What age do you have to start paying tax?

Answer 1

Age is not the determining factor for this matter of what individual must file a income tax return and pay income taxes.

A self employed taxpayer would be required to file an income tax return if business operation had a net profit of 400 and pay the social security and Medicare taxes that would be due plus any income tax that may be due after adding the net profit to all other gross income on the 1040 tax form and the amounts would be subject to income tax at the marginal tax rates.

A dependent on another taxpayer income tax return with unearned income interest, dividends, capital gains, rental income, taxable social security benefits, unemployment compensation, gambling winning and misc income, etc of more than 950 must file an income tax return and report all worldwide income on the 1040 tax return

The must file an income tax return requirement for the year 2009 would be in the 2009 1040 instruction book starting on page 7 through 9