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Form 8615 trouble

sbrick — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:52:01 GMT

Hey the form 8615 keeps showing up on my taxes and it will not let me finalize them until I complete it. It keeps pushing back the date to finalize it each month. One it reaches that date it changes to a further one. I was looking at the qualifications for it and I just meet some of them which are "Was a full-time student at least age 19 and under age 24 at the end of 2016 and didn't have earned income that was more than half of the child's support.4) At least one of the child's parents was alive at the end of 2017.5) The child doesn't file a joint return for 2017." I was full time college student from 2015-2019 and my earned income was lower than my parents. My parents are still alive and I do not file joint returns. I am just confused because it says I have to met all the requirements and I do not. Also when I try to delete the form it does not go away. I just want to finalize my tax form I have been waiting since the beginning of January I have had everything completed except this.

Re: Form 8615 trouble

Irene2805 — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:44:04 GMT

There is information in your entries that is triggering the form. From the information you provided, it sounds to me as if you meet the requirements for Form 8615:

Did you have more than $2,200 of unearned income?
You are required to file a tax return.
You were a full-time student at least age 19 and under age 24 at the end of 2019 and didn’t have earned income that was more than half of your support. Yes
At least one of your parents was alive at the end of 2019. Yes
You don’t file a joint return for 2019. Yes

#1 and #2 are unknown to me from your question:

Did you have more than $2,200 of unearned income? If you don't TurboTax wouldn't generate the form.
Are you required to file a return? See this article: Do I need to file a federal return this year? Even if you are not required to file a return, you are obviously filing one now, so the 8615 needs to be included.

I realize the delay is frustrating, and I apologize for the inconvenience, but it should be just another week.

Re: Form 8615 trouble

HSB1 — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:58:50 GMT

my 14 year old son has a utma ACCOUNT. It has dividend income(1099-DIV)= 3598.00

and has made stock sales (1099-B)=141.00

Both parents are alive and filling join return but do not want to elect to report on our return.

form 8615 Turbo tax is insisting I check one of these two boxes.

- Check this box if parent elects to report income on their return

- Check this box if neither parent was alive on December 31, 2019

Since there was a 1099-B issued to him I understand he has to file his own return and thus don't want to include him on my return

Re: Form 8615 trouble

GiseleD — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:17:45 GMT

The software is bringing up these questions based on your entries. Form 8615 goes on the child's return, so you may have received those questions if you tried to include the child's income. If you remove the child's income (the 1099-B and the 1099-DIV), these prompts should disappear.

Your child will then have a filing requirement since you are not including the income on your return. These forms will go on his return.

@HSB1