OT-Question on SSDI and Income Taxes

[shoegirl1020]

You guys are great and I'm hoping you can answer this question. In preparing to do my taxes I noticed in TaxAct one of the questions being about my dependents "Was this child legally blind or total disabled during the year". My ds8 does receive SSDI and I would consider him disabled (mood disorder, mild retardation). I have never received a 1099 or any form from Social Security. Do I need to, or will it benefit me, to claim his SSDI on my taxes?

 

[Cheshire Figment]

SSDI is NOT taxable income. Do not include anything about it on your tax return.

 

[pugdog]

You mean SSI not SSDI. To get SSDI you have to have worked at least 40 quarters. SSI is what disabled kids get. And no SSI is not taxable.

 

[BillSears]

I'm not sure what the rules are for claiming "totally disabled" on the tax forms. But I do remember checking into it once and I don't qualify as a wheelchair user who can't feel or move anything from the waist down. When they say totally disabled they really mean totally.

 

[Haley Whippet]

SSDI is taxable, they withold taxes from my money every month and I do claim it as income.I did work 35 years before becoming disabled.The income I get is based on what I earned and paid into SS.
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