When your baby is a little older, you can start adding pumping to your daily routine. While it's not necessary, it's comforting to have a little bit of a stash of milk built up before you return to work. Warning - be sure to read this page on smart use of your freezer stash!
You must file a tax return if your net earnings from self-employment were $400 or more. So consider this: you may be 36 years old, single and make less than $10,000 per year in regular employment income, but if you have a side business that nets you more than $400, you will need to file a federal tax return.
This statute is a big tricky. You have three years from the date of the original deadline of the tax return to claim your refund or two years from the date the tax was actually paid, whichever is later. For example, your 2016 tax return is due on April 18, 2017. If you add three years to this filing deadline, you have until April 18, 2020 to file your 2016 tax return and still get a tax refund. If you wait any later than that, your refund expires..