You do not report child support at all on your taxes, believe it or not. If your ex pays you alimony, you have to report that as income. Regarding the Disability {Social security} income, the irs has a formula. If you are married filing jointly, you can take 32000 off of your combined income when you figure how much income you must pay Federal income tax on. You mentioned that this is your only income. Are any of your benefits taxable? If the only income you received during the year was your social security or equivalent tier 1 railroad retirement benefits, your benefits generally are not taxable and you probably do not have to file a return.
If you received income during the year in addition to social security or equivalent tier 1 railroad retirement benefits, part of your benefits may be taxable if all of your other income, including tax-exempt interest, plus half of your benefits are more than:
$25,000 if you are single, head of household, or qualifying widow(er),
$25,000 if you are married filing separately and lived apart from your spouse for all of the year,
$32,000 if you are married filing jointly, or
$-0- if you are married filing separately and lived with your spouse at any time during the year.
For more information, see the instructions for Form 1040, lines 20a and 20b, or Form 1040A, lines 14a and 14b. Publication 915, Social Security and Equivalent Railroad Retirement Benefits, contains more detailed information.
you may be eligible for the earned income credit. If you do not have software, the IRS has a table. You can get the publication at the libraries, some banks and some local county or city offices.
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1 Jennifer T
The easiest way to answer that question correctly would be to call the IRS and ask them. You can get their number from the IRS website.
2 Judy
No. Child support isn’t taxable or reported. Since you don’t have other income the SSD isn’t taxable either.
3 notaperviemusculargent
You do not report child support at all on your taxes, believe it or not. If your ex pays you alimony, you have to report that as income. Regarding the Disability {Social security} income, the irs has a formula. If you are married filing jointly, you can take 32000 off of your combined income when you figure how much income you must pay Federal income tax on. You mentioned that this is your only income. Are any of your benefits taxable? If the only income you received during the year was your social security or equivalent tier 1 railroad retirement benefits, your benefits generally are not taxable and you probably do not have to file a return.
If you received income during the year in addition to social security or equivalent tier 1 railroad retirement benefits, part of your benefits may be taxable if all of your other income, including tax-exempt interest, plus half of your benefits are more than:
$25,000 if you are single, head of household, or qualifying widow(er),
$25,000 if you are married filing separately and lived apart from your spouse for all of the year,
$32,000 if you are married filing jointly, or
$-0- if you are married filing separately and lived with your spouse at any time during the year.
For more information, see the instructions for Form 1040, lines 20a and 20b, or Form 1040A, lines 14a and 14b. Publication 915, Social Security and Equivalent Railroad Retirement Benefits, contains more detailed information.
you may be eligible for the earned income credit. If you do not have software, the IRS has a table. You can get the publication at the libraries, some banks and some local county or city offices.