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1040EZ
NOTE: THIS BOOKLET DOES NOT CONTAIN TAX FORMS
INSTRUCTIONS
2008
The IRS Mission
Provide America’s taxpayers top quality service by
helping them understand and meet their tax
responsibilities and by applying the tax law with
integrity and fairness to all.
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
www.irs.gov
IRS
Cat. No. 12063Z
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A Message From the
Commissioner
Dear Taxpayer,
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. notably said “Taxes
are what we pay for civilized society.” We should be proud that the vast
majority of American citizens pay their taxes honestly and of their own free
will. In an ever more complex and global world, we cannot take for granted
this cornerstone principle of our democracy.
For the IRS’s part, we owe it to all taxpayers to make the process of
paying taxes as easy as possible. IRS employees are dedicated to helping
taxpayers to quickly get their questions answered, complete their forms, pay
their taxes, and get back to their lives. From the telephone representative
who answers tax law questions, to the walk-in site employees who help
low-income taxpayers, to the technicians that design and build our web site
– www.irs.gov – we are committed to providing top-quality service.
Unfortunately, there will always be some that cheat their fellow citizens
by avoiding the payment of their fair share of taxes. The IRS owes it to the
millions of you who promptly pay your taxes in full to pursue these people
through strong enforcement programs. I believe this is a basic matter of
fairness.
If you need more information about taxes, I hope you’ll visit us online at
www.irs.gov, or call us toll free at 1-800-829-1040. Your government works
for you, so please do not hesitate to contact us if you need help.
Sincerely,
Douglas H. Shulman
The IRS Mission
Provide America’s taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax
responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.
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Table of Contents
Department
of the
Treasury
Internal
Revenue
Service
Contents
Page
Contents
Page
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Amount You Owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 1—Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Third Party Designee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Signing Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 2—Filing Requirements . . . . . . . . 5
Section 4—After You Have Finished . . . . 22
Do You Have To File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Return Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
When Should You File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Filing the Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checklist for Using Form 1040EZ . . . . . . 5
Section 5—General Information . . . . . . . 23
Should You Use Another Form? . . . . . . . 6
Internal Revenue Service Customer
Service Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
What Filing Status Can You Use? . . . . . . 6
Where To Report Certain Items
From 2008 Forms W-2, 1098, and
1099 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 3—Line Instructions for Form
1040EZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Name and Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Help With Unresolved Tax Issues
(Taxpayer Advocate Service) . . . . . . . 24
Section 6—Getting Tax Help . . . . . . . . . . 25
TeleTax Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2008 Tax Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Social Security Number (SSN) . . . . . . . . . 9
Disclosure, Privacy Act, and
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice . . . . . 37
Presidential Election Campaign
Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Major Categories of Federal Income
and Outlays For Fiscal Year 2007 . . . . . 38
Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IRS e-file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Payments and Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Earned Income Credit (EIC) . . . . . . . . . . 12
Where Do You File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back
Cover
Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Introduction
Icons. We use icons throughout the booklet to draw your
We have designed the booklet to make your tax return filing as
simple and clear as possible. We did this by arranging the
instructions for Form 1040EZ preparation in the most helpful
order:
attention to special information. Here are some key icons:
IRS e-file. This alerts you to the many
electronic benefits, particularly tax filing,
available to you at www.irs.gov.
• “Section 2— Filing Requirements” will help you decide if
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•
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you even have to file.
“Section 3— Line Instructions for Form 1040EZ” follows
the main sections of the form, starting with “Top of the
Form” and ending with “Signing Your Return.” Cut-outs
from the form connect the instructions visually to the
form.
“Section 4— After You Have Finished” gives you a checklist to help you complete a correct return. Then we give
you information about filing the return.
“Section 6— Getting Tax Help” has topics such as how to
get tax help and tax products, getting refund information,
and useful tax facts.
Tip. This lets you know about possible tax
benefits, helpful actions to take, or sources
for additional information.
TIP
Caution. This tells you about special rules,
possible consequences to actions, and areas
where you need to take special care to make
correct entries.
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CAUTION
Writing in information. Sometimes we will ask you to make
an entry “in the space to the left of line . . .” The following
examples (using line 1) will help you make the proper entry:
1
Wages, salaries, and tips. Thi
Attach your Form(s) W-2.
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Income
Helpful Hints
Do not make the entry here.
Filing status. We want you to use the proper filing status as
W-2.
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About This Booklet
Make the entry here.
you go through the instructions and tables. You can file as
“Single” or “Married filing jointly.”
Section 1—Before You Begin
May 19, 2008, and before August 1, 2008. For more details on
the tax benefits provided by this relief, see Pub. 4492-B.
What’s New for 2008
Economic Stimulus Payment
Mailing Your Return
Any economic stimulus payment you received is not taxable
for federal income tax purposes but reduces your recovery
rebate credit.
You may be mailing your return to a different address this year
because the IRS has changed the filing location for several
areas. If you received an envelope with your tax package,
please use it. Otherwise, see Where Do You File? on the back
cover.
Recovery Rebate Credit
This credit is figured like last year’s economic stimulus payment, except that the amounts are based on tax year 2008
instead of tax year 2007. The maximum credit is $600 ($1,200 if
married filing jointly). See the instructions for line 9 on page
17.
What’s New for 2009
Earned Income Credit (EIC)
Withdrawal of Economic Stimulus Payment From
Certain Accounts
You may be able to take the EIC if you earned less than
$13,440 ($16,560 if married filing jointly).
If your economic stimulus payment was directly deposited to a
tax-favored account and you withdraw the payment by the
due date of your return (including extensions), the amount
withdrawn will not be taxed and no additional tax or penalty
will apply. For a Coverdell education savings account, the
withdrawal can be made by the later of the above date or June
1, 2009.
Do Both the Name and Social Security Number
(SSN) on Your Tax Forms Agree with Your Social
Security Card?
Earned Income Credit (EIC)
You may be able to take the EIC if you earned less than
$12,880 ($15,880 if married filing jointly). See the instructions
for lines 8a and 8b that begin on page 12.
Tax Relief for Kansas Disaster Area
Temporary tax relief was enacted as a result of May 4, 2007,
storms and tornadoes affecting the Kansas disaster area. For
more details on the tax benefits provided by this relief, see
Pub. 4492-A.
If not, your exemption(s) and any earned income credit may be
disallowed, your refund may be delayed, and you may not
receive credit for your social security earnings. If your Form
W-2 shows an incorrect name or SSN, notify your employer or
the form-issuing agent as soon as possible to make sure your
earnings are credited to your social security record. If the name
or SSN on your social security card is incorrect, call the Social
Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213.
Death of a Taxpayer
Tax Relief for Midwestern Disaster Areas.
Temporary tax relief was enacted as a result of severe storms,
tornadoes, or flooding affecting Midwestern disaster areas after
If a taxpayer died before filing a return for 2008, the taxpayer’s
spouse or personal representative may have to file and sign a
return for that taxpayer. A personal representative can be an
executor, administrator, or anyone who is in charge of the
deceased taxpayer’s property. If the deceased taxpayer did not
have to file a return but had tax withheld, a return must be
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filed to get a refund. The person who files the return must
enter “Deceased,” the deceased taxpayer’s name, and the date
of death across the top of the return. If this information is not
provided, the processing of the return may be delayed.
If your spouse died in 2008 and you did not remarry in 2008,
or if your spouse died in 2009 before filing a return for 2008,
you can file a joint return. A joint return should show your
spouse’s 2008 income before death and your income for all of
2008. Enter “Filing as surviving spouse” in the area where you
sign the return. If someone else is the personal representative,
he or she also must sign.
The surviving spouse or personal representative should
promptly notify all payers of income, including financial institutions, of the taxpayer’s death. This will ensure the proper
reporting of income earned by the taxpayer’s estate or heirs. A
deceased taxpayer’s social security number should not be used
for tax years after the year of death, except for estate tax
return purposes.
Claiming a refund for a deceased taxpayer. If you are
filing a joint return as a surviving spouse, you only need to file
the tax return to claim the refund. If you are a court-appointed
representative, file the return and attach a copy of the certificate that shows your appointment. All other filers requesting
the deceased taxpayer’s refund must file the return and attach
Form 1310.
For more details, use TeleTax topic 356 (see page 27) or see
Pub. 559.
Parent of a Kidnapped Child
The parent of a child who is presumed by law enforcement
authorities to have been kidnapped by someone who is not a
family member may be able to take the child into account in
determining his or her eligibility for the head of household or
qualifying widow(er) filing status, deduction for dependents,
child tax credit, and the earned income credit (EIC). But you
have to file Form 1040 or Form 1040A to take the child into
account to claim these benefits. For details, see Pub. 501 (Pub.
596 for the EIC).
Section 2—Filing Requirements
The following rules apply to all U.S. citizens, regardless of
where they live, and resident aliens.
Specific rules apply to determine if you are a resident
alien, nonresident alien, or dual-status alien. Most nonresident aliens and dual-status aliens have different
CAUTION
filing requirements and may have to file Form 1040NR
or Form 1040NR-EZ. Pub. 519 discusses these requirements and
other information to help aliens comply with U.S. tax law, including
tax treaty benefits, and special rules for students and scholars.
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Do You Have To File?
Were you (or your spouse if filing a joint return) age 65 or
older at the end of 2008? If you were born on January 1, 1944,
you are considered to be age 65 at the end of 2008.
When Should You File?
Yes. Use Pub. 501, Exemptions, Standard Deduction,
and Filing Information, to find out if you must file a
return. If you do, you must use Form 1040A or 1040.
No. Use the Filing Requirement Charts beginning on
page 6 to see if you must file a return.
TIP
Even if you otherwise do not have to file a return, you
should file one to get a refund of any federal income tax
withheld. You also should file if you are eligible for the
earned income credit or recovery rebate credit.
Have you tried IRS e-file? It’s the fastest way to
get your refund and it’s free if you are eligible.
Visit www.irs.gov for details.
File Form 1040EZ by April 15, 2009. If you file after this date,
you may have to pay interest and penalties. See What if You
Cannot File on Time? on page 22 for information on how to get
more time to file. There is also information about interest and
penalties.
If you were serving in, or in support of, the U.S. Armed Forces
in a designated combat zone, qualified hazardous duty area, or
a contingency operation, you can file later. See Pub. 3 for
details.
Checklist for Using Form 1040EZ
You can use Form 1040EZ if all the items in this checklist
apply.
Special rule for certain children under age 19 or
full-time students. If certain conditions apply, you can elect
to include on your return the income of a child who was under
age 19 at the end of 2008 or was a full-time student under age
24 at the end of 2008. But you must use Form 1040 and Form
8814 to do so. If you make this election, your child does not
have to file a return. For details, use TeleTax topic 553 (see
page 27) or see Form 8814.
A child born on January 1, 1990, is considered to be age 19 at
the end of 2008. Similarly, a child born on January 1, 1985, is
considered to be age 24 at the end of 2008. Do not use Form
8814 for such a child.
Resident aliens. These rules also apply if you were a resident alien. Also, you may qualify for certain tax treaty benefits.
See Pub. 519 for details.
Nonresident aliens and dual-status aliens. These rules
also apply if you were a nonresident alien or a dual-status alien
and both of the following apply.
• You were married to a U.S. citizen or resident alien at the
end of 2008.
• You elected to be taxed as a resident alien.
See Pub. 519 for details.
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Your filing status is single or married filing jointly (see
page 6). If you were a nonresident alien at any time in
2008, see Nonresident aliens on page 6.
You do not claim any dependents.
You do not claim any adjustments to income. Use
TeleTax topics 451-453 and 455-458 (see page 27).
You can claim only the earned income credit and the
recovery rebate credit. Use TeleTax topics 601-602,
607-608, and 610-611 (see page 27).
You (and your spouse if filing a joint return) were
under age 65 and not blind at the end of 2008. If you
were born on January 1, 1944, you are considered to
be age 65 at the end of 2008 and cannot use Form
1040EZ.
Your taxable income (line 6 of Form 1040EZ) is less
than $100,000.
You had only wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarship
or fellowship grants, unemployment compensation, or
Alaska Permanent Fund dividends, and your taxable
interest was not over $1,500.
You did not receive any advance earned income credit
payments.
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You do not owe any household employment taxes on
wages you paid to a household employee. To find out
who owes these taxes, use TeleTax topic 756 (see page
27).
You are not a debtor in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case
filed after October 16, 2005.
You are not claiming the additional standard
deduction for real estate taxes or disaster losses.
If you do not meet all of the requirements, you must use Form
1040A or 1040. Use TeleTax topic 352 (see page 27) to find out
which form to use.
time in 2008, your filing status must be married filing jointly to
use Form 1040EZ. If your filing status is not married filing
jointly, you may have to use Form 1040NR or 1040NR-EZ.
