Sara earned $2,500 as a life guard over the summer. This was her only job and income taxes were deducted from her paychecks by her employer. For filing a tax return, what should Sara do?

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Sara earned $2,500 as a life guard over the summer. This was her only job and income taxes were deducted from her paychecks by her employer. For filing a tax return, what should Sara do? 
a.Sara should not file a tax return. Sara is legally not required to file because her income is less than the minimum requirement for filing. 
b.Sara should send a check for $50 to the IRS in case the employer didn't take out enough taxes. 
 c.Sara should file a tax return. Sara is not legally required to file because her income is less than the minimum requirement for filing, but if she does, she can get all of her taxed money refunded. 
d.Sara should report this income on her parents tax return since she is still living at home. 
I pick c.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

.Sara should file a tax return. Sara is not legally required to file because her income is less than the minimum requirement for filing, but if she does, she can g

Writeacher · Answer

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Jamye · Answer

Didn't look over my typing. Its finance

PsyDAG · Answer

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "minimum wage to file taxes irs" to get these possible sources:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=minimum+wage+to+file+taxes+irs&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/11/23/infographic-get-more-out-of-google.html

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Yo Face · Answer

I selected B. I got 1 out of 7 questions wrong on the same short quiz. Not sure if it was due to that question or not.