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Tax Forms
Various forms used by the IRS in conjunction with income taxes such as W-2, W-4, W-9, 1040, 1098, and 1099
3,047 Questions
Where can I get estimated tax forms to pay estimated taxes?
Form 1040-ES is Estimated Tax for Individuals. Go to the IRS Forms and Publications screen at www.irs.gov/formspubs. Select Form and Instruction Number. Type 1040-ES in the Find box.
Form 1040-ES includes instructions as well as Estimated Tax Worksheet, Tax Rate Schedules, and 4 Estimated Tax Payment Vouchers. You can get Form 1040-ES in several ways. One, go online to print it at www.irs.gov/formspubs. Select Form and Instruction Number. Type 1040-ES.
Two, call the IRS at 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). You usually will receive it within 10 business days.
Three, write the IRS at 1201 N. Mitsubishi Motorway, Bloomington IL 61705-6613. You usually will receive it within 10 business days.
For more information, go to www.irs.gov/formspubs. Select Publication Number. Type 505 in the Find box to view/print Publication 505: Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax.
How do you know if you need estimated tax forms to pay tax for 2009?
Form 1040-ES is Estimated Tax for Individuals. Generally, you must make estimated tax payments if you expect to owe, after subtracting any withholding and credits, at least $1,000 in tax for 2009. In addition, you expect your withholding and credits to be less than 90 percent of the tax that'll be due on your 2009 tax return OR 100 percent of the tax that was due on your 2008 tax return, whichever is smaller. An exception is that if you didn't have a tax liability (i.e., your total tax was 0 or you didn't have to file a return) for 2008, then you don't have to pay estimated taxes for 2009.
Also, other alternatives to estimated tax payments may apply. One, if you also receive wages/salaries, you could file a new Form W-4 (Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate) to increase the amount of tax taken out of your earnings. If you're receiving a pension or annuity, you can complete Form W-4P (Withholding Certificate for Pension or Annuity Payments) to start or change withholding.
What tax form do you use to claim allowable exemptions?
Form W-4 is Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate. It's an IRS form that your employer gives you to complete for the employer's records. Allowable exemptions are the number of personal, dependable, and other exemptions that you claim on Form W-4. Your employer refers to the number of exemptions and your filing status to calculate income tax withholding from your earnings.
For more information, go to www.irs.gov/taxtopics. Select Topic 753: Form W-4 Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate.
Also go to the Forms and Publications screen, www.irs.gov/formspubs. Select Publication Number to view/print Publication 505: Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax and Publication 919: How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding?
What tax form should an LLC owned by a husband and wife file to report income and expenses?
LLC (Limited Liability Company) is a type of business that's allowed by state statute. But LLC isn't recognized as a classification for federal tax purposes. This means that an LLC must file a tax return as a corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship.
An LLC with at least two members can choose to be classified as a corporation or as a partnership. If you choose corporation status, you must file Form 8832 (Entity Classification Election). You don't need to file Form 8832 if you're an LLC filing as a partnership. Corporations file Form 1120 (U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return). Partnerships file Form 1065 (U.S. Return of Partnership Income). Each partner's share of income, expenses, etc., is then entered on Schedule C (Profit or Loss from Businss).
For more information, go to the IRS Small Business screen at www.irs.gov/business/small. Select from the left column A-Z Index for Business to view/print the article, Limited Liability Company (LLC).
If someone needs to file an information return with the IRS (say for earnings or other taxable payments made to you), they use a W-9 to acquire your taxpayer number to be used on the information return.
What is the relationship between gross pay and net pay?
Gross pay is the pay you get before any deductions and what you actually get to take away is the net pay. Deduction may include:
tax,
national insurance (UK),
payments on court instruction (eg maintenance if you've been misbehaving),
charitable donations from pay,
repayment of loans from employer.
What is mailing address for IRS Form 941 if you live in North Carolina?
Form 941 is Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return. If you're in North Carolina and you're not including a payment with Form 941, you mail to the
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Cincinnati OH 45999-0005.
If you're including a payment, then send to the
Internal Revenue Service
P.O. Box 804522
Cincinnati OH 45280-4522.
For more information, go to www.irs.gov/taxtopics for Topic 758 (Form 941 - Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return and Form 944 - Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return).
Section 104 of the IRS Code concerns punitive damages. Punitive damages are awarded to punish a defendant for outrageous conduct. They're in addition to compensatory damages, which are for actual monetary losses. Punitive damages aren't subject to FICA (Medicare, Social Security) but they're taxable. The amount is reported as income on line 21 (Other Income) of Form 1040.
What is the difference between W-4 forms and W-2 forms?
Form W-2 is Wage and Tax Statement. Employers are required to file Form W-2 for each employee paid wages that had tax (income, social security, Medicare) withheld. Employees are required to attach Form W-2 to their tax return if their filing a paper return.
