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Number: IRS Tax Tip 2010-38
Four Facts Every Parent Should Know
about Their Child’s Investment Income
The IRS
wants parents to be aware of the tax rules that affect their children’s
investment income. The following four facts will help parents determine
whether their child’s investment income will be taxed at the
parents’ rate or the child’s rate.
1. Investment Income
Children with investment income may have part or all of this income taxed at
their parents’ tax rate rather than at the child’s rate.
Investment income includes interest, dividends, capital gains and other
unearned income.
2. Age Requirement The
child’s tax must be figured using the parents’ rates if the child
has investment income of more than $1,900 and meet one of three age requirements
for 2009:
- The child was born after January 1, 1992.
- The child was born after January 1, 1991, and
before January 2, 1992, and has earned income that does not exceed
one-half of their own support for the year.
- The child was born after January 1, 1986, and
before January 2, 1991, and a full-time student with earned income that
does not exceed one-half of the child’s support for the year.
3. Form 8615 To figure
the child's tax using the parents’ rate for the child’s return,
fill out Form 8615, Tax for Certain Children Who Have Investment Income of
More Than $1,900, and attach it to the child's federal income tax return.
4. Form 8814 When
certain conditions are met, a parent may be able to avoid having to file a
tax return for the child by including the child’s income on the
parent’s tax return. In this situation, the parent would file Form
8814, Parents' Election To Report Child's Interest and Dividends.
More
information can be found in IRS Publication 929, Tax Rules for Children and
Dependents. This publication and Forms 8615 and 8814 are available at IRS.gov
or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).
Links:
- Form 8615, Tax for Children Under Age 18 With
Investment Income of More Than $1,800 (PDF 49K)
- Form 8615, Instructions (PDF 24K)
- Form 8814, Parent's Election to Report Child's
Interest and Dividends (PDF 43K)
- Publication 929, Tax Rules for Children and
Dependents (PDF 220K)
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