Specific rules apply to determine if you were a nonresident or
resident alien. See Pub. 519 for details, including the rules for
students and scholars who are aliens.
Should You Use Another Form?
Even if you can use Form 1040EZ, it may benefit you to use
Form 1040A or 1040 instead. For example, you can claim the
head of household filing status (which usually results in a
lower tax than single) only on Form 1040A or 1040. You can
claim the retirement savings contributions credit (saver’s
credit) only on Form 1040A or 1040. Use TeleTax topic 610 (see
page 27).
Itemized deductions. You can itemize deductions only on
Form 1040. You would benefit by itemizing if your itemized
deductions total more than your standard deduction: $5,450
for most single people; $10,900 for most married people filing
a joint return. Use TeleTax topic 501 (see page 27). But if
someone can claim you (or your spouse if married) as a depen-
TIP
What Filing Status Can You Use?
Single. Use this filing status if any of the following was true
on December 31, 2008.
• You never were married.
• You were legally separated, according to your state law,
under a decree of divorce or separate maintenance.
• You were widowed before January 1, 2008, and did not
remarry in 2008.
Married filing jointly. Use this filing status if any of the
following apply.
• You were married at the end of 2008, even if you did not
live with your spouse at the end of 2008.
• Your spouse died in 2008 and you did not remarry in
2008.
• You were married at the end of 2008, and your spouse
died in 2009 before filing a 2008 return.
Nonresident aliens. If you were a nonresident alien at any
Filing Requirement Charts
dent, your standard deduction is the amount on line E of the
worksheet on page 2 of Form 1040EZ.
For federal tax purposes, a marriage means only a legal union
between a man and a woman as husband and wife. A husband
and wife filing jointly report their combined income and deduct their combined allowable expenses on one return. A
husband and wife can file a joint return even if only one had
income or if they did not live together all year. However, both
persons must sign the return. Once you file a joint return, you
cannot choose to file separate returns for that year after the
due date of the return.
Joint and several tax liability. If you file a joint return, both
you and your spouse are generally responsible for the tax and
any interest or penalties due on the return. This means that if
one spouse does not pay the tax due, the other may have to.
However, see Innocent spouse relief on page 23.
Chart A and B users— if you have to file a return, you may be able to file
Form 1040EZ. See Checklist for Using Form 1040EZ beginning on page 5.
Chart A— For Most People
IF your filing status is . . .
AND your gross income* was at least . . .
THEN . . .
Single
$ 8,950
File a return
Married filing jointly**
$17,900
File a return
*Gross income means all income you received in the form of money, goods, property, and services that is not exempt from tax, including any income from
sources outside the United States (even if you can exclude part or all of it).
**If you did not live with your spouse at the end of 2008 (or on the date your spouse died) and your gross income was at least $3,500, you must file a return.
Chart B— For Children and Other Dependents
If your parent (or someone else) can claim you as a dependent, use this chart.
File a return if any of the following apply.
TIP
To find out if your parent (or
someone else) can claim you as a
dependent, see Pub. 501.
• Your unearned income1 was over $900.
• Your earned income2 was over $5,450.
• Your gross income3 was more than the larger of—
• $900, or
• Your earned income (up to $5,150) plus $300.
1
Unearned income includes taxable interest, ordinary dividends, and capital gain distributions. It also includes unemployment compensation, taxable
social security benefits, pensions, annuities, and distributions of unearned income from a trust.
2 Earned income includes salaries, wages, tips, professional fees, and taxable scholarship or fellowship grants.
3 Gross income is the total of your unearned and earned income.
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Chart C— Other Situations When You Must File
You must file a return using Form 1040A or 1040 if any of the following apply for 2008.
•
You received any advance earned income credit payments from your employer. These payments are shown in box 9 of your
Form W-2.
•
You claim the additional standard deduction for real estate taxes.
•
You owe tax from the recapture of an education credit (see Form 8863).
•
You claim a credit for excess social security and tier 1 RRTA tax withheld.
•
You claim a credit for the retirement savings contributions credit (saver’s credit) (see Form 8880).
•
You are filing a return only to claim the recovery rebate credit.
You must file a return using Form 1040 if any of the following apply for 2008.
•
You owe any special taxes, such as social security and Medicare tax on tips you did not report to your employer or on wages you
received from an employer who did not withhold these taxes.
•
You owe uncollected social security and Medicare or RRTA tax on tips you reported to your employer or on group-term life
insurance.
•
You had net earnings from self-employment of at least $400.
•
You had wages of $108.28 or more from a church or qualified church-controlled organization that is exempt from employer social
security and Medicare taxes.
•
You owe tax on a qualified plan, including an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), or other tax-favored account. But if you are
filing a return only because you owe this tax, you can file Form 5329 by itself.
•
You claim the additional standard deduction for disaster losses.
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Where To Report Certain Items From 2008 Forms W-2, 1098, and 1099
IRS e-file takes the guesswork out of preparing your return. You may also be eligible to use Free File to file your federal income
tax return. Visit www.irs.gov for details.
Part 1
Items That Can Be Reported on Form
1040EZ
Form
Item and Box in Which It Should Appear
If any federal income tax withheld is shown on the
forms in Part 1, include the tax withheld on Form
1040EZ, line 7.
Where To Report on Form 1040EZ
W-2
Wages, tips, other compensation (box 1)
Allocated tips (box 8)
Line 1
See page 10
1099-G
Unemployment compensation (box 1)
Line 3. But if you repaid any unemployment compensation in 2008,
see the instructions for line 3 on page 11
1099-INT
Interest income (box 1)
Interest on U.S. savings bonds and Treasury
obligations (box 3)
Tax-exempt interest (box 8)
Line 2
See the instructions for line 2 beginning on page 10
Original issue discount (box 1)
Other periodic interest (box 2)
See the instructions on Form 1099-OID
See the instructions on Form 1099-OID
1099-OID
Part 2
Form
See the instructions for line 2 beginning on page 10
Items That May Require Filing Another Form
Items That May Require Filing Another Form
Other Form
W-2
Advance EIC payment (box 9)
Dependent care benefits (box 10)
Adoption benefits (box 12, code T)
Employer contributions to a health savings account
(box 12, code W)
Amount reported in box 12, code R or Z
Must file Form 1040A or 1040
Must file Form 1040A or 1040
Must file Form 1040
Must file Form 1040 if required to file Form 8889 (see the
instructions for Form 8889)
Must file Form 1040
W-2G
Gambling winnings (box 1)
Must file Form 1040
1098-E
Student loan interest (box 1)
Must file Form 1040A or 1040 to deduct
1098-T
Qualified tuition and related expenses (box 1)
Must file Form 1040A or 1040, but first see the instructions on
Form 1098-T
1099-C
Canceled debt (box 2)
Must file Form 1040 if taxable (see Pub. 4681)
1099-DIV
Dividends and distributions
Must file Form 1040A or 1040
1099-INT
Interest on U.S. savings bonds and Treasury
obligations (box 3)
Early withdrawal penalty (box 2)
Foreign tax paid (box 6)
See the instructions for line 2 beginning on page 10
1099-LTC
Long-term care and accelerated death benefits
Must file Form 1040 if required to file Form 8853 (see the
instructions for Form 8853)
1099-MISC
Miscellaneous income
Must file Form 1040
1099-OID
Early withdrawal penalty (box 3)
Must file Form 1040 to deduct
1099-Q
Qualified education program payments
Must file Form 1040
1099-R
Distributions from pensions, annuities, IRAs, etc.
Must file Form 1040A or 1040
1099-SA
Distributions from HSAs and MSAs*
Must file Form 1040
Must file Form 1040 to deduct
Must file Form 1040 to deduct or take a credit for the tax
* This includes distributions from Archer and Medicare Advantage MSAs.
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Let IRS e-file complete your return! You also may be eligible to
use Free File to file your federal income tax return. Visit www.irs.
gov for details.
Section 3—Line
Instructions for Form
1040EZ
Top of the Form
Label
(See page 9.)
Use the
IRS label.
Otherwise,
please print
or type.
Presidential
Election
Campaign
(page 9)
A
L
A
B
E
L
H
E
R
E
䊳 C
Your first name and initial
Last name
Your social security number
If a joint return, spouse’s first name and initial
Last name
Spouse’s social security number
B
A
Home address (number and street). If you have a P.O. box, see page 9.
Apt. no.
䊱
You must enter
your SSN(s) above.
䊱
City, town or post office, state, and ZIP code. If you have a foreign address, see page 9.
Checking a box below will not
change your tax or refund.
Check here if you, or your spouse if a joint return, want $3 to go to this fund
Name and Address
B
䊳
You
Spouse
Social Security Number (SSN)
Use the peel-off label. Using your peel-off name and address label on the back of this booklet will speed the processing of your return. It also prevents common errors that can
delay refunds or result in unnecessary notices. Put the label on
your return after you have finished it. Cross out any incorrect
information and print the correct information. Add any missing
items, such as your apartment number.
Address change. If the address on your peel-off label is not
your current address, cross out your old address and print your
new address. If you plan to move after filing your return, use
Form 8822 to notify the IRS of your new address.
Name change. If you changed your name because of marriage, divorce, etc., be sure to report the change to your local
Social Security Administration office before you file your return. This prevents delays in processing your return and issuing
refunds. It also safeguards your future social security benefits.
See page 4 for details. If you received a peel-off label, cross out
your former name and print your new name.
An incorrect or missing SSN can increase your tax or reduce
your refund. To apply for an SSN, fill in Form SS-5 and return it,
along with the appropriate evidence documents, to the Social
Security Administration (SSA). You can get Form SS-5 online at
www.socialsecurity.gov, from your local SSA office, or by calling
the SSA at 1-800-772-1213. It usually takes about 2 weeks to
get an SSN once the SSA has all the evidence and information
it needs.
Check that your SSN on your Forms W-2 and 1099 agrees with
your social security card. If not, see page 4 for more details.
IRS individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs)
for aliens. If you are a nonresident or resident alien and you
do not have and are not eligible to get an SSN, you must apply
for an ITIN. For details on how to do so, see Form W-7 and its
instructions. It usually takes about 4 – 6 weeks to get an ITIN.
What if you do not have a label? Print the information in
the spaces provided.
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If you filed a joint return for 2007 and you are filing a
joint return for 2008 with the same spouse, be sure to
enter your names and SSNs in the same order as on
your 2007 return.
P.O. box. Enter your P.O. box number only if your post office
If you already have an ITIN, enter it wherever your SSN is
requested on your tax return.
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CAUTION
An ITIN is for tax use only. It does not entitle you to
social security benefits or change your employment or
immigration status under U.S. law.
does not deliver mail to your home.
Foreign address. Print the information in the following order: City, province or state, and country. Follow the country’s
practice for entering the postal code. Do not abbreviate the
country name.
Nonresident alien spouse. If your spouse is a nonresident
alien, he or she must have either an SSN or an ITIN.
C
Presidential Election Campaign
This fund helps pay for Presidential election campaigns. The
fund reduces candidates’ dependence on large contributions
from individuals and groups and places candidates on an
equal financial footing in the general election. If you want $3
to go to this fund, check the box. If you are filing a joint return,
your spouse also can have $3 go to the fund. If you check a
box, your tax or refund will not change.
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Form 1040EZ— Lines 1 and 2
Income (Lines 1– 6)
Income
1
Attach
Form(s) W-2
here.
Enclose, but
do not
attach, any
payment.
1
Wages, salaries, and tips. This should be shown in box 1 of your Form(s) W-2.
Attach your Form(s) W-2.
1
2
2
Taxable interest. If the total is over $1,500, you cannot use Form 1040EZ.
2
3
Unemployment compensation and Alaska Permanent Fund dividends (see page 11).
3
4
5
Add lines 1, 2, and 3. This is your adjusted gross income.
If someone can claim you (or your spouse if a joint return) as a dependent, check
the applicable box(es) below and enter the amount from the worksheet on back.
4
3
You
Spouse
If no one can claim you (or your spouse if a joint return), enter $8,950 if single;
$17,900 if married filing jointly. See back for explanation.
6
Subtract line 5 from line 4. If line 5 is larger than line 4, enter -0-.
This is your taxable income.
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• Tip income you did not report to your employer. But you
Round Off to Whole Dollars
You can round off cents to whole dollars on your return. If you
do round to whole dollars, you must round all amounts. To
round, drop amounts under 50 cents and increase amounts
from 50 to 99 cents to the next dollar. For example, $1.39
becomes $1 and $2.50 becomes $3.
If you have to add two or more amounts to figure the amount
to enter on a line, include cents when adding the amounts and
round off only the total.
