Do i have to include my 16 year old daughters income she made about 4500.00

[scotwiggy2000]

she is a full time student do i claim her income

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, etc. you do not include the information on your own return. You can still claim your child as a dependent on your own return.  He/she can file his own return for a refund of some of his withheld wages (he won’t get back anything for Social Security or Medicare), but MUST indicate on it that he can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return.  (Supervise this closely or prepare it for him!)

If your dependent’s earnings were over $400 and were reported on a 1099Misc then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.  You may want to use this version of TT for that:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom/

[Carl]

Your daughter will file her own tax return. Since you will be claiming her as your dependent, your daughter must select the option for "I can be claimed on someone else's return", when your daughter starts her own tax return. SInce your daughter made less than $6300 in 2016, if any taxes were withheld from her wages, she will get all of it refunded to her. Just be aware that she will NOT get refunded Social Security or Medicare tax. Only the FICA that was withheld.

If no taxes were withheld from your daughter's income, then your daughter is not required to file a tax return at all unless that income was NOT reported to her on a W-2.

[SweetieJean]

"Only the FICA that was withheld." ?????

[SweetieJean]

Was she an employee (W-2) or self-employed (1099-MISC or cash)?
Also, state taxes may be different.