If my child made $4.500.00 in 2024 do I need to add that onto my return?

[shanianicole77]

He worked a summer job at a fast food restaurant

[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 or 1099NEC then he must file a return and pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare.

You might also want to use free software from the IRS Free File versions:

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/

[Vanessa A]

No.   You do not add their earned income to your return.

If he had taxes withheld, then he can file a return for a refund of the taxes, otherwise, if this is his only income he does not need to file a return.