Tax Year Prior to 2020: Can I file my taxs and get a tax refund check for babysitting and getting payed in cash. I received about 4800-5000 in cash babysitting for the whole year.

[Mikemuck]

If you got paid in cash, my guess is that the people you babysat for didn't deduct any taxes.   If you're running this like a small business, you should have paid estimated taxes, and should file your business using schedule C.   If you didn't pay any taxes, you won't get any back 🙂

[WKins2]

It depends on your entire tax situation. If you had other income and other tax data (i.e. mortgage interest, other income, other taxes paid in, dependents), then you might qualify for a refund with the cash you received from babysitting.

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