Most U.S. citizens or permanent residents who work in the U.S. have to file a tax return.
Generally, you need to file if:
You have over $400 in net earnings from self-employment (side jobs or other independent work)
You may want to file a return even if you made less to get a refund of taxes your employer withheld from your pay.
If you were 65 or older at the end of 2023
Dependents
Use this table if your parent or someone else can claim you as a dependent:
Earned income: Salaries, wages, tips, professional fees, and taxable scholarship and fellowship grants.
Unearned income: Taxable interest, ordinary dividends, and capital gain distributions, unemployment compensation, taxable Social Security benefits, pensions, annuities and distributions of unearned income from a trust.
Gross income: Earned plus unearned income.
Dependents who are blind:
Use this table if your parent or someone else can claim you as a dependent and you’re blind.
