yes
No you do not have to file unless someone is claiming you as a dependent. Then file jointly with them.
Absolutely, positively not.Whether your parents or anyone else claims you as a dependent has absolutely no effect on your obligation or ability to file taxes. Some people mistakenly believe that if your parents claim you as a dependent, they claim your income, your withholding and your refund, too. This is absolutely not true.People who make more than a certain amount are obligated to file taxes. However, ANYONE is permitted to file taxes. If you are due a refund, you must file taxes in order to get the refund. Your parents cannot get your refund for you. Whether your parents can claim you as a dependent has absolutely nothing to do with you. You must file your own taxes for your own income and withholdings. And if you owe taxes, you are obligated to file and pay them.
Yes you can it just depends what agency you file your taxes with
Yes, she does - if she is employed and earning her own money.
just for the TAX year of death not after it
Taxes are not age-dependent. In general, if you make money, then you have to file taxes. In some cases parents are allowed to fold the income of their minor children into their own tax returns, but if you have income at all, then SOMEBODY has to pay taxes on it.
I believe you need a dependent to have a household.
The laws regarding claiming of dependents are complicated. Generally, a person who relies on you as their chief means of support (more than half) can be claimed as a dependent.
If SSI is the only income that you and your spouse, if married, receive then you will not be required to file an income tax return for the Federal Government.
$3500 is the exemption for each dependent. $1000 is the child tax credit for kids under age 17. For kids under 17 that are your dependents you qualify for both the exemption and the credit. Note: Only the person filing the child as a dependent will receive the money.
Yes this could be possible.
For 2010 I was separated from my wife. For the 2010 year she was on SSI. How should I file my taxes? I had to pay her doctor bills and other maintenance expences also. Can I file "head of household" with her as a dependent? or, should I file single?