Form W-4 is Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate. Its purpose is to guide your employer to withhold the correct federal income tax from your earnings. The employer keeps Form W-4 for his records.
A professional corporation (P.C.) might file as a single-member entity (sole proprietor), a partnership, or as a corporation. Each of these categories has its own specific income reporting form that has no connection to your filing status (Married Filing Jointly, Single, etc.).
But you'd be filing a Form 1040 (U.S. Individual Income Tax Return) for non-professional corporation income, deductions, etc., and on your 1040 you and your spouse are Married Filing Jointly, even if your spouse doesn't work.
Where do you put cash gifts received on a 1040 tax form?
If the "gift" was really a gift (You didn't have to work for it, give up anything for it, sell anything for it, gamble for it, enter a sweepstakes for it, etc.) you don't report it on Form 1040.
Large gifts received from foreign sources must be reported on Form 3520.
A person who gives a gifts exceeding $13,000 to any individual (other than their US citizen spouse) during 2009 must report the gifts on Form 709.
What is 'maximum deduction for charitable contribution'?
Charitable contributions are deductible only on Schedule A (Itemized Deductions) in the Gifts to Charity Section. You must document and keep with your records any cash or property contribution of at least $250. File Form 8283(Noncash Charitable Contributions) if your total deduction for noncash contributions is more than $500. Fill out Form 8283 Section B if noncash contributions exceed $5,000.
For more information, go to www.irs.gov/taxtopics for Topic 506 (Contributions). Also, go to www.irs.gov/formspubs for Publication 526 (Charitable Contributions).
You can sell it immediately. There is no waiting time.
However, if you purchased substantially identical shares during the 30 days before or after the sale, the wash sale rule applies and you have to postpone taking the loss until you sell the other shares. Remember that the rule applies to automatic stock purchase plans and dividend reinvestment plans, too.
The shares that you sold are not replacements for themselves. For example, if you bought shares on Monday and sold them for a loss on Tuesday, this does not count as a wash sale unless you also bought some OTHER shares within the 30 day period. However, I suspect your concerned not just in the Capital oss, but if it is long or short term. Long term gains and losses are given a special lower tax rate (15%) whereas short term ones are taxed at oridinary income rates (which may be as high as 35%). An investment owned for one year or less....hence it is better to realize losses in under a year so they are given the higher rate on the loss (benefit) and Gains after one year to get the lower tax rate. Things can get more complicated when you have both long and short gains and losses in the same year...and certainly the "wash sale" rules mentioned above come in to play (if you try to sell and realize the loss say before one year, and replace the property quickly thinking it is undervalued and anticipating it will increase in value over the next few years).
Where do you mail Form 941 if you're in Texas?
For 941 is Employer's QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return. If you're in Texas and you're not including a payment, you mail to the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Ogden UT 84201-0005. If you're including a payment, you mail to the Internal Revenue Service, P.O. Box 105083, Atlanta GA 30348-5083.
What if you forgot to sign your tax forms and mailed them in Today is 4-10-09?
I suggest you fill out Form 4868:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4868.pdf
Honestly, it will take you less than a minute to complete. And mail it in immediately.
You don't even have to sign it, so you can't forget!
Doing so will preserve certain rights and in some rare situations prevent you from having to pay a failure to file penalty. It can't hurt, it might help. You don't have to send any money with Form 4868 in your situation.
Then just sit back and wait. Eventually, the IRS will mail you back either the return or a form for you to sign. When you get it, just sign it and send it back.
Is it normal to complete Form 4506-T for a refi?
This could be possible if you need some income tax information from past year income tax form.
Taxpayers often need copies of their tax return information, especially when they are obtaining a new mortgage or when they are refinancing or modifying an existing mortgage. Taxpayers can use Form 4506T-EZ, Short Form Request for Individual Tax Return Transcript, to order a Form 1040 series tax return transcript free of charge.
A transcript is a computer print-out that includes most lines on the original return. A transcript often is an acceptable substitute for a copy of the original tax return for purposes of verifying income.
Form 4506T-EZ is a streamlined version of the Form 4506T, Request for Transcript of Tax Return. The Form 4506T-EZ is only for individuals who filed a Form 1040 series. Businesses, partnerships and individuals who need transcript information from other forms must still use the Form 4506T.
Transcripts ordered through the Form 4506T-EZ can be mailed to a third party, such as a financial institution. The IRS cautions taxpayers that they should complete all required fields, especially the requested years, before signing and dating the form.
Taxpayers can obtain Form 4506T-EZ at IRS.gov. It is a fillable form so people can complete the form online and print a copy. They can mail it or fax it to the addresses and numbers listed in the instructions. It generally takes 10 days to process the request.
