My son is a college student who worked a summer job and received a W2 and also drove for door dash on the side while in school. Normally we file an income tax return and my son usually gets a refund equating to what taxes were withheld. For 2023 he earned about $3400 on a W2 and about $800 on a 1099 since no taxes were withheld. Clearly its all under $5000 for the year.
The door dash earnings are being flagged as now owing $104 where in the past my son was always refunded any taxes withheld because of his low income.
Does my college student need to file income tax ?
Is there an income limit required to file income taxes for students?
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Your son has self-employment income ----he was an independent contractor for DoorDash. So...he owes self-employment tax for that---Social Security and Medicare. He has to file a return, but he can prepare a Schedule C for his expenses like mileage. If you have the CD/download, you can do that with any version. The online Premium is expensive--so you might want to look into using one of the Free File software programs on the IRS site for him.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2926899-how-does-my-side-job-affect-my-taxes
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/self-employed/help/what-is-the-self-employment-tax/00/25922
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902389-why-am-i-paying-self-employment-tax
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901340-where-do-i-enter-schedule-c
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3398950-what-self-employed-expenses-can-i-deduct
https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/self-employed/self-employed-tax-deductions-
calculator-2021-2022-50907/
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/
.Income from DoorDash reported on form 1099-NEC is self-employment income. As your son has self-employment income over $400, he is required to file a tax return.
If your dependent son is under age 19 (or under 24 and a full-time student), he must file a tax return for 2023 if he had any of the following:
Self-employment income is subject to income tax, and self-employment tax tax calculated at 15.3% of 92.35% of self-employment income.
On Self-employment income of $800, SE tax would be $113.
If he had taxes withheld on his W-2, this would reduce the amount of tax due.
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