Unearned Income
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Benefits Planner: Retirement | What Income is Included in your Social Security Record?Do You Have to File an Income Tax Return?Types of unearned income.What Is Unearned Income and How Does It Work?Unearned income includes investment-type income such as taxable interest, ordinary dividends, and capital gain distributions.
It also includes unemployment compensation, taxable social security benefits, pensions, annuities, cancellation of debt, and distributions of unearned income from a trust.
This information is found in the Filing Information chapter of Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax.
