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My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

 
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My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

Unemployment income is taxable income, and you do not say how much your spouse received.  You should prepare a tax return and enter ALL of the income you received as a married couple.

 

Your W-2's go in Federal>Wages & Income--enter the wages for each spouse under your names.  The unemployment 1099G goes in Federal>Wages & Income>Unemployment.  If the state did not mail you a 1099G you should be able to go on the unemployment web site to get the 1099G.

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My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

For tax year 2018 if you are filing as Married Filing Jointly then you are required to file a federal tax return if your gross income (including unemployment compensation) is $24,000 or more.

 

You have to file an income tax return if your net earnings from self-employment were $400 or more. If your net earnings from self-employment were less than $400, you still have to file an income tax return if you meet any other filing requirement listed in the Form 1040 instructions (PDF).

My husband I live in California and earned under $30,000. But my husband did collect unemployment. adding that still under 30,000 Do we still need to file taxes?

It is not clear from your post whether you could qualify to use the Freedom Edition, but you could check to see if you qualify:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom

 

If you qualify to use this version, you need a different account and user ID.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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