned income from wages or a net profit from self-employment. You cannot get a tax refund for taxes that were never withheld from wages you never received.

You get federal tax credits for each child. If you don't...

crosss414 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:22 GMT

You get federal tax credits for each child. If you don't file your taxes and you have children, you are missing g out on thousands of dollars.

@crosss414 If you do not have any income you do not get c...

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:24 GMT

@crosss414 If you do not have any income you do not get credits or any refund from filing a tax return. The child-based credits are only available if you work and earn income.

@DoninGA and @xmasbaby0 I know this post is old but I wan...

chadroche5 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:26 GMT

@DoninGA and @xmasbaby0 I know this post is old but I want to clarify something. An individual can absolutely get a refund even if there is no earned or taxable income. Keep in mind we have a progressive and redistributive tax system. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/irs-tax-return/can-i-file-an-income-tax-return-if-i-dont-have-any-income/amp/L5T6d4PZP">https://www.google.com/amp/s/turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/irs-tax-return/can-i-file-an-income-tax-return-if-i-dont-have-any-income/amp/L5T6d4PZP</a>

Read the article again. It does not say what you claim.

SweetieJean — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:28 GMT

Read the article again. It does not say what you claim.

and OP had no GROSS Income of her own.. That is different...

SweetieJean — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:29 GMT

and OP had no GROSS Income of her own.. That is different than Earned income or Taxable income.
You cannot get tax credits with no income whatsoever.

@chadroche5 Sorry but you either misunderstood or complet...

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:31 GMT

@chadroche5 Sorry but you either misunderstood or completely misinterpreted that article. Read it again.

That article means if you didn’t have enough min income t...

VolvoGirl — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:33 GMT

That article means if you didn’t have enough min income to file a tax return (but you still need some income) there are some credits you can get even if you don’t owe any tax on your income.

I know these posts are a little out of date (only five mo...

vmcorbett46 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:34 GMT

I know these posts are a little out of date (only five months) but it's tax season again so here is the meaning of that article versus the question asked. Q= Should a person file a tax return since they have children but did not work? Answer = YES (according to the IRS) in her question there is no mention of tax credits or tax refunds just "should a person with kids that didn't work file taxes". Why = That is where the article mentioned by chadroche5 above comes into play. The article very specifically states "IRS does not hold your refund" "however, if you file you maybe able to claim rollover tax credit(s)" What does that mean. So lets say she sold $500 worth of items on Amazon in 2016 but didn't file because of the information that was provided above. Well after paying the self employment tax and any other applicable tax they then could get the applicable tax credits that were available in 2016 for 2019

She would have to amend 2016, but only if she made a prof...

SweetieJean — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:36 GMT

She would have to amend 2016, but only if she made a profit (not just sales) on Amazon.

another sombody wanting to benefit from the system..go fi...

wackytaxes28 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:29:39 GMT

another sombody wanting to benefit from the system..go figure .. no income means your taxes kept this person ane their kid up all year instead of working to and doing there part theyll just rely on the gov't, now tax season is here and they want some of that too!!! #lowlife # slum #worthless makes me sick......

Re: I didn't work for 2016 but I have kids can I still file taxes to claim them?

lionelleal — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:26:33 GMT

But if I worked for this person as his driver for more then six months but he paid me only in cash and have no receipts

Re: I didn't work for 2016 but I have kids can I still file taxes to claim them?

VolvoGirl — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:40:16 GMT

@lionelleal That is self employment income.

To report your self employment income you will fill out schedule C in your personal 1040 tax return and pay SE self employment Tax. You will need to use the Online Self Employed version or any Desktop program but the Desktop Home & Business version will have the most help.

For the future, you should use a program like Quicken or QuickBooks to track your income and expenses. There is a QuickBooks Self Employment bundle you can check out which includes one Turbo Tax Online Self Employed return....

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/self-employed

You need to report all your income even if you don't get a 1099Misc. You use your own records. You are considered self employed and have to fill out a schedule C for business income. You use your own name, address and ssn or business name and EIN if you have one. You should say you use the Cash Accounting Method and all income is At Risk.

After it asks if you received any 1099Misc it will ask if you had any income not reported on a 1099Misc. You should be keeping your own records. Just go through the interview and answer the questions. Then you will enter your expenses.

FOR 2019

Self Employment tax (Scheduled SE) is automatically generated if a person has $400 or more of net profit from self-employment. You pay 15.3% SE tax on 92.35% of your Net Profit greater than $400. The 15.3% self employed SE Tax is to pay both the employer part and employee part of Social Security and Medicare. So you get social security credit for it when you retire.

The SE tax is already included in your tax due or reduced your refund. It is on the 1040 Schedule 2 line 4 which goes to 1040 line 15. The SE tax is in addition to your regular income tax on the net profit. You do get to take off the 50% ER portion of the SE tax as an adjustment on 1040 Schedule 1 line 14 which flows to 1040 line 8a. Turbo Tax automatically calculates the SE Tax and Adjustment.

For 2019 Schedule C Net Profit or Loss now goes to 1040 Schedule 1 line 3. Then the total on schedule 1 line 9 goes to 1040 line 7a.

Here is some IRS reading material……

IRS information on Self Employment

http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Self-Employed-Individuals-Tax-Center

Pulication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p334.pdf

Publication 535 Business Expenses

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p535.pdf

You can enter Self Employment Income into Online Deluxe or Premier but if you have any expenses you will have to upgrade to the Self Employed version. How to enter self employment income

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/how-do-i-report-income-from-self-employment/00/26653