My daughter is 16 and employed, does she file with the IRS and if so, does she get a refund?
819435
She only has to file if she makes over $10K, however she can file if wants regardless what she makes. Refund depends of course on alot of things, but since she will be most likely filing 1040 ez, she can get a refund. Refunds always are more also, the lesser the person makes. One year I made 20K and received a small 500 refund, and that same year my best friend filed make 14K and received a 800 refund. Hope this helps
383404
Absolutly not! Your Federal tax refund is untaxable income. While a portion of a refund is in the form of the taxes over withheld from pay, if you are over twentyfive, single or over eighteen, can not be claimed on anothers taxes and have minor children who are your dependants and live with you at least half the year and you provide over half their support, you can get cash back on your refund from the Child Care Credit and the Earned Income Credit.\n\nBoth of these credits can go towards taxes owed the government, with any amount left over being given to you. These are amounts not earned by you, therefor the are considered unearned income. There are many forms of income which are considered unearned income and is taxable income on state and federal income statements.\n\nHowever, these amounts are not taxable by the Federal Government. Now, you would need to check with your state to see if any of these amounts are taxed in your state. Some states tax and some don't. I reccoment using a good tax service like H&R Block or another simular service. While they charge a small fee, and shop around for the best deal, all fees are not the same company to company, it is well worth having a proffesional prepare your return. This way you are sure to get back as much as possible. You are often given insurance that they did not make a mistake too, which can really bring releaf from the worry and stress of "Did I do it right?". If they do make a mistake and it is their fault, not due to your not providing all the information, which they ask for as they start the return step by step, they will pay up to a certain amount of anything the IRS determines you owe, and will also go with you to the meetings with the IRS. This is very reasurring for many.\n\nIf you are comfortable with the software programs which allows you to do your return at home, great. But please remember it is only a computer and can and does make mistakes. If you do not have a high level of knowlege of what the tax laws are, then you could easily allow an error to pass by uncorrected. Just this year somebody I know was told by one of those programs that the house she sold last year was not exempt from the taxable gains tax on the sale of a home. Now she knew it should have been exempt and kept trying to fix the problem yet the program returned the "Sorry this residence is not exempt from the capital gains tax exemption on the sale of a main residence" and announced this outragous sum she supposedly owned the Federal Government. She did get rattled finally after it told her this after seven attempts to correct it and get it to say the right thing. Finally it did it right and came back with "Great News! Your home is exempt from the taxable gains tax!". If she had not known so surely her home was exempt she may have accepted what it kept telling her and sent off all this money she did not own. Would the IRS have discovered the softwares mistake and sent her money back? Maybe, but then again they are not required to make sure she did her return correctly unless they think somebody owes them money! She may never have gotten that money back and never know she did not owe all that money.\n\nSo, the bottom line is get good information, be sure of that information, and if you are not sure get online and look up the tax laws for yourself. Use a system you feel sure is going to serve you best for your cercumstances and experiance. The tax laws are very confusing and difficult to understand unless you have education in taxes and finance.\n\nGood luck, this is a great question and will provide others with valuable information through all the answers provided. I wish happiness always.
608428
Check at the library--they frequently hae access to that type of information. Also you probably don't have to file. You only have to file if your income is at a certain level. You may want to file though because you may be due a refund.
493405
If your waiting on a paper check, then yes, it's probably still in the works. However, if your concerned to make sure they got the return, or to make sure the check or direct deposit has not gone wrong, go to IRS.gov and find out the contact number for calling about your refund.\n\nEach state is completely responsible for collecting it's own taxes or doing refunds and completely disaggregate from the Federal IRS. Sounds like your state is on the ball.
107674
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96596,00.html\nThis is for your federal tax refund. You may also go to your state's homepage to find the link for information on state refunds.
328351
First of all, I hope you filed an extension because your taxes were due a week ago.  The answer to your question is no you can not claim her for 2 reasons.  She did not live with you for the full year and she is not a US citizen.  Both of these requirements must be met.  Although it should be fairly straight forward in the instructions to the form 1040.  If you don't have yours, you can get them here. http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
722150
It is better to let her file as independant, although, she could just use the one (family member) with the less income to show as her gardian, which will allow her to get either full financial aid or maxium aid. Your daughter should be set., if  she tries any of the above, let her know as soon as possible the faster she files the more money she gets.
305110
She can but she has to mark the area that asks if you were claimed as someones dependent.  She will still get whatever she paid in.  It is more beneficial for her mother to claim her than to claim herself, but she still has to file.
52939
Find the # for the IRS for your area and call them make sure you have information at hand such as you ss# the year of the tax refund owed to you good luck!
34538
Go to the irs web site and there you will be able to get the answers you need.
112286
Depends on your other income, if any.  Call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 and ask them - they're actually pretty helpful.
1070596
Can he go to jail?  Yes.\n\nWill he?  Probably not.  You should probably have him go talk to a tax preparer and have them calculate what would've been filed on the previous 4 year's tax returns.  \n\nIf the return would've resulted in a refund (as is most likely the case when you have something withheld) then he/she will not be penalized for not filing the return.  \n\nThe IRS will only charge interest and penalties on returns where the taxpayer would've owed THEM money, not the returns where THEY owe the taxpayer money.\n\nHe/she should track down his W-2's for the last four years and have a preparer complete the returns for him/her.  It may end up that they can file a return and get their refund that they never filed for (for up to 3 years of returns)!\n\nHope that helps!
365450
depends if its individual....and what form you filed, \n\ngo to:\n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/file/article/0,,id=100846,00.html
270176
You need to file.  You can get the earned income credit for the children, every little bit helps.
47976
yes, and you will want to do that as soon as possible. If you are getting a refund, there will not owe any penalties or fees. The big reason why you want to file them ASAP is because the IRS already has a list of all of your income. They get a copy of your W-2s when your employer sends you a copy so they know what you made. They do not know what your deductions are though, so in about 2 to 4 years they will send you a big fat bill for what they feel that you owe them (when actually they may owe you) Also if you do not file at all the IRS may assume that you are avoiding paying taxes and will likely audit you.\ngood luck\nBLU
201482
You fill out the form 1040 (follow the instructions).  I am assuming you are younger and the form 1040EZ would more than likely suffice for you.  Fill it out and then mail it to your "branch" of the IRS for your state.
650763
Try here:\n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq-kw133.html