Example. You received two Forms W-2, one showing wages
of $5,009.55 and one showing wages of $8,760.73. On
Form 1040EZ, line 1, you would enter $13,770 ($5,009.55 +
$8,760.73 = $13,770.28).
•
Refunds of State or Local Income Taxes
If you received a refund, credit, or offset of state or local
income taxes in 2008, you may receive a Form 1099-G.
For the year the tax was paid to the state or other taxing
authority, did you file Form 1040EZ or 1040A?
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must use Form 1040 and Form 4137 if: (a) you received
tips of $20 or more in any month and did not report the
full amount to your employer, or (b) your Form(s) W-2
show allocated tips that you must report as income. You
must report the allocated tips shown on your Form(s) W-2
unless you can prove that you received less. Allocated tips
should be shown on your Form(s) W-2 in box 8. They are
not included as income in box 1. See Pub. 531 for more
details.
Scholarship and fellowship grants not reported on a Form
W-2. Also, enter “SCH” and the amount in the space to the
left of line 1. However, if you were a degree candidate,
include on line 1 only the amounts you used for expenses
other than tuition and course-related expenses. For example, amounts used for room, board, and travel must be
reported on line 1.
CAUTION
Yes. None of your refund is taxable.
No. You may have to report part or all of the refund as
income on Form 1040 for 2008.
Social Security Benefits
You should receive a Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099. These
forms will show the total social security and equivalent railroad
retirement benefits paid to you in 2008 and the amount of any
benefits you repaid in 2008. Use the worksheet on page 11 to
see if any of your benefits are taxable. If they are, you must use
Form 1040A or 1040. For more details, see Pub. 915.
1
6
5
Line 1, Wages , Salaries, and Tips
Enter the total of your wages, salaries, and tips. If a joint return,
also include your spouse’s income. For most people, the
amount to enter on this line should be shown on their Form(s)
W-2 in box 1. But the following types of income also must be
included in the total on line 1.
• Wages received as a household employee for which you
did not receive a Form W-2 because your employer paid
you less than $1,600 in 2008. Also, enter “HSH” and the
amount not reported on a Form W-2 in the space to the
left of line 1.
You must use Form 1040A or 1040 if you received
dependent care benefits for 2008. You must use Form
1040 if you received employer-provided adoption benefits for 2008.
Missing or Incorrect Form W-2? Your employer is required
to provide or send Form W-2 to you no later than February 2,
2009. If you do not receive it by early February, use TeleTax
topic 154 (see page 27) to find out what to do. Even if you do
not get a Form W-2, you still must report your earnings on line
1. If you lose your Form W-2 or it is incorrect, ask your employer for a new one.
2
Line 2, Taxable Interest
Each payer should send you a Form 1099-INT or Form
1099-OID. Report all of your taxable interest income on line 2
even if you did not receive a Form 1099-INT or 1099-OID.
Include taxable interest from banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, savings bonds, etc. If interest was credited
in 2008 on deposits that you could not withdraw because of
the bankruptcy or insolvency of the financial institution, you
may be able to exclude part or all of that interest from your
2008 income. But you must use Form 1040A or 1040 to do so.
See Pub. 550 for details.
If you cashed series EE or I U.S. savings bonds in 2008 that
were issued after 1989 and you paid certain higher education
expenses during the year, you may be able to exclude from
income part or all of the interest on those bonds. But you must
use Form 8815 and Form 1040A or 1040 to do so.
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Form 1040EZ— Lines 2 through 6
You must use Form 1040A or 1040 if either of the following
applies.
• You received interest as a nominee (that is, in your name
but the interest income actually belongs to someone
else).
• You received a 2008 Form 1099-INT for U.S. savings bond
interest that includes amounts you reported before 2008.
the result on line 3. Also, enter “Repaid” and the amount you
repaid in the space to the left of line 3. If, in 2008, you repaid
unemployment compensation that you included in gross income in an earlier year, you can deduct the amount repaid.
But you must use Form 1040 to do so. See Pub. 525 for details.
Tax-Exempt Interest
If you received tax-exempt interest, such as from municipal
bonds, each payer should send you a Form 1099-INT. Your
tax-exempt interest should be included in box 8 of Form
1099-INT. Enter “TEI” and the amount in the space to the left of
line 2. Do not add tax-exempt interest in the total on line 2.
3
Alaska Permanent Fund dividends. Include the dividends
in the total on line 3. But you cannot use Form 1040EZ for a
child who was age 18 or under or a full-time student under
age 24 at the end of 2008 if the child’s dividends are more
than $1,800. Instead, you must file Form 8615 and Form 1040A
or 1040 for the child. You also must use Form 8615 and Form
1040A or 1040 for the child if the child’s dividends and taxable
interest (line 2) total more than $1,800. A child born on January 1, 1990, is considered to be age 19 at the end of 2008. A
child born on January 1, 1985, is considered to be age 24 at
the end of 2008. Do not use Form 8615 for such a child.
Line 3, Unemployment Compensation
and Alaska Permanent Fund Dividends
6
Unemployment compensation. You should receive a Form
1099-G showing in box 1 the total unemployment compensation paid to you in 2008. Report the amount in box 1 on line 3.
However, if you made contributions to a governmental unemployment compensation program, reduce the amount you report on line 3 by those contributions.
If you received an overpayment of unemployment compensation in 2008 and you repaid any of it in 2008, subtract the
amount you repaid from the total amount you received. Enter
Line 6, Taxable Income
Your taxable income and filing status will determine the
amount of tax you enter on line 11.
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CAUTION
Figuring taxable income incorrectly is one of the most
common errors on Form 1040EZ. So please take extra
care when subtracting line 5 from line 4.
Worksheet To See if Any of Your Social Security Benefits Are Taxable
Before you begin:
⻫
Keep for Your Records
If you are filing a joint return, be sure to include any amounts your spouse received when
entering amounts on lines 1, 3, and 4 below.
1. Enter the amount from box 5 of all your Forms SSA-1099
and Forms RRB-1099 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
2. Is the amount on line 1 more than zero?
No.
STOP
None of your social security benefits are taxable.
Yes. Enter one-half of line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.
3. Enter your total wages, salaries, tips, etc., from Form(s) W-2. Also, include any taxable
unemployment compensation and Alaska Permanent Fund dividends you received (see
the instructions for line 3 above) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.
4. Enter your total interest income, including any tax-exempt interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.
5. Add lines 2, 3, and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.
6. If you are:
• Single, enter $25,000
....................................
6.
• Married filing jointly, enter $32,000
7. Is the amount on line 6 less than the amount on line 5?
No. None of your social security benefits are taxable this year. You can use Form 1040EZ.
Do not list your benefits as income.
}
Yes.
STOP
Some of your benefits are taxable this year. You must use Form 1040A or
1040.
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Form 1040EZ— Lines 7 through 8b
Payments and Tax (Lines 7– 12)
Payments
and tax
7 Federal income tax withheld from box 2 of your Form(s) W-2.
8a Earned income credit (EIC) (see page 12).
b Nontaxable combat pay election.
8
9
7
7
8a
8b
9
Recovery rebate credit (see worksheet on pages 17 and 18)
9
10
Add lines 7, 8a, and 9. These are your total payments.
11
Tax. Use the amount on line 6 above to find your tax in the tax table on pages
28–36 of the booklet. Then, enter the tax from the table on this line.
Step 1
Line 7, Federal Income Tax Withheld
1.
Enter the total amount of federal income tax withheld. This
should be shown on your 2008 Form(s) W-2 in box 2.
If you received a 2008 Form 1099-INT, 1099-G, or 1099-OID
showing federal income tax withheld, include the tax withheld
in the total on line 7. This tax should be shown in box 4 of
these forms.
2.
If federal income tax was withheld from your Alaska Permanent Fund dividends, include the tax withheld in the total on
line 7.
8
7
Lines 8a and 8b, Earned Income
Credit (EIC)
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11
11
All Filers
Is the amount on Form 1040EZ, line 4, less than $12,880
($15,880 if married filing jointly)?
Yes. Go to question
No. STOP
2.
You cannot take the
credit.
Do you, and your spouse if filing a joint return, have a
social security number that allows you to work or is valid
for EIC purposes (see page 15)?
Yes. Go to question
No. STOP
3.
You cannot take the
credit. Enter “No” in the
space to the left of line 8a.
3.
Can you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, be claimed
as a dependent on someone else’s 2008 tax return?
Yes. STOP
No. Go to question 4.
You cannot take the
credit.
You may be able to elect to use your 2007 earned
income to figure your EIC if (a) your 2007 earned
income is more than your 2008 earned income, and (b)
your main home was in a Midwestern disaster area.
Also, special rules may apply for people who had to relocate
because of the storms, tornadoes, or flooding in a Midwestern
disaster area. For details, see Pub. 4492-B.
4.
Were you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, at least
age 25 but under age 65 at the end of 2008?
Yes. Go to question
No. STOP
5.
You cannot take the
credit.
Note. If you have a qualifying child (see page 13), you may be
5.
Was your home, and your spouse’s if filing a joint return,
in the United States for more than half of 2008? Members
of the military stationed outside the United States, see
page 14 before you answer.
Yes. Go to question
No. STOP
6.
You cannot take the
credit. Enter “No” in the
space to the left of line 8a.
What Is the EIC?
The EIC is a credit for certain people who work. The credit may
give you a refund even if you do not owe any tax.
TIP
able to take the credit, but you must use Schedule EIC and
Form 1040A or 1040 to do so. For details, see Pub. 596.
To Take the EIC:
• Follow the steps on this page through page 14.
• Complete the worksheet on page 14 or let the IRS figure
the credit for you.
For help in determining if you are eligible for the EIC, go
to www.irs.gov/eitc and click on “EITC Assistant.” This
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service is available in English and Spanish.
If you take the EIC even though you are not eligible and
it is determined that your error is due to reckless or
intentional disregard of the EIC rules, you will not be
CAUTION
allowed to take the credit for 2 years even if you are
otherwise eligible to do so. If you fraudulently take the EIC, you will
not be allowed to take the credit for 10 years. See Form 8862, who
must file, on page 14. You also may have to pay penalties.
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Form 1040EZ— Lines 8a and 8b
6.
Look at the qualifying child conditions below. Could you,
or your spouse if filing a joint return, be a qualifying child
of another person in 2008?
Yes. STOP
No. Go to Step 2 on this
page.
You cannot take the
credit. Enter “No” in
the space to the left
of line 8a.
Step 2
1.
•
A qualifying child for the EIC is a child who is a...
Son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister,
stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them (for
example, your grandchild, niece, or nephew).
AND
•
•
was
Under age 19 at the end of 2008
or
Under age 24 at the end of 2008 and a student (see page
15)
or
Any age and permanently and totally disabled (see page
15)
AND
who...
Either lived with another person in the United States for
more than half of 2008 or was born or died in 2008 and
that person’s home was the child’s home for the entire time
the child was alive in 2008.
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CAUTION
Earned Income
Figure earned income*:
Form 1040EZ, line 1
a. Subtract, if included in line 1,
any:
Taxable scholarship or fellowship
grant not reported on a Form W-2.
Amount received for work
performed while an inmate in a
penal institution (enter “PRI” in the
space to the left of line 1 on Form
1040EZ).
Amount received as a pension or
annuity from a nonqualified
deferred compensation plan or a
–
nongovernmental section 457 plan
(enter “DFC” and the amount
subtracted in the space to the left
of line 1 on Form 1040EZ). This
amount may be shown on your
Form W-2 in box 11. If you
received such an amount but box
11 is blank, contact your employer
for the amount received as a
pension or annuity.
b. Add all of your nontaxable
combat pay if you elect to include
it in earned income. Also enter this
amount on Form 1040EZ, line 8b.
See Combat pay, nontaxable on
page 14, and the Caution below.
+
}
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Electing to include nontaxable
combat pay may increase or
decrease your EIC. Figure the credit
with and without your nontaxable
combat pay before making the
election.
Earned Income =
Special rules apply if the child was married or also
meets the conditions to be a qualifying child of another
person (other than your spouse if filing a joint return).
For details, use TeleTax topic 601 (see page 27) or see
CAUTION
Pub. 596.
*You may be able to elect to use your 2007 earned income
instead of your 2008 earned income to figure your 2008 EIC
if (a) your 2007 earned income is more than your 2008
earned income, and (b) your main home was in a
Midwestern disaster area. For details, see Pub. 4492-B. If you
make this election, skip question 1 and go to question 2.
!
Electing to use your 2007 earned income may increase
or decrease your EIC. Figure the credit using your 2008 earned
income. Then figure the credit using your 2007 earned
income. Compare the two amounts before making the
election. If you elect to use your 2007 earned income, enter
“PYEI” and the amount of your 2007 earned income in the
space to the left of line 8a.
