Below is from IRS Publication 501.  Your son is over 24 and only capital gains on a 1099-Div would be eligible; no capital losses (or for that matter gains on a 1099-B).     Election to report child's unearned income on parent's return.   You may be able to include your child's interest and dividend income on your tax return. If you do this, your child won't have to file a return. To make this election, all of the following conditions must be met. Your child was under age 19 (or under age 24 if a student) at the end of 2020. (A child born on January 1, 2002, is considered to be age 19 at the end of 2020; you can't make the election for this child unless the child was a student. Similarly, a child born on January 1, 1997, is considered to be age 24 at the end of 2020; you can't make the election for this child.) Your child had gross income only from interest and dividends (including capital gain distributions and Alaska Permanent Fund dividends). The interest and dividend income was less than $11,000. Your child is required to file a return for 2020 unless you make this election. Your child doesn't file a joint return for 2020. No estimated tax payment was made for 2020 and no 2019 overpayment was applied to 2020 under your child's name and social security number. No federal income tax was withheld from your child's income under the backup withholding rules. You are the parent whose return must be used when making the election to report your child's unearned income ... View more

It depends.  First the amount paid to your parent as your nanny is taxable income to your parent.  At a minimum your parent will include the income on their tax return.     For you, here is the applicable publication for more details but summarized in the following.  Review the publication carefully.  If you hire anyone other than your parent then if money paid goes over $2300 then you are required to withhold for SS/Medicare and Fed Unemployment and file schedule H and a W2 as an employer.    Money paid to a parent to babysit your children is not subject to social security/medicare taxes unless both of the following criteria are met. Your parent cares for your child (including an adopted child or stepchild) who is either of the following. Under the age of 18. Has a physical or mental condition that requires the personal care of an adult for at least 4 continuous weeks in the calendar quarter services were performed. Your marital status is one of the following. You’re divorced and haven't remarried. You’re a widow or widower. You’re living with a spouse whose physical or mental condition prevents him or her from caring for your child for at least 4 continuous weeks in the calendar quarter services were performed. If these criteria are not met, then the money paid is not social security/medicare or Federal unemployment taxable wages.    It is however still income taxable as mentioned above.  You and your parent need to decide if you will withhold income taxes during the year.  If yes, then you will do so and hold that money to pay taxes on your tax return using schedule H.     If you withhold taxes you will also need to issue a form W2 in January each year as an employer.  The publication link has electronic options to do that.   If you do not withhold and the wages are not subject to SS/Medicare, then a W2 will not be required and neither will the schedule H on your return.  You parent will simply claim the income and pay the income tax on their return.     Finally, if the exception criteria above is met making the wages subject to social security/medicare taxes then you will withhold that during the year and pay the taxes on your return using schedule H and issue a W2 in January each year as an employer.     NOTE:  These are only the federal rules.  Your state may have different requirements for state taxes, if applicable. You will need to visit/contact your state taxing agency for their information.  Here is a link for contact information for the various states.                    ... View more

You can enter the estimated taxes you paid for 2020 in the "Deductions & Credits" tab.   Scroll down to "Estimates and other taxes paid" "Show More" "Start/revisit" the "Estimated taxes paid" topic "Start/revisit" the "Federal estimated taxes paid for 2020"        ... View more

Plus-up payments are additional payments being sent to people who: Already received a third Economic Impact Payment based on a 2019 tax return or information received from SSA, RRB or VA May be eligible for a larger amount based on their 2020 tax return If you're eligible for a plus-up payment, Get My Payment will show the status of this payment after your 2020 return is processed. It will no longer show the status of your initial third payment.    Here is a link with more information.   ... View more

It is not addressed your tax return.  Since there was no income there would be no taxes.  If you had expenses allocated to your work for that client you would enter those to reduce your business income.    As self-employed taxpayer you will have the option to defer part of your self-employment taxes (if any) to the next two years.  You will get those questions after you enter your self-employment/business income and expenses.  You will find option in the "Deductions & Credits" tab under self-employment tax deferral topic.      See question 21 here for reference. ... View more

It is likely you will file as married.  However, if you have been in the country less than 5 years you are most likely filing as Non-resident alien on a form 1040NR.  TurboTax does not support that form however you can use Sprintax for assistance with the correct filing/status.     If you have been in country over 5 years and pass the substantial presence test you may be filing as Resident alien.  In that case you will file a form 1040 as married filing separately or possibly as head of household in special circumstances.  Here is a link with more information.     You will need to obtain an Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN) for your spouse and children.  Here is a link with options to secure ITINs.           ... View more

You may need to consult a tax professional for assistance going that far back.    Another option is to use the IRS forms to manually complete the forms as suggested here.    Finally, you may be able to purchase the older versions from third party vendors online. Search for 2015 TurboTax software.         ... View more

This link  should help.  Generally, you will simply create a federal return for only your wife.  Her residence will be NC, but she will have income in another state (GA).  These questions are in the "My Info" section.    You will only enter her income and the standard deduction.  This will generate a non-resident GA return for her it will also generate a NC resident return which you can ignore since you filed that one jointly.   You will only need to print/mail the GA return when done.  You won't be able to e-file since you are not e-filing the federal return.       ... View more

For 2019 use this link.  This will be a desktop version as your only option now.   For 2020 you will have the option to use a desktop version or an online version.  Use this link where you can check the applicable boxes and continue to download a desktop version or scroll down and select an online version instead.      ... View more

Most likely you will answer "yes" it would have covered 12 months.  It is rare to answer anything but "yes" to that question.     The short tax year is for example you never filed taxes before and the first time you file taxes is as a sole proprietor who started business in the middle of the year and adopt the calendar year as your tax year.  One could elect to have the first tax year be short of 12 months.      There are other examples but these are not common.     Here is a link with more information on the tax years.   ... View more