topic My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

monkeyfam17 — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 13:26:17 GMT

Re: My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

xmasbaby0 — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 14:00:08 GMT

Unemployment income is taxable income, and you do not say how much your spouse received. You should prepare a tax return and enter ALL of the income you received as a married couple.

Your W-2's go in Federal>Wages & Income--enter the wages for each spouse under your names. The unemployment 1099G goes in Federal>Wages & Income>Unemployment. If the state did not mail you a 1099G you should be able to go on the unemployment web site to get the 1099G.

Re: My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

DoninGA — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 14:01:13 GMT

For tax year 2018 if you are filing as Married Filing Jointly then you are required to file a federal tax return if your gross income (including unemployment compensation) is $24,000 or more.

You have to file an income tax return if your net earnings from self-employment were $400 or more. If your net earnings from self-employment were less than $400, you still have to file an income tax return if you meet any other filing requirement listed in the Form 1040 instructions (PDF).

Re: My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

xmasbaby0 — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 14:04:04 GMT

It is not clear from your post whether you could qualify to use the Freedom Edition, but you could check to see if you qualify:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom

If you qualify to use this version, you need a different account and user ID.