Get CT DRS CT-1040 2016

You must file a Connecticut income tax return if your gross income for the taxable year exceeds: $12,000 and you are married filing separately; $15,000 and you are filing single; $19,000 and you are filing head of household; or.

The minimum income amount depends on your filing status and age. In 2018, for example, the minimum for single filing status if under age 65 is $12,000. If your income is below that threshold, you generally do not need to file a federal tax return.

For single dependents who are under the age of 65 and not blind, you generally must file a federal income tax return if your unearned income (such as from ordinary dividends or taxable interest) was more than $1,050 or if your earned income (such as from wages or salary) was more than $12,000.

You must file a 2018 return if: You had more than $1,050 of unearned income (typically from investments). You had more than $12,000 of earned income (typically from a job or self-employment activity). Your gross income was more than the larger of $1,050 or earned income up to $11,650 plus $350.

If you're a single filer who was under the age of 65 at the end of 2017, and you earned less than $10,400, you generally do not have to file taxes this year.

For tax years after 2017, a minor who may be claimed as a dependent has to file a return once their income exceeds their standard deduction. For tax year 2018 this is the greater of $1,050 or the amount of earned income plus $350.

Income requirements Even if you earned income last year, if it falls below the IRS minimum you don't have to file a tax return. ... If you have no income, however, you aren't obligated to file.

When you don't file a tax return by the due date, you may face interest charges on the amount you owe, a late payment penalty and a late filing penalty. If you don't owe any additional state tax beyond the amounts you paid through withholding and estimated taxes, you generally won't face penalties.

Most people who don't have income also do not file tax returns, because they have nothing to report. If you do file a return but you have no earned income, you won't qualify for tax credits, and you won't have deductions because you have no income to reduce.

A Connecticut Resident is an individual that is domiciled in Connecticut for the entire tax year. If you maintained a permanent place of abode in Connecticut and spent more than 183 days in the state, you are also considered to be a resident.

A part-year resident's total income during his or her period of residency and his or her Connecticut source income during his period of nonresidency are subject to Connecticut income tax. (Connecticut source income of a nonresident is defined in the instructions to Form CT-1040NR/PY.) ... That is your CT source income.

All 22 states impose a basic requirement that someone have lived in the state for at least 12 months before receiving in-state tuition. Most of the states, including Connecticut, make certain exceptions to the 12-month residency requirement in certain situations.

A part year resident is an individual who was a resident of a particular state for only part of the tax year*. This includes: ... A resident of a state who moved out of their original state with the intention of making their home elsewhere any time during the income tax year.

Resident or Nonresident Residency is most often the state where you live and have a driver's license in, according to the IRS. However, for example, some people work in one state and live in another, own homes in two states, rent an apartment in one state and own a home in another or move halfway through the year.

The GOP tax law will also make many Connecticut residents happy this year. Those who don't itemize will benefit from a doubling of the standard deduction of $12,000 for single filers and $24,000 for married couples. ... Many of the state's wealthiest residents will also benefit.