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Form 1040EZ— Lines 8a and 8b
2.
Yes. Go to Step 3.
Step 3
1.
1. Enter “EIC” in the space to the left of line 8a on Form
1040EZ.
2. Be sure you enter the nontaxable combat pay you elect to
include in earned income on Form 1040EZ, line 8b. See
Combat pay, nontaxable, on this page.
3. If your EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or disallowed,
see Form 8862, who must file, below.
Is your earned income less than $12,880 ($15,880 if
married filing jointly)?
No. STOP
You cannot take the
credit.
Form 8862, who must file. You must file Form 8862 if your
How To Figure the Credit
EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or disallowed for any
reason other than a math or clerical error. But do not file Form
8862 if either of the following applies.
1. You filed Form 8862 for another year, the EIC was allowed
for that year, and your EIC has not been reduced or disallowed again for any reason other than a math or clerical
error.
2. The only reason your EIC was reduced or disallowed in the
earlier year was because it was determined that a child
listed on Schedule EIC was not your qualifying child.
Do you want us to figure the credit for you?
Yes. See Credit
No. Go to the worksheet
figured by the IRS on
on this page.
this page.
Definitions and Special Rules
(listed in alphabetical order)
Combat pay, nontaxable. If you were a member of the U.S.
Armed Forces who served in a combat zone, certain pay is
excluded from your income. See Combat Zone Exclusion in Pub.
3. You can elect to include this pay in your earned income
when figuring the EIC. The amount of your nontaxable combat
pay should be shown in box 12 of Form(s) W-2 with code Q. If
you are filing a joint return and both you and your spouse
received nontaxable combat pay, you each can make your own
election.
Credit figured by the IRS. To have the IRS figure the credit
for you:
Also, do not file Form 8862 or take the credit for:
• 2 years after the most recent tax year for which there was
a final determination that your EIC claim was due to
reckless or intentional disregard of the EIC rules, or
• 10 years after the most recent tax year for which there
was a final determination that your EIC claim was due to
fraud.
Members of the military. If you were on extended active
duty outside the United States, your home is considered to be
in the United States during that duty period. Extended active
duty is military duty ordered for an indefinite period or for a
period of more than 90 days. Once you begin serving ex-
Earned Income Credit (EIC) Worksheet— Lines 8a and 8b
Keep for Your Records
1. Enter your earned income from Step 2 on page 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
2. Look up the amount on line 1 above in the EIC Table on page 16 to find the credit. Be sure you
use the correct column for your filing status (Single or Married filing jointly).
Enter the credit here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
STOP
If line 2 is zero,
You cannot take the credit. Enter “No” in the space to the left of line 8a.
3. Enter the amount from Form 1040EZ, line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
4. Are the amounts on lines 3 and 1 the same?
Yes. Skip line 5; enter the amount from line 2 on line 6.
No. Go to line 5.
5. Is the amount on line 3 less than $7,200 ($10,200 if married filing jointly)?
Yes. Leave line 5 blank; enter the amount from line 2 on line 6.
No. Look up the amount on line 3 in the EIC Table on page 16 to find the credit. Be sure
you use the correct column for your filing status (Single or Married filing jointly).
Enter the credit here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.
Look at the amounts on lines 5 and 2. Then, enter the smaller amount on line 6.
6. Earned income credit. Enter this amount on Form 1040EZ, line 8a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.
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If your EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or disallowed, see above to find out if you
must file Form 8862 to take the credit for 2008.
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tended active duty, you are considered to be on extended
active duty even if you do not serve more than 90 days.
Permanently and totally disabled. A person is permanently and totally disabled if, at any time in 2008, the person
cannot engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a
physical or mental condition and a doctor has determined that
this condition has lasted or can be expected to last continuously for at least a year or can be expected to lead to death.
Social security number (SSN). For the EIC, a valid SSN is a
number issued by the Social Security Administration unless
“Not Valid for Employment” is printed on the social security
card and the number was issued solely to apply for or receive
a federally funded benefit.
To find out how to get an SSN, see page 9. If you will not have
an SSN by the date your return is due, see What if You Cannot
File on Time? on page 22.
school, or took a full-time, on-farm training course given by a
school or a state, county, or local government agency. A school
includes a technical, trade, or mechanical school. It does not
include an on-the-job training course, correspondence school,
or a school offering courses only through the Internet.
Welfare benefits, effect of credit on. Any refund you receive as a result of taking the EIC will not be used to determine if you are eligible for the following programs or how
much you can receive from them.
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
• Medicaid and supplemental security income (SSI).
• Food stamps and low-income housing.
But if the refund you receive because of the EIC is not spent
within a certain period of time, it can count as an asset (or
resource) and affect your eligibility.
Student. A student is a child who during any part of 5 calendar months of 2008 was enrolled as a full-time student at a
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2008 Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table
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Follow the two steps below to find your credit.
CAUTION
This is not a tax table.
Step 1. Read down the “At least — But less than” columns and find the line that includes the amount you were told to look up from your EIC Worksheet on page 14.
Step 2. Then, read across the column for your filing status (Single or Married filing jointly). Enter the credit from that column on your EIC Worksheet.
If the amount you are And your filing
looking up from the
status is –
worksheet is –
At
least
But
Single
less than
Married
filing
jointly
Your credit is –
If the amount you are And your filing
looking up from the
status is –
worksheet is –
At
least
But
Single
less than
Married
filing
jointly
Your credit is –
If the amount you are And your filing
looking up from the
status is –
worksheet is –
At
least
But
Single
less than
Married
filing
jointly
Your credit is –
If the amount you are And your filing
looking up from the
status is –
worksheet is –
At
least
$1
50
100
150
200
$50
100
150
200
250
$2
6
10
13
17
$2
6
10
13
17
3,250
3,300
3,350
3,400
3,450
3,300
3,350
3,400
3,450
3,500
251
254
258
262
266
251
254
258
262
266
6,500
6,550
6,600
6,650
6,700
6,550
6,600
6,650
6,700
6,750
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
250
300
350
400
450
300
350
400
450
500
21
25
29
33
36
21
25
29
33
36
3,500
3,550
3,600
3,650
3,700
3,550
3,600
3,650
3,700
3,750
270
273
277
281
285
270
273
277
281
285
6,750
6,800
6,850
6,900
6,950
6,800
6,850
6,900
6,950
7,000
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
10,000
10,050
10,100
10,150
10,200
500
550
600
650
700
550
600
650
700
750
40
44
48
52
55
40
44
48
52
55
3,750
3,800
3,850
3,900
3,950
3,800
3,850
3,900
3,950
4,000
289
293
296
300
304
289
293
296
300
304
7,000
7,050
7,100
7,150
7,200
7,050
7,100
7,150
7,200
7,250
438
438
438
438
433
438
438
438
438
438
750
800
850
900
950
800
850
900
950
1,000
59
63
67
71
75
59
63
67
71
75
4,000
4,050
4,100
4,150
4,200
4,050
4,100
4,150
4,200
4,250
308
312
316
319
323
308
312
316
319
323
7,250
7,300
7,350
7,400
7,450
7,300
7,350
7,400
7,450
7,500
429
425
421
417
413
1,000
1,050
1,100
1,150
1,200
1,050
1,100
1,150
1,200
1,250
78
82
86
90
94
78
82
86
90
94
4,250
4,300
4,350
4,400
4,450
4,300
4,350
4,400
4,450
4,500
327
331
335
339
342
327
331
335
339
342
7,500
7,550
7,600
7,650
7,700
7,550
7,600
7,650
7,700
7,750
1,250
1,300
1,350
1,400
1,450
1,300
1,350
1,400
1,450
1,500
98
101
105
109
113
98
101
105
109
113
4,500
4,550
4,600
4,650
4,700
4,550
4,600
4,650
4,700
4,750
346
350
354
358
361
346
350
354
358
361
7,750
7,800
7,850
7,900
7,950
1,500
1,550
1,600
1,650
1,700
1,550
1,600
1,650
1,700
1,750
117
120
124
128
132
117
120
124
128
132
4,750
4,800
4,850
4,900
4,950
4,800
4,850
4,900
4,950
5,000
365
369
373
377
381
365
369
373
377
381
1,750
1,800
1,850
1,900
1,950
1,800
1,850
1,900
1,950
2,000
136
140
143
147
151
136
140
143
147
151
5,000
5,050
5,100
5,150
5,200
5,050
5,100
5,150
5,200
5,250
384
388
392
396
400
2,000
2,050
2,100
2,150
2,200
2,050
2,100
2,150
2,200
2,250
155
159
163
166
170
155
159
163
166
170
5,250
5,300
5,350
5,400
5,450
5,300
5,350
5,400
5,450
5,500
2,250
2,300
2,350
2,400
2,450
2,300
2,350
2,400
2,450
2,500
174
178
182
186
189
174
178
182
186
189
5,500
5,550
5,600
5,650
5,700
2,500
2,550
2,600
2,650
2,700
2,550
2,600
2,650
2,700
2,750
193
197
201
205
208
193
197
201
205
208
2,750
2,800
2,850
2,900
2,950
2,800
2,850
2,900
2,950
3,000
212
216
220
224
228
3,000
3,050
3,100
3,150
3,200
3,050
3,100
3,150
3,200
3,250
231
235
239
243
247
But
Single
less than
Married
filing
jointly
Your credit is –
9,750 9,800
9,800 9,850
9,850 9,900
9,900 9,950
9,950 10,000
If the amount you are And your filing
looking up from the
status is –
worksheet is –
At
least
But
Single
less than
Married
filing
jointly
Your credit is –
238
234
230
226
222
438
438
438
438
438
13,000
13,050
13,100
13,150
13,200
13,050
13,100
13,150
13,200
13,250
0
0
0
0
0
218
215
211
207
203
10,050
10,100
10,150
10,200
10,250
218
215
211
207
203
438
438
438
438
433
13,250
13,300
13,350
13,400
13,450
13,300
13,350
13,400
13,450
13,500
0
0
0
0
0
199
195
192
188
184
10,250
10,300
10,350
10,400
10,450
10,300
10,350
10,400
10,450
10,500
199
195
192
188
184
429
425
421
417
413
13,500
13,550
13,600
13,650
13,700
13,550
13,600
13,650
13,700
13,750
0
0
0
0
0
180
176
173
169
165
438
438
438
438
438
10,500
10,550
10,600
10,650
10,700
10,550
10,600
10,650
10,700
10,750
180
176
173
169
165
410
406
402
398
394
13,750
13,800
13,850
13,900
13,950
13,800
13,850
13,900
13,950
14,000
0
0
0
0
0
161
157
153
150
146
410
406
402
398
394
438
438
438
438
438
10,750
10,800
10,850
10,900
10,950
10,800
10,850
10,900
10,950
11,000
161
157
153
150
146
391
387
383
379
375
14,000
14,050
14,100
14,150
14,200
14,050
14,100
14,150
14,200
14,250
0
0
0
0
0
142
138
134
130
127
7,800
7,850
7,900
7,950
8,000
391
387
383
379
375
438
438
438
438
438
11,000
11,050
11,100
11,150
11,200
11,050
11,100
11,150
11,200
11,250
142
138
134
130
127
371
368
364
360
356
14,250
14,300
14,350
14,400
14,450
14,300
14,350
14,400
14,450
14,500
0
0
0
0
0
123
119
115
111
107
8,000
8,050
8,100
8,150
8,200
8,050
8,100
8,150
8,200
8,250
371
368
364
360
356
438
438
438
438
438
11,250
11,300
11,350
11,400
11,450
11,300
11,350
11,400
11,450
11,500
123
119
115
111
107
352
348
345
341
337
14,500
14,550
14,600
14,650
14,700
14,550
14,600
14,650
14,700
14,750
0
0
0
0
0
104
100
96
92
88
384
388
392
396
400
8,250
8,300
8,350
8,400
8,450
8,300
8,350
8,400
8,450
8,500
352
348
345
341
337
438
438
438
438
438
11,500
11,550
11,600
11,650
11,700
11,550
11,600
11,650
11,700
11,750
104
100
96
92
88
333
329
326
322
318
14,750
14,800
14,850
14,900
14,950
14,800
14,850
14,900
14,950
15,000
0
0
0
0
0
85
81
77
73
69
404
407
411
415
419
404
407
411
415
419
8,500
8,550
8,600
8,650
8,700
8,550
8,600
8,650
8,700
8,750
333
329
326
322
318
438
438
438
438
438
11,750
11,800
11,850
11,900
11,950
11,800
11,850
11,900
11,950
12,000
85
81
77
73
69
314
310
306
303
299
15,000
15,050
15,100
15,150
15,200
15,050
15,100
15,150
15,200
15,250
0
0
0
0
0
65
62
58
54
50
5,550
5,600
5,650
5,700
5,750
423
426
430
434
438
423
426
430
434
438
8,750
8,800
8,850
8,900
8,950
8,800
8,850
8,900
8,950
9,000
314
310
306
303
299
438
438
438
438
438
12,000
12,050
12,100
12,150
12,200
12,050
12,100
12,150
12,200
12,250
65
62
58
54
50
295
291
287
283
280
15,250
15,300
15,350
15,400
15,450
15,300
15,350
15,400
15,450
15,500
0
0
0
0
0
46
42
39
35
31
5,750
5,800
5,850
5,900
5,950
5,800
5,850
5,900
5,950
6,000
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
9,000
9,050
9,100
9,150
9,200
9,050
9,100
9,150
9,200
9,250
295
291
287
283
280
438
438
438
438
438
12,250
12,300
12,350
12,400
12,450
12,300
12,350
12,400
12,450
12,500
46
42
39
35
31
276
272
268
264
260
15,500
15,550
15,600
15,650
15,700
15,550
15,600
15,650
15,700
15,750
0
0
0
0
0
27
23
20
16
12
212
216
220
224
228
6,000
6,050
6,100
6,150
6,200
6,050
6,100
6,150
6,200
6,250
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
9,250
9,300
9,350
9,400
9,450
9,300
9,350
9,400
9,450
9,500
276
272
268
264
260
438
438
438
438
438
12,500
12,550
12,600
12,650
12,700
12,550
12,600
12,650
12,700
12,750
27
23
20
16
12
257
253
249
245
241
15,750 15,800
15,800 15,850
15,850 15,880
0
0
0
8
4
1
231
235
239
243
247
6,250
6,300
6,350
6,400
6,450
6,300
6,350
6,400
6,450
6,500
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
438
9,500
9,550
9,600
9,650
9,700
9,550
9,600
9,650
9,700
9,750
257
253
249
245
241
438
438
438
438
438
12,750
12,800
12,850
12,900
12,950
12,800
12,850
12,900
12,950
13,000
8
4
*
0
0
238
234
230
226
222
*If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $12,850 but less than $12,880, your credit is $1. Otherwise, you cannot take the credit.
