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If your dependent child has income in 2019, you do not report your child's income (form W-2) on your tax return.
You can still claim him/her as a dependent if he/she did not provide more than half of his/her own support for the year and he/she was under 19 at the end of 2019 (or under 24 and a full time student).
Your child is not required to file a tax return if wages on W-2 are less than $12,200. However, if he/she had tax withheld, he/she can file a tax return to obtain a refund of those taxes withheld. He/she has to indicate on the tax return that he/she can be claimed as a dependent by someone else.
If your dependent child has income in 2019, you do not report your child's income (form W-2) on your tax return.
You can still claim him/her as a dependent if he/she did not provide more than half of his/her own support for the year and he/she was under 19 at the end of 2019 (or under 24 and a full time student).
Your child is not required to file a tax return if wages on W-2 are less than $12,200. However, if he/she had tax withheld, he/she can file a tax return to obtain a refund of those taxes withheld. He/she has to indicate on the tax return that he/she can be claimed as a dependent by someone else.
Thanks for answer to this question that I also have,
two related questions:
1) Is there any change in 2020 tax filing regarding dependent child's w-2?
2) On my child's w-2, no fed or state tax withhold, but there are number on SSN tax withheld and also medicare tax withheld, are those refundable?
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Q,1) Is there any change in 2020 tax filing regarding dependent child's w-2?
A. 1) No.
Q. 2) On my child's w-2, there are number on SSN tax withheld and also Medicare tax withheld, are those refundable?
A. 2). Social security and Medicare tax withheld (boxes 4 & 6) are not refundable.
Yes, the filing requirements for a child claimed as a dependent have changed slightly since last year. Please see the TurboTax Help article Do I need to file my own taxes if I'm a dependent? for guidance.
As for Medicare and Social Security withholding, no, they’re not refundable.
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