Irs definition of Earned Income?
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Compensation from participation in a business, including wages, salary, tips, commissions and bonuses. opposite of unearned income.
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From the horse's mouth....err, website:\n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=132944,00.html
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Here ya go.\n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/file/article/0,,id=100718,00.html
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You are required to file a return if you have income, whether you owe taxes or no.  The Government wants you to report income and THEY will decide if you owe taxes.  A tax return is not just a request for a "return", you report earnings on tax return and figure amount owed.  I'd plead ignorance and get in touch with IRS.at the nearest office.
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If you have owned and lived in your home for over 2 years then you may be able to exclude from income all or part of the gain.  \n\nHere is the info you are looking for.  \n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc701.html\n\nCan also find more info here:\nhttp://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p523.pdf
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Tax returns are basically a yearly reconciliation between the amount you have had withheld from your paychecks and the amount of tax you owe on your total income. If you have had more withheld than you owe, you get the extra refunded. If you have not paid enough, then you owe taxes, which you better pay by April 15 or you will owe penalty and interest as well. Everybody's taxes are different.
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Depending on the type of IRA, it is taxable income when you take it out of the IRA.
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It's not only the -amount- of income you earn that determines whether or not you have to file an income tax return. There are many factors. To see the requirements, follow the questionnaire at this link: http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96623,00.html\n\nRemember that even if you aren't required to file, sometimes it's in your best interest to file anyway, because you may be due a refund - sometimes much more than you think, if you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit.
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Please refer to :\nhttp://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98011,00.html\nYou'll get all the details, about finding it !
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http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96623,00.html
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The IRS has a simple equation thus,\nHow much did you earn.....+\nHow much did you spend...-\nGive us the rest...........=
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The income earned by a country in a year
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If you are on Social Security your are not required to file taxes unless you have earned income.
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The US is one of the few countries which tax citizens on income earned overseas.    Most countries tax income of residents, regardless of citizenship (the US does this too) but do not tax overseas income of their citizens.\n\nHowever...  there are deductions in the US tax code related to overseas income.  So long as you are subject to the taxes of your country of residence, you may qualify to deduct approximately $80,000 from your income for the purposes of determining the US tax owed.  If you earn less than the threshold and live the full tax year overseas, no US tax would be owed.  You are still responsible to file, even if no deductions were made and no tax is owed.
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It means what you will be payed after tax is taken out. Just multiply your weekly wage by 4 to work out what you will be paid.
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I'm amazed by some of the answers. You haven't had any income at all. What income are you going to report?? NO INCOME = NO TAX RETURN.
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Call the IRS and ask.  They'll help ya through it all the way.  I was also told that my foreign earned income wasn't taxable becuz my job's church-related...come to find out, that's THEIR country's law, not the US's.  I was lucky enough to find the error and get filed...don't waiste time listening to people who don't really know.