The IRS also recommends that people retain copies of their original tax returns in a safe, secure place. Exact copies of tax returns are available by filing Form 4506, Request for Copy of Tax Return, but each copy costs $57 and can take 60 days to process.
Go to irs.gov and use the search box for Short Form Request for Individual Tax Return Transcript
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506tez.pdf
How much income do you have to earn before you pay federal income tax?
Children and Teens classified as a dependent: $5,700
Single, under 65: $9,350
Single, over 65: $10,750
Married, filing jointly, both spouses under 65: $18,700
Married, filing jointly, one spouse over 65: $19,850
Married, filing jointly, both spouses over 65: $20,900
Married, filing separately, any age: $3,650
Source: TurboTax Support website (related link below)
Even if you do not have to file, you should file to get money back if Federal Income Tax was withheld from your pay,which if you were an employee most certainly happened or you qualify for any of the following:
- Earned Income Tax Credit. The Earned Income Tax Credit is a federal income tax credit for eligible low-income workers. The credit reduces the amount of tax an individual owes, and may be returned in the form of a refund.
- Additional Child Tax Credit. This credit may be available to you if you have three or more qualifying children or if you have one or two qualifying children and earned income that exceeds $11,300. The Additional Child Tax Credit may give you a refund even if you do not owe any tax.
- Health Coverage Tax Credit. Limited to certain individuals who are receiving certain Trade Adjustment Assistance, Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, or pension benefit payments from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Additional information on filing taxes:
Simple Common Sense:
The only time you actually do WANT to file is when the IRS says you don't have to!
They don't do that because it's good for you. They do it because it is more likely to be good for them. Certainly if you don't have to file, NOTHING BAD, in fact only good things, can happen by doing so.
Federal Taxes are the same throughout the country. State tax laws are specific to each area.
Whether you have to file a tax return (or pay tax) depends, in part, on your filing status, deductions, amount & type ofincome. There are no such things as "start and stop" ages, not having to pay because of retirement or on social security or working from home or a student. It is all addressed as a matter of"how much TAXABLE income."
(Note: working isn't relevant either, as many people who don't work or are retired, or disabled, or old, or young, or in school, have income from many sources: savings, investments, etc. TAXABLE income is different than what you may otherwise think of as income. In most circumstances, you have to do many of the calculations needed to file a return, just to determine what taxable income may be).
Likewise, there are no special or fixed rates for retired, student, doctor, sanitation worker, President, convict...whatever. The amount of taxable income after applicable deductions and adjustments determines the rate applied to your particular situation. The rate, as well as the amount, you pay changes as the amount of income does.
You must file a tax return if you had net earnings from self-employment of $400 or more. This is your total self-employment income less the expenses paid in operating your trade or business, multiplied by 92.35%.
If you weren't self-employed (paid on a 1099 or ran your own business) then you would always want to file a return to claim the amount withheld and shown on your W-2, which with lower incomes will always be refunded to you.
If you are an individual who may be claimed as a dependent on another person's return, you are subject to specific filing requirements. Refer to the instructions in your tax package or refer to Publication 929, Tax Rules for Children and Dependents, or Publication 501, Exemptions, Standard Deduction, and Filing Information, for the filing requirements for dependents. All available at www.IRS.gov
You must file a tax return if you received any amount of advance earned income credit payments from your employer during the year, or if you owe any taxes, such as:
- social security tax and Medicare tax on tips or group life insurance,
- alternative minimum tax,
- tax on qualified retirement plans including an Individual Retirement Account, or other tax-favored account,
- tax from recapture of an education credit, investment credit, low income housing credit, federal mortgage subsidy, qualified electric vehicle credit, or the native American employment credit.
Generally, you must file a tax return if you are a nonresident alien with income from sources in the United States. For more information on nonresident aliens, select Topic 851 at the IRS website.
Even if you are not required to file a tax return, file a return BECAUSE MANY, LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE MANY BENEFITS COMING THAT ARE KEYED TO FILING A RETURN. (Like stimulus checks).
Also, the Statute of Limitations for when the IRS can no longer ask you questions about your affairs for a year only STARTS to run when a return is filed. Not filing, and they can bug you, (and assess a tax) for forever!
Is it mandatory to file your taxes by April 15 if you are getting money back?
Yes.
26USC6012 requires anyone having more than a certain amount of income to file a tax return. 26USC7203 makes willful failure to file a return a crime punishable by up to a year in jail and/or a $25,000 fine. Neither of these laws carry any requirement that you owe money. It is extremely rare, but people have been successfully criminally prosecuted for failure to file even though they might owe no money. See Spies v. United States, 317 U.S. 492, 496 (1943); United States v. Wade, 585 F.2d 573, 574 (5th Cir. 1978).