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Form 1040EZ— Line 9
9
However, you do not qualify for this credit if all of the following apply.
Line 9, Recovery Rebate Credit
• You received an economic stimulus payment of $300
This credit is figured in the same manner as the economic
stimulus payment you may have received in 2008 except that
your 2008 tax information is used to figure this credit. Your
2007 tax information was used to figure your economic stimulus payment.
You may be able to take this credit only if:
• You did not get an economic stimulus payment, or
• Your economic stimulus payment was less than $600
($1,200 if married filing jointly for 2007).
•
•
($600 if married filing jointly for 2007) before any offset
(see Refund Offset on page 18),
Your 2008 tax on Form 1040EZ, line 11, is $300 or less
($600 or less if married filing jointly for 2008), and
Your 2008 filing status is the same as your 2007 filing
status.
Use the worksheet that begins below to figure the credit you
can take, if any. Or you can use the recovery rebate credit
calculator on www.irs.gov.
Recovery Rebate Credit Worksheet— Line 9
Before you begin:
!
CAUTION
Keep for Your Records
See the instructions for line 9 above to find out if you can take this credit.
TIP
If you received Notice 1378, have it available. The notice shows the amount of your economic stimulus payment, which you will
need to fill in line 24 on page 18. If you do not have Notice 1378, you can find the amount of your economic stimulus payment on
www.irs.gov.
1.
Can you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, be claimed as a dependent on another person’s return?
No. Go to line 2.
Yes. You cannot take the credit. Stop here.
2.
Does your tax return include a valid social security number for you and, if filing a joint return, your spouse?
Yes. Skip lines 3 and 4 and go to line 5.
3.
No. Go to line 3.
Are you filing a joint return for 2008?
Yes. Go to line 4.
No. You cannot take the credit. Stop here.
4.
Were either you or your spouse a member of the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during 2008?
Yes. Go to line 5.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Enter the amount from Form 1040EZ, line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter $600 ($1,200 if married filing jointly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the smaller of line 5 or line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Is the amount on line 7 at least $300 ($600 if married filing jointly)?
Yes. Skip lines 9 through 17 and enter the amount from line 7 on line 18.
No. You cannot take the credit. Stop here.
No. If line 5 is more than zero, go to line 9. Otherwise, skip lines 9 through 11 and go to line 12.
9. Enter the amount from Form 1040EZ, line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. Enter the amount shown below for your filing status.
• Single – $8,950
• Married filing jointly – $17,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11. Is the amount on line 9 more than the amount on line 10?
No. Go to line 12.
Yes. If line 5 is more than zero, skip lines 12 through 16 and go to line 17. Otherwise, go to line 12.
12. Enter the amount of any social security benefits you received in 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. Enter the amount of any nontaxable veterans’ disability or death benefits you received in 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. Earned income. Complete Step 2 — Earned Income on page 13. Enter the amount from Step 2. (If you (or your spouse,
if filing jointly) had nontaxable combat pay and did not enter an amount on line 8b, add your (and your spouse’s)
nontaxable combat pay to the amount on this line.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15. Qualifying income. Add lines 12 through 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16. Is line 15 at least $3,000?
No. Skip line 17 and enter the amount from line 7 on line 18.
Yes. Go to line 17.
17. Enter $300 ($600 if married filing jointly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18. Enter the larger of line 7 or line 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.
6.
7.
9.
10.
12.
13.
14.
15.
17.
18.
(Continued on next page.)
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Form 1040EZ— Lines 9 through 12d
Recovery Rebate Credit— Line 9 (continued)
Keep for Your Records
19. Enter the amount from Form 1040EZ, line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20. Is your filing status single?
19.
No. Skip lines 21 and 22 and enter the amount from line 18 on line 23.
Yes. Enter $75,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.
21. Is the amount on line 19 more than the amount on line 20?
No. Skip line 22. Enter the amount from line 18 on line 23 below.
Yes. Subtract line 20 from line 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 .
22. Multiply line 21 by 5% (.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.
23. Subtract line 22 from line 18. If zero or less, enter -0-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.
24. Enter the amount, if any, of the economic stimulus payment you received (before offset) as shown on Notice 1378 or
www.irs.gov. If you received more than one payment, enter the total of all payments you received as shown on all
Notices 1378 or on www.irs.gov. If filing a joint return, include your spouse’s payment as shown on your spouse’s
Notice 1378 or on www.irs.gov. If you filed a joint return for 2007 and received an economic stimulus payment, you and
your spouse are each treated as having received half of the payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.
25. Recovery rebate credit. Subtract line 24 from line 23. If zero or less, enter -0-. Enter the result here and, if more than
zero, on Form 1040EZ, line 9. If you entered an amount on line 13 on page 17, enter “VA” in the space to the left of
Form 1040EZ, line 9. If you (or your spouse if filing jointly) had nontaxable combat pay and did not enter an amount
on line 8b, enter “NCP” in the space to the left of Form 1040EZ, line 9. If line 24 is more than line 23, you do not have
to pay back the difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.
Credit figured by the IRS. If you want us to figure the credit
for you, enter “RRC” in the space to the left of line 9. If you (or
your spouse, if filing jointly) received any nontaxable veterans’
disability or death benefits, also enter “VA” in the space to the
left of line 9. If you (or your spouse, if filing jointly) had
nontaxable combat pay and did not enter an amount on line
8b, also enter “NCP” in the space to the left of line 9.
Line 10
Add lines 7, 8a, and 9. Enter the total on line 10.
Amount paid with request for extension of time to file.
If you filed Form 4868 to get an automatic extension of time to
file, include in the total on line 10 any amount you paid with
that form or by electronic funds withdrawal or credit card. If
you paid by credit card, do not include on line 10 the convenience fee you were charged. To the left of line 10, enter
“Form 4868” and show the amount paid.
11
Line 11, Tax
TIP
If your refund is large, you may want to decrease the
amount of income tax withheld from your pay by filing
a new Form W-4. See Income tax withholding and
estimated tax payments for 2009 on page 23.
Refund Offset
If you owe past-due federal tax, state income tax, child support, spousal support, or certain federal nontax debts, such as
student loans, all or part of the refund on line 12a may be
used (offset) to pay the past-due amount. Offsets for federal
taxes are made by the IRS. All other offsets are made by the
Treasury Department’s Financial Management Service (FMS).
For federal tax offsets, you will receive a notice from the IRS.
For all other offsets, you will receive a notice from FMS. To find
out if you may have an offset or if you have a question about
it, contact the agency(ies) you owe the debt to.
Injured spouse. If you file a joint return and your spouse has
not paid past-due federal tax, state income tax, child support,
spousal support, or a federal nontax debt, such as a student
loan, part or all of the refund on line 12a may be used (offset)
to pay the past-due amount. But your part of the refund may
be refunded to you if certain conditions apply and you complete Form 8379. For details, use TeleTax topic 203 (see page
27) or see Form 8379.
Do you want the IRS to figure your tax for you?
Yes. See Pub. 967 for details, including who is eligible
and what to do. If you have paid too much, we will
send you a refund. If you did not pay enough, we will
send you a bill.
No. Use the Tax Table that starts on page 28.
Lines 12a Through 12d
DIRECT DEPOSIT
Simple. Safe. Secure.
Refund
Fast Refunds! Choose direct deposit— a fast, simple, safe,
secure way to have your refund deposited automatically into
your checking or savings account, including an individual retirement arrangement (IRA).
If line 12a is under $1, we will send the refund only on written
request.
Why Use Direct Deposit?
If you want to check the status of your refund, please wait at
least 72 hours after the IRS acknowledges receipt of your
e-filed return (3 to 4 weeks after you mail a paper return) to do
so. But if you filed Form 8379 with your return, allow 14 weeks
(11 weeks if you filed electronically). See page 26 for details.
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• You get your refund faster by direct deposit than you do
by check.
• Payment is more secure. There is no check to get lost.
• It is more convenient. You do not have to make a trip to
the bank to deposit your check.
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• It saves tax dollars. It costs the government less to refund
by direct deposit.
If you want us to directly deposit the amount shown on line
12a into your checking or savings account, including an IRA, at
a bank or other financial institution (such as a mutual fund,
brokerage firm, or credit union) in the United States:
• Check the box on line 12a and attach Form 8888 if you
want to split the direct deposit of your refund among two
or three accounts, or
• Complete lines 12b through 12d if you want your refund
deposited to only one account.
Otherwise, we will send you a check.
Note. If you do not want your refund directly deposited into
your account, do not check the box on line 12a. Draw a line
through the boxes on lines 12b and 12d.
The IRS is not responsible for a lost refund if you enter
the wrong account information. Check with your financial institution to get the correct routing and account
CAUTION
numbers and to make sure your direct deposit will be
accepted. Do not use the routing number on a deposit slip if it is
different from the routing number on your checks.
If you file a joint return and check the box on line 12a and
attach Form 8888 or fill in lines 12b through 12d, your spouse
may get at least part of the refund.
If the direct deposit to your account is different from the
amount you expected, you will receive an explanation in the
mail about 2 weeks after your refund is deposited.
!
TreasuryDirect. You can request a deposit of your refund to
a TreasuryDirect online account to buy U.S. Treasury marketable securities and savings bonds. For more information, go to
www.treasurydirect.gov.
Line 12a. You cannot file Form 8888 and split your refund
among two or three accounts if Form 8379 is filed with your
return.
Line 12b. The routing number must be nine digits. The first
two digits must be 01 through 12 or 21 through 32. Otherwise,
the direct deposit will be rejected and a check sent instead. On
the sample check below, the routing number is 250250025.
William and Doris Maple would use that routing number unless their financial institution instructed them to use a different
routing number for direct deposits.
Ask your financial institution for the correct routing number to
enter on line 12b if:
• Your deposit is to a savings account that does not allow
you to write checks, or
• Your checks state they are payable through a financial
institution different from the one at which you have your
checking account.
Line 12c. Check the appropriate box for the type of account.
Do not check more than one box. If the deposit is to an
account such as an IRA, health savings account, brokerage
Sample Check— Lines 12b Through 12d
William Maple
Doris Maple
1234 Redwood Circle
Anytown, MD 20000
䊱
1234
Routing
number
(line 12b)
SA
PAY TO THE
ORDER OF
M
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15-0000/0000
Account
number
(line 12d)
ANYTOWN BANK
Anytown, MD 20000
䊱
: 2 5 0 2 5 0 0 2 5| : 2 0 2 0 2 0" ’8 6" . 1 2 3 4
DOLLARS
Do not include
the check number.
