Filing Requirements
Dependents
Filing Status
Filing Basics
Employee Compensation
100

Turning 65 on January 1, 2026  

What is 65 for Tax Year 2025

100

General Test for Dependency

What is Dependent Taxpayer Test, Joint Return Test and Citizen or Resident Test


100

Filing Status Depends on 

What is Martial Status

100

Personal information on 1040

What is Name, Identify Number, and Address

100

W2 Copy C

What is Employees Records

200
A taxpayer is receiving Refundable credits but are below Filing Thresholds


What is not required to file a tax

return but should file

200

Test for Qualifying Relative

What is Not a Qualifying Child Test, Relationship Test or Member of Household Test, Support Test for Qualifying Relative, and Gross Income Test


200

5 Filing Status

What is Married Filing Joint, Married Filing Separate, and Head of Household

200

Total Income Minus Adjustment to Income

What is Adjusted Gross Income


200

Box 1 of W2

What is Wages, Tips, and Other Compensation

300

The 3 charts to determining Filing Requirements

What is Most Taxpayers, Dependent Taxpayers and Other Taxpayers

300

Test for Qualifying Child

What is Relationship, Residency, Support, Age, and Joint Return Test

300

For to 2 years after spouse Death with Qaulifying Dependent Children

What is Qualifying Surviving Spouse

300

Total Payments greater than Total Tax

What is Refund

300

Box 2 of W2

What is Federal Income Tax Withheld
400

Determining if Most Taxpayers are required to File

What is Filing Status, Age and Gross Income

400

Exception to Residency Test for Qualifying Dependent

What is Temporary Absences, Born or Died, and Divorces or Separated Parents

400
Most Advantage Filing Status when Married

What is Married Filing Joint

400

Total Tax greater than Total Payments

What is Balance Due

400

Deduction from Taxable income for Extra Pay over 40 hours

What is Qualified Overtime Deducation

500

Generally you age on December 31

What is Determines how hold they are for Tax Purposes

500

Tie Breaker Rule when both are Parents

What is Highest AGI

500

Not Living with Spouse the last 6 months of the Tax Year and Pay more than 50% of Household Expenses with a Qualifying Child

What is HOH

500

PTIN

What is Preparer Tax Identification Number

500

Maximum Deduction for Qualified Tips on a MFJ Return

What is $25000

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