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Self Employment Income On Your Annual Income Tax

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It can be to your advantage to claim your Self-Employment income on your annual Income Tax Return than popularly believed. Claiming an Earned income may be favorable to you and your family. If your only job is your personal business, claiming the income on your tax return can compensate your family now plus in the future. Filing properly can even assist someone else by creating a paper trail for their claimed deduction. Your future retirement or even Social Security disability benefits are influenced by the amount of money you earn, also.

To be eligible for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, you must show you have taxable Earned Income. This is on occasion incorrectly called “Unearned Income Credit.” People have viewed this as government money given to families with children - false. There are two ways to obtain taxable Earned Income: you work for someone who pays you or you own or run a business or farm. Taxable Earned Income includes wages, salaries, or tips, long-term disability benefits prior to retirement age, and net earnings from Self-Employment. If you collect unemployment benefits or child support, this is not considered taxable Earned Income; neither are retirement benefits, social security, nor alimony (IRS, 2014).

In order to be eligible for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) you must either meet the rules for workers without a qualifying child or have a child that meets all the qualifying child rules for you. The tax credit can be seen as a bell curve.

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