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Did 2018 tax reform change APTC household income inclusion of dependent income if required to file, and dependent filing rqmt now increased to $12,000?
In previous years, the APTC HOUSEHOLD INCOME had to include dependent income if the dependent was required to file, which was based on their standard deduction of $6350. The tax law change this year increased the standard deduction for dependents to $12000 which should increase the filing requirement for dependents to $12000. Does this mean that for tax year 2018, APTC household income will NOT have to include dependent income until such income is more than $12,000?
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Did 2018 tax reform change APTC household income inclusion of dependent income if required to file, and dependent filing rqmt now increased to $12,000?
The rule is still the same for the Premium Tax Credit: Household Income includes the dependent's income *IF* the dependent has "taxable income" on their tax return (income after the Standard Deduction or Itemized deductions).
If the dependent only has earned income (such as from a job or self employment), then yes, the dependent can earn up to $12,000 of income in 2018 before it would be included. However, if the dependent has more than $350 of "unearned" income (interest, dividends, capital gains, taxable scholarships, unemployment, etc.), then that could trigger the requirement to include the dependent's income (because the Standard Deduction for a dependent with unearned income is lower).
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Did 2018 tax reform change APTC household income inclusion of dependent income if required to file, and dependent filing rqmt now increased to $12,000?
The rule is still the same for the Premium Tax Credit: Household Income includes the dependent's income *IF* the dependent has "taxable income" on their tax return (income after the Standard Deduction or Itemized deductions).
If the dependent only has earned income (such as from a job or self employment), then yes, the dependent can earn up to $12,000 of income in 2018 before it would be included. However, if the dependent has more than $350 of "unearned" income (interest, dividends, capital gains, taxable scholarships, unemployment, etc.), then that could trigger the requirement to include the dependent's income (because the Standard Deduction for a dependent with unearned income is lower).
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Did 2018 tax reform change APTC household income inclusion of dependent income if required to file, and dependent filing rqmt now increased to $12,000?
What does "hit a nerve" for me is this: Unfortunately, there are A LOT of misleading or outright incorrect things in TurboTax, and I've given up on pointing them out to the Developers because they usually don't fix things anyways.
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