Student Tax Return for 1-day job?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>My son worked at a polling station on Nov 4th election day. He received a check for $95 for that day’s work from the County Office. Does he need to file a tax return? Will he get a W-2 for it?</p>

<p>Thanks
Ravi</p>

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<p>he won’t need to file a tax return if that is the only income he received.</p>

<p>Call the county office and see if they will issue a W-2 or 1099 form
Or just wait out the month and see if they send you one.</p>

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<p>The standard deduction for an individual is @ $5450 (for earned income - unearned income gets more complicated). If he earned under $5450 he does not need to file. However if they deducted any taxes he may want to file anyway to get the tax refunded. There are several freefile options on the IRS site that he could use to do this - even if it is just a few $$ refund he should get it back.sh</p>

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<p>Thanks for the quick responses.</p>

<p>I just checked the payment stub that he received - It just says Gross Amount paid is $95. And the Invoice Type is marked as “Services and / or Supplies” - that indicates the county is booking this payment as an expense. They probably won’t send any form W-2 or 1099 for it.</p>

<p>Thanks
Ravi</p>