If you make less than $18,000 per year is it true that you do not have to pay taxes?

If he is over 65 and filing a joint return, no he wouldn't owe taxes. But if he's single, he's WAY over the limit ($8750) to not have to pay any tax.

And if his employer doesn't even take out social security, then the limit is $400.

He will probably have a pretty large tax bill. If the company he works for doesn't take social security, his bill could be well over $2000 - if they do, but just didn't withhold income tax, his bill will probably be under $1000 but not by much.

If he gets a 1099 or a W-2 and just doesn't file, eventually he'll hear from the IRS and get a bill from them for the tax plus penalties and interest for not filing when he should have. It can take a year or even more to get this letter, and by then the penalties and interest will really add up!

If by "doen't take taxes out of his check" you mean he was paid as an independent contractor, then YES he has to file and pay up. The annual filing requirement is only $400 for independent contractors. It is $8750 for single people who are employees and not contractors.

Either way, he has to file.

Also, to say that 41% don't pay taxes...I don't think you understand the tax system... 23% pay nothing because they’re poor. For example, a couple with two children earning less than $26,400 will pay no federal income tax this year because their $11,600 standard deduction and four exemptions of $3,700 each reduce their taxable income to zero. 10% are elderly and pay nothing because their Social Security benefits are exempt from federal income taxes. 7% pay nothing thanks to provisions in the tax code designed to benefit low-income families: the earned income tax credit, the child credit, and the childcare credit account. You fall in the category that doesn't pay federal taxes, since you receive a refund.

no that is not true what the employer is trying to do is saying that he was contract labor, and since the employer did not take out of his pay he will have to in one lump sum at the end of the year, any time you earn an income you have to pay an income tax on it it doesn't matter what the amount is

No. Everyone has to pay taxes on the pay checks. If you don't do it you can get a penatly on it. At the end of the year you have to pay taxes in a one lump sum or a 4 equal payments on it top of your Individal tax returns. General info.

Whether he is going to owe depends on alot of unanswered questions. Married?? Dependents??, but at that income level he is probably required to file unless he is married filing joint and him and his spouse are both over 65.

He really should file taxes this year so he can get his stimulation check.

He will gain money than pay tax this year.

I would file I dont know who told him that