For
|
$
account, or other similar account, ask your financial institution
whether you should check the “Checking” or “Savings” box.
You must check the correct box to ensure your deposit is
accepted. For a TreasuryDirect online account, check the “Savings” box.
Line 12d. The account number can be up to 17 characters
(both numbers and letters). Include hyphens but omit spaces
and special symbols. Enter the number from left to right and
leave any unused boxes blank. On the sample check on this
page, the account number is 20202086. Do not include the
check number.
You cannot request a deposit of your refund to an account
that is not in your name (such as your tax preparer’s own
account).
Some financial institutions will not allow a joint refund
to be deposited into an individual account. If the direct
deposit is rejected, a check will be sent instead. The IRS
CAUTION
is not responsible if a financial institution rejects a
direct deposit.
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Caution: The routing and account numbers may be in different
places on your check.
Amount You Owe
IRS e-file offers you the electronic payment option
of electronic funds withdrawal (EFW). EFW can be
used to pay your current year balance due and can be used to
make up to four estimated tax payments. If you are filing early,
you can schedule your payment for withdrawal from your account on a future date, up to and including April 15, 2009. If you
file your return after April 15, 2009, you now can include interest
and penalty in your payment. Visit www.irs.gov and enter “e-pay”
in the search box for details.
You also can pay using the electronic federal tax payment
system (EFTPS), a free tax payment system that allows you to
make payments online or by phone. For more information or
details on enrolling, visit www.eftps.gov or call Customer Service at 1-800-316-6541. TTY/TDD help is available by calling
1-800-733-4829.
Line 13, Amount You Owe
TIP
To save interest and penalties, pay your taxes in full by
April 15, 2009. You do not have to pay if line 13 is under
$1.
If you are not using EFW or EFTPS, you have three other ways
to pay.
Pay by check or money order. Enclose in the envelope
with your return a check or money order payable to the
“United States Treasury” for the full amount when you file. Do
not attach the payment to your return. Do not send cash. Write
“2008 Form 1040EZ” and your name, address, daytime phone
number, and social security number (SSN) on your payment. If
you are filing a joint return, enter the SSN shown first on your
return.
To help process your payment, enter the amount on the right
side of the check like this: $ XXX.XX. Do not XXuse dashes or lines
(for example, do not enter “XXX– ” or “XXX 100”).
Pay by credit card. You can use your American Express®
Card, Discover® Card, MasterCard® card, or Visa® card. To pay
by credit card, call toll-free or visit the website of either service
provider listed on the next page and follow the instructions. A
convenience fee will be charged by the service provider based
on the amount you are paying. Fees may vary between the
providers. You will be told what the fee is during the transaction and you will have the option to either continue or cancel
the transaction. You also can find out what the fee will be by
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calling the provider’s toll-free automated customer service
number or visiting the provider’s website shown below.
Official Payments Corporation
1-800-2PAY-TAXSM
(1-800-272-9829)
Customer Service:
1-877-754-4413
www.officialpayments.com
Link2Gov Corporation
1-888-PAY-1040SM
(1-888-729-1040)
Customer Service:
1-888-658-5465
www.PAY1040.com
You may need to (a) increase the amount of income tax
withheld from your pay by filing a new Form W-4, (b)
increase the tax withheld from other income by filing
Form W-4V, or (c) make estimated tax payments for
2009. See Income tax withholding and estimated tax payments
for 2009 on page 23.
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What if You Cannot Pay?
Installment payments. If you cannot pay the full amount
shown on line 13 when you file, you can ask to make monthly
installment payments for the full or a partial amount. You may
have up to 60 months to pay. However, even if your request to
pay in installments is granted, you will be charged interest and
may be charged a late payment penalty on the tax not paid by
April 15, 2009. You also must pay a fee. To limit the interest
and penalty charges, pay as much of the tax as possible when
you file. But before requesting an installment agreement, you
should consider other less costly alternatives, such as a bank
loan or credit card payment.
To ask for an installment agreement, you can apply online or
use Form 9465. To apply online, go to www.irs.gov, use the
pull-down menu under “I need to ...” and select “Set Up a
Payment Plan.” If you use Form 9465, you should receive a
response to your request to make installment payments within
30 days. But if you file your return after March 31, it may take
us longer to reply.
Penalty for Not Paying Enough Tax During the Year
You may have to pay a penalty if line 13 is at least $1,000 and
it is more than 10% of the tax shown on your return. The “tax
shown on your return” is the amount on line 11 minus the
amounts on lines 8a and 9. You may choose to have the IRS
figure the penalty for you. If you owe a penalty, the IRS will
send you a bill. However, if you want to figure the penalty
yourself on Form 2210, you must file Form 1040A or 1040 to
do so.
any questions that may arise during the processing of your
return. You also are authorizing the designee to:
• Give the IRS any information that is missing from your
return,
• Call the IRS for information about the processing of your
return or the status of your refund or payment(s),
• Receive copies of notices or transcripts related to your
return, upon request, and
• Respond to certain IRS notices about math errors, offsets,
and return preparation.
You are not authorizing the designee to receive any refund
check, bind you to anything (including any additional tax liability), or otherwise represent you before the IRS. If you want to
expand the designee’s authorization, see Pub. 947.
The authorization will automatically end no later than the due
date (without regard to extensions) for filing your 2009 tax
return. This is April 15, 2010, for most people. If you want to
revoke the authorization before it ends, see Pub. 947.
Signing Your Return
Form 1040EZ is not considered a valid return unless you sign
it. If you are filing a joint return, your spouse also must sign. If
your spouse cannot sign the return, see Pub. 501. Be sure to
date your return and enter your occupation(s). If you are filing
a joint return as a surviving spouse, see Death of a taxpayer
beginning on page 4.
Child’s return. If your child cannot sign the return, either
parent can sign the child’s name in the space provided. Then,
add “By (your signature), parent for minor child.”
Daytime phone number. Providing your daytime phone
number may help speed the processing of your return. We can
have questions about items on your return, such as the earned
income credit. If you answer our questions over the phone, we
may be able to continue processing your return without mailing you a letter. If you are filing a joint return, you can enter
either your or your spouse’s daytime phone number.
Paid preparer must sign your return. Generally, anyone
you pay to prepare your return must sign it in the space
provided. The preparer must give you a copy of the return for
your records. Someone who prepares your return but does not
charge you should not sign your return.
Electronic return signatures!
The penalty may be waived under certain conditions. See Pub.
505 for details.
Exceptions to the penalty. You will not owe the penalty if
your 2007 tax return was for a tax year of 12 full months and
either of the following applies.
1. You had no tax shown on your 2007 return and you were
a U.S. citizen or resident for all of 2007, or
2. Line 7 on your 2008 return is at least as much as the tax
shown on your 2007 return.
To file your return electronically, you must sign
the return electronically using a personal identification number
(PIN). If you are filing online using software, you must use a
Self-Select PIN. If you are filing electronically using a tax practitioner, you can use a Self-Select PIN or a Practitioner PIN.
Self-Select PIN. The Self-Select PIN method allows you to
Third Party Designee
If you want to allow a friend, family member, or any other
person you choose to discuss your 2008 tax return with the
IRS, check the “Yes” box in the “Third party designee” area of
your return. Also, enter the designee’s name, phone number,
and any five digits the designee chooses as his or her personal
identification number (PIN). But if you want to allow the paid
preparer who signed your return to discuss it with the IRS, just
enter “Preparer” in the space for the designee’s name. You do
not have to provide the other information requested.
If you check the “Yes” box, you, and your spouse if filing a joint
return, are authorizing the IRS to call the designee to answer
create your own PIN. If you are married filing jointly, you and
your spouse each will need to create a PIN and enter these
PINs as your electronic signatures.
A PIN is any combination of five digits you choose except five
zeros. If you use a PIN, there is nothing to sign and nothing to
mail— not even your Forms W-2.
To verify your identity, you will be prompted to enter your
adjusted gross income (AGI) from your originally filed 2007
federal income tax return, if applicable. Do not use your AGI
from an amended return (Form 1040X) or a math error correction made by IRS. AGI is the amount shown on your 2007 Form
1040, line 38; Form 1040A, line 22; or Form 1040EZ, line 4. If
you do not have your 2007 income tax return, call the IRS at
1-800-829-1040 to get a free transcript of your return. (If you
filed electronically last year, you may use your prior year PIN to
verify your identity instead of your prior year AGI. The prior
year PIN is the five digit PIN you used to electronically sign
your 2007 return.) You also will be prompted to enter your
date of birth (DOB). Make sure your DOB is accurate and
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matches the information on record with the Social Security
Administration by checking your annual social security statement.
!
You cannot use the Self-Select PIN method if you are a
first-time filer under age 16 at the end of 2008.
Form 8453. You must send in a paper Form 8453 if you are
attaching or filing Form 2848 (for an electronic return signed
by an agent).
For more details, visit www.irs.gov/efile and click on “Individual
Taxpayers.”
CAUTION
Practitioner PIN. The Practitioner PIN method allows you to
authorize your tax practitioner to enter or generate your PIN.
The practitioner can provide you with details.
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Section 4—After You Have Finished
If you were serving in, or in support of, the U.S. Armed Forces
in a designated combat zone, qualified hazardous duty area, or
a contingency operation, you can file later. See Pub. 3 for
details.
Return Checklist
This checklist can help you file a correct return. Mistakes can
delay your refund or result in notices being sent to you.
Did you:
What if You Cannot File on Time?
Enter the correct social security number for you and
your spouse if married in the space provided on Form
1040EZ? Check that your name and SSN agree with
your social security card.
Use the amount from line 6, and the proper filing
status, to find your tax in the Tax Table? Be sure you
entered the correct tax on line 11.
Go through the three steps on pages 12 through 14, if
you thought you could take the EIC? If you could take
the EIC, did you take special care to use the proper
filing status column in the EIC Table?
Check your math, especially when figuring your
taxable income, federal income tax withheld, earned
income credit, total payments, and your refund or
amount you owe?
Check one or both boxes on line 5 if you (or your
spouse) can be claimed as a dependent on someone’s
(such as your parents’) 2008 return? Did you check the
box even if that person chooses not to claim you (or
your spouse)? Did you leave the boxes blank if no one
can claim you (or your spouse) as a dependent?
Enter an amount on line 5? If you checked any of the
boxes, did you use the worksheet on the back of Form
1040EZ to figure the amount to enter? If you did not
check any of the boxes, did you enter $8,950 if single;
$17,900 if married filing jointly?
Sign and date Form 1040EZ and enter your
occupation(s)?
Use your peel-off label (if you got one)? If it did not
show your correct name(s) and address, did you enter
the right information? If you did not get a label, did
you enter your name and address in the spaces
provided on Form 1040EZ?
Include your apartment number in your address if you
live in an apartment?
Attach your Form(s) W-2 to the left margin of Form
1040EZ?
Include all the required information on your payment
if you owe tax and are paying by check or money
order? See the instructions for line 13 beginning on
page 19 for details.
File only one original return for the same year, even if
you have not gotten your refund or have not heard
from the IRS since you filed? Filing more than one
original return for the same year or sending in more
than one copy of the same return (unless we ask you
to do so) could delay your refund.
Filing the Return
Due Date
File Form 1040EZ by April 15, 2009. If you file after this date,
you may have to pay interest and penalties, discussed later on
this page.
If you cannot file on time, you can get an automatic 6-month
extension if, no later than the date your return is due, you file
Form 4868. For details, see Form 4868.
However, even if you get an extension, the tax you owe is still
due April 15, 2009. If you make a payment with your extension
request, see the instructions for line 11 on page 18.
What if You File or Pay Late?
We can charge you interest and penalties on the amount you
owe.
Late filing. If you file late, the penalty is usually 5% of the
amount due for each month or part of a month your return is
late, unless you have a reasonable explanation. If you do,
attach it to your return. The penalty can be as much as 25% of
the tax due. The penalty is 15% per month, up to a maximum
of 75%, if the failure to file is fraudulent. We will charge you
interest on the penalty from the due date of the return (including extensions). If your return is more than 60 days late, the
minimum penalty will be $135 or the amount of any tax you
owe, whichever is smaller.
Late payment of tax. If you pay your taxes late, the penalty
is usually 1/2 of 1% of the unpaid amount for each month or
part of a month the tax is not paid. The penalty can be as
much as 25% of the unpaid amount. It applies to any unpaid
tax on the return.
Frivolous return. In addition to any other penalties, there is
a penalty of $5,000 for filing a frivolous return. A frivolous
return is one that does not contain information needed to
figure the correct tax or shows a substantially incorrect tax
because you take a frivolous position or desire to delay or
interfere with the tax laws. This includes altering or striking out
the preprinted language above the space where you sign. For
a list of positions identified as frivolous, see Notice 2008-14,
2008-4 I.R.B. 310, available at www.irs.gov/irb/2008-04_IRB/ar12.
html.
