i live in california and i heard that if you make under $6000 you get all the income tax back from the government. is that true? if not how much is it?
how do you get income tax returns? when?
2007-10-06 11:58:01 · 4 answers · asked by hk6732 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
If you make under $6000, for federal you'd get back anything that was withheld for federal income tax unless you are a dependent. If your parents for example can claim you as a dependent, then the first $5350 of your earned income isn't taxed, but you'd pay 10% on the amount over than so they'd keep a little of what they withheld.
For state you'd pay a little tax so wouldn't get it all back.
Getting anything back would only happen if they withheld more than you owe, so there's no way to say how much that is without knowing what was withheld.
To get a refund, you'd have to fill out a form called an income tax return for both the federal and the state. On that form you'd calculate how much you have coming back.
2007-10-06 12:35:19 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about your federal or your state taxes? Everyone pays something but usually not much on an income of under 6K. The paperwork is mailed to you if you filed before or if this is your first time you will have to wait until the forms get dropped off at the library or the post office at the beginning of January.
Income taxes need to be filed by April 15th.. if you wait that long to file it takes 4-6 weeks to get a refund check in the mail. For more info go to www.irs.gov
2007-10-06 19:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only made 6k then go ahead and file so you can get all of your tax withholdings back from the IRS and your state.
2007-10-08 07:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by Gary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your number of dependents, age, whether you're blind, etc. - in short, you didn't provide enough info.
2007-10-06 21:04:13 · answer #4 · answered by heart_and_troll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