Do taxes need to be filed if my husband was receiving workers compensation due to injury and i cleaned houses?

Question

My mom and her friend paid me every week to clean their houses, and my mom watched my kids for me. Would i be able to get the eic? This is actually back in 2003. I never filed because i didn't think i could.

HOW DO I FILE? WHAT FORMS WOULD I USE?

Answer 1

Definitely you can and should file your taxes and get the EIC.

Hurry, the 2003 year is expiring for refund purposes on April 17, 2007.

Added later: File Form 1040 and Schedule C-EZ and Schedule SE. Just put your gross income on Schedule C-EZ, don't get fancy and take expenses. File a married filing joint return.

Do your 2006 immediately and e-file it. The prior years will have to be mailed in.

Answer 2

Yes, you do need to file income tax returns. You may also be liable for socail security taxes on your earnings from cleaning houses. However, it might not be nearly as bad as it sounds. Also, even if you are liable for social securoty taxes on this income, pay them - if you don't your only cheating yurself in the long run.

Chances are, however, that the income is so low that your deductions, exemptions and EIC means that filing is actually very beneficial for you. By the way, its the law. Don't fail to file to save a few bucks and then end up in trouble later.

Answer 3

You are nearly past the time limit for doing anything about 2003 -- you have five weeks. My guess is that it won't help; the IRS will want Social Security taxes, which could wipe out the EIC. The only way to tell for sure is to actually run the numbers and see what happens.

Answer 4

You can still file for 2003 and get any refund that's due to you, as long as you file by 4/17 this year.

Yes, you'd probably be eligible for the EIC.

Answer 5

I got this from www.irs.gov

It might have been like this back in 2003. I don't know.

Do You Need to File a Federal Income Tax Return?

Many people will file a 2006 Federal income tax return even though the income on the return was below the filing requirement. The questions below will help you determine if you need to file a Federal Income Tax return or if you need to stop your withholding so you will not have to file an unnecessary return in the future.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing this information as a part of our customer service and outreach efforts to Reduce Taxpayer Burden and Processing Costs. Changing your withholding and/or not filing Unnecessary Returns will save both you and the government time and money.

Even if you do not have to file a return, you should file one to get a refund of any Federal Income Tax withheld.

To determine if you need to file a Federal Income Tax return for 2006 answer the following questions:

Occasionally, individuals have one-time or infrequent financial transactions that may require them to file a Federal Income Tax return. Do any of the following examples apply to you?

Did you have Federal taxes withheld from your pension and wages for this tax year and wish to get a refund back?
Are you entitled to the Earned Income Tax Credit or did you receive Advance Earned Income Credit for this tax year?
Were you self-employed with earnings of more than $400.00?
Did you sell your home?
Will you owe any special tax on a qualified retirement plan (including an individual retirement account (IRA) or medical savings account (MSA)? You may owe tax if you:

Received an early distribution from a qualified plan
Made excess contributions to your IRA or MSA
Were born before July 1, 1935, and you did not take the minimum required distribution from your qualified retirement plan.
Received a distribution in the excess of $160,000 from a qualified retirement plan.
Will you owe social security and Medicare tax on tips you did not report to your employer?
Will you owe uncollected social security and Medicare or Railroad retirement (RRTA) tax on tips you reported to your employer?
Will you be subject to Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)? (The tax law gives special treatment to some kinds of income and allows special deductions and credit for some kinds of expenses.)
Will you owe recapture tax?
Are you a church employee with income in wages of $108.28 or more from a church or qualified church-controlled organization that is exempt from employer social security or Medicare taxes?

If you answer yes to any one more than likely you should.