Max Taxable Income Before Reporting Taxes: IRS Help Needed

[Chef Diane]

Im not sure if this is the right place for this but here goes. What is the max we can make before having to report taxes? I have already sent mine in, but my daughter baby sits and we now have to send in her taxes. Is there a link to the IRS I can go to look. I hate it for her, as of now she has $0 taxable income but has to pay $380 in taxes . Any help will be appreciated. Thanks all

 

[Brandi2007]

i BELEIVE YOU HAVE TO CLAIM ANYTHING OVER 600.00

 

[Chef Diane]

yea thats what I thought too, but good grief

 

[Brandi2007]

How old is your daughter? Maybe I just don't know crap about taxes but I never filed before I actually received a pay check...

 

[pchefkristin]

It is $600 income before having to file with the IRS.
Also, I do know that if you pay your children to do office work for you, they can make only $599 before you have to give them a 1099 form. This goes for sitters you use while doing shows as well.

 

[Chef Diane]

according to the IRS site

It is $600 income before having to file with the IRS.
Also, I do know that if you pay your children to do office work for you, they can make only $599 before you have to give them a 1099 form. This goes for sitters you use while doing shows as well.

If I paid her for working for me she could earn $3300, but she was baby sitting for the lady down the street. I did her taxes again without a W-2 and it worked out she owes nothing but she gets nothing either. Had I done hers with ours (as a dependent) we wouldn't have had to claim her wages at all. So in the end it worked out. Thanks for all your help. She will be 18 for next years taxes so this is good to know.