$4.00 fed tax due with $00 income?

dburr · ‎February 23, 2026

how did fed come up with tax?

xmasbaby0

If you have "zero" income why are you preparing an income tax return? What are you trying to do?

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ThomasM125

If you are referring to your taxable income and it is $0 but you owe taxes, it may from other things besides income, such as penalties. For instance, you may have a penalty for early withdrawal of pension funds. The income from that may not be taxable because you have deductions to reduce your income to $0, but you may still have to pay the penalty.

You will have to look at your Form 1040 and associated schedule 2 to see if you have any non-income taxes on your return.

To view your form 1040 and schedule 1 to 3:

Choose Tax Tools from your left menu bar in TurboTax Online while working in your program
Choose Tools
Choose View Tax Summary
See the Preview my 1040 option in the left menu bar and click on it
Choose the Back option in the left menu bar when you are done

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SteamTrain

Self employment income's SS & Medicare tax?

That can be due even if your Std Deduction brings your regular taxable income down to zero.

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$4.00 fed tax due with $00 income?