Do i put child support income and my dependants' income in with mine or is it in a separate section?

[IreneS · Accepted solution]

No to both questions.

• Child support is not considered taxable income so it does not have to be entered on your return.
  

• You do not include your child's income on your return.

SuperUser xmasbaby0 provides some good information:

If your dependent has a W-2 for his after-school job, summer 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/