Are there other penalties? Yes. There are penalties for negligence, substantial understatement of tax, reportable transaction understatements, filing an erroneous refund claim, and
fraud. We will charge you interest on these penalties from the
due date of the return (including extensions). There may be
criminal penalties for willful failure to file, tax evasion, or making a false statement. See Pub. 17 for details.
Where Do You File?
See the back cover.
Private delivery services. You can use only the IRS-designated private delivery services below to meet the “timely mailing as timely filing/paying” rule for tax returns and payments.
• DHL Express (DHL): DHL Same Day Service, DHL Next Day
10:30 am, DHL Next Day 12:00 pm, DHL Next Day 3:00
pm, and DHL 2nd Day Service.
• Federal Express (FedEx): FedEx Priority Overnight, FedEx
Standard Overnight, FedEx 2Day, FedEx International Priority, and FedEx International First.
• United Parcel Service (UPS): UPS Next Day Air, UPS Next
Day Air Saver, UPS 2nd Day Air, UPS 2nd Day Air A.M., UPS
Worldwide Express Plus, and UPS Worldwide Express.
The private delivery service can tell you how to get written
proof of the mailing date.
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Section 5—General Information
What are your rights as a taxpayer? You have the right to
be treated fairly, professionally, promptly, and courteously by
IRS employees. Our goal at the IRS is to protect your rights so
that you will have the highest confidence in the integrity,
efficiency, and fairness of our tax system. To ensure that you
always receive such treatment, you should know about the
many rights you have at each step of the tax process. For
details, see Pub. 1.
Income tax withholding and estimated tax payments for
2009. If the amount you owe or your refund is large, you may
want to file a new Form W-4 with your employer to change
the amount of income tax withheld from your 2009 pay. For
details on how to complete Form W-4, see Pub. 919. If you
receive certain government payments (such as unemployment
compensation or social security benefits), you can have tax
withheld from those payments by giving the payer Form W-4V.
In general, you do not have to make estimated tax payments if
you expect that your 2009 tax return will show a tax refund or
a tax balance due of less than $1,000. See Pub. 505 for more
details.
statute of limitations runs out for that return. Usually, this is 3
years from the date the return was due or filed or 2 years from
the date the tax was paid, whichever is later. You should keep
some records longer. See Pub. 552 for details.
How do you amend your tax return? Use Form 1040X to
change a return you already filed. Generally, Form 1040X must
be filed within 3 years after the date the original return was
filed or within 2 years after the date the tax was paid, whichever is later. But you may have more time to file Form 1040X if
you live in a federally declared disaster area or you are physically or mentally unable to manage your financial affairs. See
Pub. 556 for details.
How do you get a copy of your tax return? If you need a
copy of your tax return, use Form 4506. There is a $57 fee
(subject to change) for each return requested. If your main
home, principal place of business, or tax records are located in
a federally declared disaster area, this fee will be waived. If you
want a free transcript of your tax return or account, use Form
4506-T or call us. See page 25 for the number.
Secure your records from identity theft. Identity theft oc-
curs when someone uses your personal information, such as
your name, social security number (SSN), or other identifying
information, without your permission, to commit fraud or other
crimes. An identity thief may use your SSN to get a job or may
file a tax return using your SSN to receive a refund.
To reduce your risk:
• Protect your SSN,
• Ensure your employer is protecting your SSN, and
• Be careful when choosing a tax preparer.
Past due returns. The integrity of our tax system and
well-being of our country depend, to a large degree, on the
timely filing and payment of taxes by each individual, family,
and business in this country. Those choosing not to file and
pay their fair share increase the burden on the rest of us to
support our schools, maintain and repair roadways, and the
many other ways our tax dollars help to make life easier for all
citizens.
Some people don’t know they should file a tax return; some
don’t file because they expect a refund; and some don’t file
because they owe taxes. Encourage your family, neighbors,
friends, and coworkers to do their fair share by filing their
federal tax returns and paying any tax due on time.
If your tax records are affected by identity theft and you
receive a notice from the IRS, respond right away to the name
and phone number printed on the IRS notice or letter.
If your tax records are not currently affected by identity theft
but you think you are at risk due to a lost or stolen purse or
wallet, questionable credit card activity or credit report, etc.,
contact the IRS Identity Theft Hotline at 1-800-908-4490.
For more information, see Pub. 4535.
Victims of identity theft who are experiencing economic harm
or a systemic problem, or are seeking help in resolving tax
problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case
intake line at 1-877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059.
Protect yourself from suspicious emails or phishing schemes.
Phishing is the creation and use of email and websites designed to mimic legitimate business emails and websites. The
most common form is the act of sending an email to a user
falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an
attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information
that will be used for identity theft.
The IRS does not initiate contacts with taxpayers via emails.
Also, the IRS does not request personal information through
email or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords, or
similar secret access information for their credit card, bank, or
other financial accounts.
If you receive an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS,
forward the message to phishing@irs.gov. You may also report
misuse of the IRS name, logo, forms, or other IRS property to
the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration toll-free
at 1-800-366-4484. You can forward suspicious emails to the
Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov or contact them at
www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 1-877-IDTHEFT (1-877-438-4338).
Visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov to learn more about identity theft and how to reduce your risk.
If you or someone you know needs to file past due tax returns,
use TeleTax topic 153 (see page 27) or visit www.irs.gov and
click on “Individuals” for help in filing those returns. Send the
returns to the address that applies to you in the latest Form
1040EZ instruction booklet. For example, if you are filing a
2005 return in 2009, use the address in this booklet. However,
if you got an IRS notice, mail the return to the address in the
notice.
Innocent spouse relief. Generally, both you and your
spouse are each responsible for paying the full amount of tax,
interest, and penalties on your joint return. However, you may
qualify for relief from liability for tax on a joint return if (a)
there is an understatement of tax because your spouse omitted income or claimed false deductions or credits, (b) you are
divorced, separated, or no longer living with your spouse, or
(c) given all the facts and circumstances, it would not be fair to
hold you liable for the tax. You also may qualify for relief if you
were a married resident of a community property state but did
not file a joint return and are now liable for an underpaid or
understated tax. To request relief, you generally must file Form
8857 no later than 2 years after the date on which the IRS first
attempted to collect the tax from you. For more information,
see Pub. 971 and Form 8857 or you can call the Innocent
Spouse office toll-free at 1-866-897-4270.
How do you make a gift to reduce debt held by the
public? If you wish to do so, make a check payable to “Bureau
of the Public Debt.” You can send it to: Bureau of the Public
Debt, Department G, P.O. Box 2188, Parkersburg, WV
26106-2188. Or you can enclose the check with your income
tax return when you file.
TIP
How long should you keep your tax return? Keep a copy
of your tax return, worksheets you used, and records of all
items appearing on it (such as Forms W-2 and 1099) until the
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Internal Revenue Service Customer Service
Standards
At the IRS, our goal is to continually improve the quality of our
services. To achieve that goal, we have developed customer
service standards in the following areas:
• Easier filing and payment options.
• Access to information.
• Accuracy.
• Prompt refunds.
• Canceling penalties.
• Resolving problems.
• Simpler forms.
For information about our standards and a report of our accomplishments, see Publication 2183.
Help With Unresolved Tax Issues
(Taxpayer Advocate Service)
The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS whose employees assist taxpayers who
are experiencing economic harm, who are seeking help in
resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through
normal channels, or who believe that an IRS system or procedure is not working as it should. You may be eligible for
assistance if:
• You are experiencing economic harm or significant cost
(including fees for professional representation),
• You have experienced a delay of more than 30 days to
resolve your tax issue, or
• You have not received a response or resolution to the
problem by the date promised by the IRS.
The service is free, confidential, tailored to meet your needs,
and available for businesses as well as individuals. There is at
least one local taxpayer advocate in each state, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Because advocates are part of the
IRS, they know the tax system and how to navigate it. If you
qualify for assistance, you will receive personalized service
from a knowledgeable advocate who will:
• Listen to your problem,
• Help you understand what needs to be done to resolve it,
and
• Stay with you every step of the way until your problem is
resolved.
You can contact the Taxpayer Advocate Service by:
• Calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 1-877-777-4778
(TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059),
• Calling or writing your local taxpayer advocate, whose
address and phone number are listed in the government
listings in your local telephone directory and in Pub. 1546,
Taxpayer Advocate Service— Your Voice at the IRS,
• Filing Form 911, Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service
Assistance (and Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order), with the Taxpayer Advocate Service, or
• Asking an IRS employee to complete Form 911 on your
behalf.
To get a copy of Form 911 or learn more about the Taxpayer
Advocate Service, go to www.irs.gov/advocate.
Low Income Tax Clinics (LITCs)
LITCs are independent organizations that provide low income
taxpayers with representation in federal tax controversies with
the IRS for free or for a nominal charge. The clinics also
provide tax education and outreach for taxpayers who speak
English as a second language. Pub. 4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List, provides information on clinics in your area. It
is available at www.irs.gov or your local IRS office.
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Section 6—Getting Tax
Help
The Internet and the phone are the two easiest ways to get the help you need.
If you live outside the United States, see Pub. 54 to find out how to get tax help.
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Internet
You can access the IRS website 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week at www.irs.gov.
Online services and help. Here are just a few of the many
things you can do at www.irs.gov :
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notice you received, the numbers in your street address, or
your ZIP code.
If you are asking for an installment agreement to pay your tax,
you will be asked for the highest amount you can pay each
month and the date on which you can pay it.
Evaluation of services provided. We use several methods
Access Free File, a free commercial
income tax preparation and electronic filing service
available to eligible taxpayers (see page 39).
Check the status of your 2008 refund.
See “Frequently Asked Questions.”
Get TeleTax topics (see page 27).
Use our Withholding Calculator at www.irs.gov/
individuals.
Find an authorized e-file Provider.
View information on accessible IRS tax products. Click
on “Accessibility.”
View and download products. Click on “More Forms and
Publications.”
Order tax products online. Go to www.irs.gov/formspubs
to order tax products delivered by mail.
to evaluate our telephone service. For quality assurance purposes only, we may record telephone calls. A random sample
of recorded calls is selected for review. We may also listen to
live calls in progress. Finally, we randomly select customers for
participation in a customer satisfaction survey.
Before you hang up. If you do not fully understand the
answer you receive, or you feel our representative may not
fully understand your question, our representative needs to
know this. He or she will be happy to take additional time to
be sure your question is answered fully.
By law, you are responsible for paying your share of federal
income tax. If we should make an error in answering your
question, you are still responsible for the payment of the
correct tax. Should this occur, however, you will not be
charged any penalty.
Ordering Tax Products
Call 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). Receive your order
within 10 working days.
If you do not see the link you need, use the search box.
National Taxpayer Advocate Helpline
Phone
If you cannot find the answer to your questions in this
booklet or online, please call us for assistance. See
“Calling Us” next.
Call 1-877-777-4778.
Calling Us
Other Ways To Get Help
There is live and recorded tax help available. You will not be
charged for the call unless your phone company charges you
for toll-free calls. Live tax help is available Monday through
Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time. Assistance provided to callers from Alaska and Hawaii will be based on the
hours of operation in the Pacific time zone. Recorded tax help
is available anytime.
Send us your written tax questions. For the mailing address, call us at 1-800-829-1040 (TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059).
You should get an answer in about 30 days. Do not send
questions with your return.
TIP
If you want to check the status of your 2008 refund, see
Refund Information on page 26.
Live Tax Help
Making the call. Call 1-800-829-1040 (TTY/TDD
1-800-829-4059). Our menu allows you to speak your responses or use your keypad to select a menu option. Follow
the voice prompts.
Information we may need. We care about the quality of the
service provided to you, our customer. You can help us provide accurate, complete answers to your questions by having
the following information available.
• The tax form, schedule, or notice to which your question
relates.
• The facts about your particular situation.
• The name of any IRS publication or other source of information that you used to look for the answer.
To maintain your account security, you may be asked for the
following information: (a) your social security number, date of
birth, or personal identification number (PIN) if you have one,
and (b) the amount of refund shown on your tax return, your
filing status, the “Caller ID Number” shown at the top of any
Research your tax questions online. You can find answers
to many of your tax questions online in several ways by accessing our website at www.irs.gov/help and then clicking on
“Help with Tax Questions.” Here are some of the methods you
may want to try.
• Frequently asked questions. This section contains an extensive list of questions and answers. You can select your
question by category or keyword.
• Tax trails. This is an interactive section which asks questions you can answer by selecting “Yes” or “No.”