Is the typical guy whose only source of income is a W-2 on which he had way too much tax withheld going to get prosecuted? No. Maybe if he gets arrested for something else like drugs, a tax charge might be piled onto his case. Or if he sends threatening letters to the IRS commissioner, they might take revenge. But not typically.
People who have never had any income other than a W-2 forget one fact: The IRS does not know whether you owe any money until you file your taxes. A lot of people have income from other sources that does not get reported on a W-2. They owe income tax on that, too. And the IRS does not know that you have dependents or have deductions or whatever unless you file a tax return. They need that statement, sworn under penalty of perjury, of your income, deductions, exemptions, credits, and so on to properly calculate whether you owe taxes. If you don't send it to them, they will make certain worst-case assumptions about you and could even pursue you for taxes you don't owe.
And if you don't file, the statute of limitations never starts running. That mean that the IRS can hound you over whether you owed taxes forever.
There are also certain elections that need to be made on or before the filing date. Failure to make these elections in a timely manner means you forfeit the opportunity. For example, you can take a return of your current year IRA contribution or recharacterize a contribution up until October 15 of the next year, but only if you file your return (or an extension) on time, even if you don't owe money.
Now many people will point to the fact that the civil penalty (as opposed to the rare criminal penalty) for filing late is based on the amount of money you owe. If you don't owe any money, the penalty is $0. (Note: some states impose penalties that may not be based on the amount you owe.) They then extrapolate that to mean you are not required to file and nothing will happen if you don't. These people do not know the big picture.
And I don't know how many times I've seen people say "I always get a refund" but this year they don't. And they don't realize it because they haven't filled out their taxes. Or they make a mistake on their taxes and the IRS catches them. They end up paying thousands of dollars in needless failure to file penalties because they didn't file on time.
When do dependents have to file a tax return?
Generally, dependents have to file a tax return when their income exceeds a certain amount for their age and filing status. Single or Married Filing Jointly under 65 must file when their earned income is over $5,450 for 2008 ($5,700 for 2009). Single dependent 65 and older has to file when their earned income is over $6,800 for 2008 ($7,100 for 2009). Married Filing Jointly 65 and older must file when their earned income is over $6,500 for 2008 ($6,800 for 2009).
There are also filing requirements based on unearned income and gross income. There are also four other conditions which require a dependent to file a tax return, including having net earnings from self-employment of at least $400.00 and receiving advance earned income credit payments from your employer.
What to do if you filed your taxes got your return but forgot to submit another tax form?
First, the set tax forms that you fill out and send to the government is called a "return." The check that you get back from the government is called a "refund" -- not a return.
If this form affected the amount of tax that you should have paid or was a material omission of something you were supposed to disclose on your tax return, then you file what is known as an amended return.
To file an amended return, recalculate your taxes. Fill out a new Form 1040 with the new, changed amounts. Mark the top of each page that has changes on it with the word "AMENDED" in big letters. Then fill out Form 1040-X:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040x.pdf
1040-X instructions are here:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf
Staple only the pages of your tax return that have changes on them (and only the changed version of the pages) to Form 1040-X and mail. You can use a computer to prepare your amended return (most tax software packages have a provision for creating an amended return), but when you are done you must print out the pages and mail them in.
Your state should also have a form similar to 1040X for filing amended state returns.
You owe money on federal taxes when is it due?
If you still owe money on your 2008 income taxes, it is due April 15, 2009.
Important: Even if you can't pay, you must file on time. If you don't file on time (April 15), the penalty will be TEN TIMES as much as the penalty for not paying. Send what you can with your return. But even if you can't send anything, still file.
If you can't complete your return, file Form 4868 by April 15. In fact, print it out and mail it right now. It doesn't hurt to file it even if you don't need to. It will take you only a minute to complete it:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4868.pdf
You don't have to send any money with your extension, but penalties and interest will start to accumulate on any unpaid balance after April 15. Filing this form by April 15 will avoid the much more severe penalty for not filing as long as you file by October 15 (whether or not you pay).
It depends on the state.
Some states allow it, others don't.
In some states, there might be exceptions if the spouses are residents of different states.
The amount of tax you owe is dependent on many, many things. That's why there are all those companes and software programs, etc that do it. An entire industry.
Even two people working at the same job, making the same wage will have entirely different tax obligations.
Also, as you say "take home" it sounds like taxes - an estimate of what they will e based on how YOU filed the W-4 with your employer - is already being taken out.
Finally, what anyone considers taxes changes from person to person - do you mean income, fed & state? how about FICA? what about unemployment? Disability?, etc?
Do you need to send your W-2 form with your state tax return?
Form W-2 is Wage and Tax Statement. If you're filing a paper state return, then you attach Copy 2-To Be Filed with Employee's State, City, or Local Income Tax Return. If you're filing electronically, then you keep Copy 2 with your other tax records for the year.
