Do we include our high school son's W2 income in our return

[chantax3596]

our high school son's part time W2 income was $1100 for 2019 and no federal income tax was withheld. We claim he as dependent on our return. Question is do we include his income on our return? If so, where do we enter on TurboTax? Thank you.

[DoninGA]

You do NOT include a dependent's earned income from wages reported on their W-2 on your tax return.

[xmasbaby0]

MY DEPENDENT HAD A JOB

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://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900583-what-is-turbotax-free-file-program