Federal income tax applies to most people who earn income in the U.S., but the tax code includes limited exceptions. Whether ...

The kiddie tax is a set of tax rules designed to prevent parents from reducing their tax burden by shifting investment income to their children. It applies to children under the age of 18, or ...

If a child collects a sizable amount of money from investments or other sources of unearned income in a given year, their parent or guardian will likely need to pay taxes on it. While a portion of the ...

I have an idea for Social Security: The present tax is only on earned income, wages, the money actually worked for. So-called unearned income, like rent, interest, dividends, is not taxed for Social ...