• Tax topics. This is an online version of the TeleTax topics
listed on page 27.
Free help with your return. Free help in preparing your
return is available nationwide from IRS-sponsored volunteers.
These volunteers are trained and certified to prepare federal
income tax returns by passing an IRS test.
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). The VITA program
is designed to help low-income taxpayers.
Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE). The TCE program is
designed to assist taxpayers age 60 or older with their tax
return preparation.
VITA/TCE sites. VITA/TCE tax preparation sites must adhere
to strict quality standards necessary to prepare accurate returns. Free electronic filing is offered by IRS-authorized e-file
providers at many of the VITA/TCE locations nationwide. Volunteers will help you with claiming the credits and deductions
you may be entitled to.
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Members of the military. If you are a member of the military, you also can get assistance on military tax benefits, such
as combat zone tax benefits, at an office within your installation.
Further information. For more information on these programs, go to www.irs.gov and enter keyword “VITA” in the
search box. Or, call us at 1-800-829-1040. To find the nearest
AARP Tax-Aide site, visit AARP’s website at www.aarp.org/
money/taxaide or call 1-888-227-7669.
When you go for help, take proof of identity and social security numbers (or individual taxpayer identification numbers) for
your spouse, your dependents, and yourself. Also take a copy
of your 2007 tax return (if available), all your Forms W-2, 1099,
and 1098 for 2008, and any other information about your
2008 income and expenses. Also bring Notice 1378 if you
received an economic stimulus payment during 2008.
Everyday tax solutions. You can get face-to-face help solving tax problems every business day in our Taxpayer Assistance Centers. An employee can explain our letters, request
adjustments to your account, or help you set up a payment
plan. Call your local Taxpayer Assistance Center for an appointment. To find the number, go to www.irs.gov/localcontacts or look in the phone book under “United States
Government, Internal Revenue Service.”
Get the DVD by Internet or phone. Buy it from:
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) at www.irs.
gov/cdorders (or 1-877-233-6767)
• Government Printing Office (GPO) at http://bookstore.gpo.
gov (search for Pub. 1796) (or 1-866-512-1800)
Refund Information
You can go online to check
the status of your refund
72 hours after the IRS acknowledges receipt of your
e-filed return, or 3 to 4 weeks after you mail a paper return. But if
you filed Form 8379 with your return, allow 14 weeks (11 weeks
if you filed electronically) before checking your refund status.
Go to www.irs.gov and click on Where’s My Refund.
Have a copy of your tax return handy. You will need
to provide the following information from your return:
• Your social security number (or individual taxpayer identification number),
• Your filing status, and
• The exact whole dollar amount of your refund.
Online services. If you subscribe to an online service, ask
about online filing or tax information.
Help for people with disabilities. The TTY/TDD number
for telephone help is 1-800-829-4059. Braille materials are
available at libraries that have special services for people with
disabilities.
Walk-In
Pick up some of the most requested tax products at
many IRS offices, post offices, and libraries. Also,
some grocery stores, copy centers, city and county
government offices, and credit unions have reproducible tax
products available to photocopy or print from a DVD.
TIP
Refunds are sent out weekly on Fridays. If you check the
status of your refund and are not given the date it will
be issued, please wait until the next week before checking back.
If you do not have Internet access, call:
• 1-800-829-1954 during the hours shown on page 25
under Calling Us, or
• 1-800-829-4477 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for automated refund information.
Mail
Do not send in a copy of your return unless asked to do so.
Order tax products from:
To get a refund, you generally must file your return within 3
years from the date the return was due (including extensions).
Refund information also is available in Spanish at www.irs.gov/
espanol and the phone numbers listed above.
Internal Revenue Service
1201 N. Mitsubishi Motorway
Bloomington, IL 61705-6613
Receive your order within 10 working days after your request
is received.
Recorded Tax Help (TeleTax)
DVD
Buy IRS Publication 1796 (IRS Tax Products DVD) for
$30. Price is subject to change. There may be a handling fee. The DVD includes current-year and
prior-year tax products; Internal Revenue Bulletins; and toll-free
and email technical support. The DVD is released twice during
the year. The first release will ship early January 2009 and the
final release will ship early March 2009.
TeleTax is a wide-ranging directory of recorded tax information that is available anytime. A complete list of topics is on
page 27.
Select the number of the topic you want to hear. Then, call
1-800-829-4477. Be ready to take notes.
TeleTax topics by Internet. TeleTax topics are also available
at www.irs.gov.
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Topic
No.
Subject
418 Unemployment
compensation
419
Gambling income
Topic
and expenses
No.
Subject
420 Bartering income
206 Dishonored
421 Scholarship and
payments
fellowship grants
423
Social
security and
Alternative Filing
equivalent railroad
Methods
retirement benefits
253 Substitute tax forms 424 401(k) plans
254 How to choose a
425 Passive
paid tax preparer
activities— Losses
and credits
General Information
427 Stock options
301 When, where, and
429 Traders in securities
how to file
(information for
Form 1040 filers)
303 Checklist of
430 Exchange of
common errors
policyholder interest
when preparing
for stock
your tax return
304 Extension of time to 431 Canceled debt — is
it taxable or not?
file your tax return
305 Recordkeeping
Adjustments to Income
306 Penalty for
underpayment of
451 Individual retirement
estimated tax
arrangements (IRAs)
307 Backup withholding 452 Alimony paid
308 Amended returns
453 Bad debt deduction
309 Roth IRA
455 Moving expenses
contributions
456 Student loan
310 Coverdell education
interest deduction
savings accounts
457 Tuition and fees
deduction
311 Power of attorney
information
458 Educator expense
deduction
312 Disclosure
authorizations
Itemized Deductions
313 Qualified tuition
programs (QTPs)
501 Should I itemize?
502 Medical and dental
Filing Requirements,
expenses
Filing Status, and
503 Deductible taxes
Exemptions
504 Home mortgage
352 Which form— 1040,
points
1040A, or 1040EZ?
505 Interest expense
356 Decedents
506 Contributions
507 Casualty and theft
Types of Income
losses
401 Wages and salaries 508 Miscellaneous
403 Interest received
expenses
509 Business use of
404 Dividends
home
407 Business income
510 Business use of car
409 Capital gains and
511 Business travel
losses
expenses
410 Pensions and
512 Business
annuities
entertainment
411 Pensions— The
expenses
general rule and the
513 Educational
simplified method
expenses
412 Lump-sum
514 Employee business
distributions
expenses
413 Rollovers from
515 Casualty, disaster,
retirement plans
and theft losses
414 Rental income and
expenses
Tax Computation
415 Renting residential
and vacation
551 Standard deduction
property
552 Tax and credits
416 Farming and fishing
figured by the IRS
income
553 Tax on a child’s
417 Earnings for clergy
investment income
TeleTax Topics
Call 1-800-829-4477
All topics are available in Spanish.
Topic
No.
Subject
IRS Help Available
101
102
103
104
105
107
IRS
services— Volunteer
tax assistance,
toll-free telephone,
walk-in assistance,
and outreach
programs
Tax assistance for
individuals with
disabilities and the
hearing impaired
Tax help for small
businesses and the
self-employed
Taxpayer Advocate
Service— Help for
problem situations
Armed Forces tax
information
Tax relief in disaster
situations
IRS Procedures
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
Your appeal rights
Refund information
What to do if you
haven’t filed your
tax return
Forms W-2 and
Form 1099-R— What
to do if not received
Forms and
publications— How
to order
Copy of your tax
return— How to get
one
Change of
address— How to
notify IRS
Ensuring proper
credit of payments
Prior year(s) Form
W-2— How to get a
copy of
Form 1099-A
(Acquisition or
Abandonment of
Secured Property)
and Form 1099-C
(Cancellation of
Debt)
Collection
201
202
203
204
205
The collection
process
Tax payment
options
Failure to pay child
support and federal
nontax and state
income tax
obligations
Offers in
compromise
Innocent spouse
relief (and
separation of liability
and equitable relief)
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Topic
No.
Subject
554 Self-employment tax
556 Alternative
minimum tax
557 Tax on early
distributions from
traditional and Roth
IRAs
558 Tax on early
distributions from
retirement plans
Tax Credits
601
602
607
608
610
611
Earned income
credit (EIC)
Child and
dependent care
credit
Adoption credit
Excess social
security and RRTA
tax withheld
Retirement savings
contributions credit
First-time
homebuyer credit
IRS Notices
651
652
653
Notices— What to
do
Notice of
underreported
income— CP 2000
IRS notices and bills,
penalties, and
interest charges
Topic
No.
Subject
758 Form
941— Employer’s
Quarterly Federal
Tax Return and
Form
944— Employer’s
Annual Federal Tax
Return
761 Tips— Withholding
and reporting
762 Independent
contractor vs.
employee
Magnetic Media
Filers— 1099 Series and
Related Information
Returns
801
802
803
804
805
Who must file
magnetically
Applications, forms,
and information
Waivers and
extensions
Test files and
combined federal
and state filing
Electronic filing of
information returns
Tax Information for
Aliens and U.S. Citizens
Living Abroad
851
856
857
858
Resident and
nonresident aliens
Foreign tax credit
Individual taxpayer
identification
number
(ITIN)— Form W-7
Alien tax clearance
Tax Information for
Residents of Puerto Rico
Basis of Assets,
(in Spanish only)
Depreciation, and Sale of
Assets
901 Is a person with
income from Puerto
701 Sale of your home
Rican sources
703 Basis of assets
required to file a
U.S. federal income
704 Depreciation
tax return?
705 Installment sales
902 Credits and
deductions for
taxpayers with
Employer Tax
Puerto Rican source
Information
income that is
exempt from U.S.
751 Social security and
tax
Medicare
903 Federal employment
withholding rates
tax in Puerto Rico
752 Form W-2— Where,
904 Tax assistance for
when, and how to
residents of Puerto
file
Rico
753 Form
W-4— Employee’s
Withholding
Allowance Certificate
754 Form
W-5— Advance
earned income
credit
755 Employer
identification
number (EIN)— How
to apply
756 Employment taxes
for household
employees
757 Forms 941 and
Topic numbers are
944— Deposit
effective
requirements
January 1, 2009.
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Example. Mr. Brown is single. His taxable income on line
6 of Form 1040EZ is $26,250. He follows two easy steps
to figure his tax: 1. He finds the $26,250-26,300 taxable
income line. 2. He finds the Single filing status column
and reads down the column. The tax amount shown
where the taxable income line and the filing status line
meet is $3,540. He enters this amount on line 11 of Form
1040EZ.
2008 Tax Table
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
0
5
15
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
275
300
325
350
375
400
425
450
475
500
525
550
575
600
625
650
675
700
725
750
775
800
825
850
875
900
925
950
975
Single
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
5
15
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
250
275
300
325
350
375
400
425
450
475
500
525
550
575
600
625
650
675
700
725
750
775
800
825
850
875
900
925
950
975
1,000
0
1
2
4
6
9
11
14
16
19
21
24
26
29
31
34
36
39
41
44
46
49
51
54
56
59
61
64
66
69
71
74
76
79
81
84
86
89
91
94
96
99
0
1
2
4
6
9
11
14
16
19
21
24
26
29
31
34
36
39
41
44
46
49
51
54
56
59
61
64
66
69
71
74
76
79
81
84
86
89
91
94
96
99
1,025
1,050
1,075
1,100
1,125
1,150
1,175
1,200
1,225
1,250
1,275
1,300
1,325
1,350
1,375
1,400
1,425
1,450
1,475
1,500
101
104
106
109
111
114
116
119
121
124
126
129
131
134
136
139
141
144
146
149
101
104
106
109
111
114
116
119
121
124
126
129
131
134
136
139
141
144
146
149
1,000
1,000
1,025
1,050
1,075
1,100
1,125
1,150
1,175
1,200
1,225
1,250
1,275
1,300
1,325
1,350
1,375
1,400
1,425
1,450
1,475
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
And you are –
1,500
1,525
1,550
1,575
1,600
1,625
1,650
1,675
1,700
1,725
1,750
1,775
1,800
1,825
1,850
1,875
1,900
1,925
1,950
1,975
Single
151
154
156
159
161
164
166
169
171
174
176
179
181
184
186
189
191
194
196
199
151
154
156
159
161
164
166
169
171
174
176
179
181
184
186
189
191
194
196
199
Married
filing
jointly
2,025
2,050
2,075
2,100
2,125
2,150
2,175
2,200
2,225
2,250
2,275
2,300
2,325
2,350
2,375
2,400
2,425
2,450
2,475
2,500
2,525
2,550
2,575
2,600
2,625
2,650
2,675
2,700
2,725
2,750
2,775
2,800
2,825
2,850
2,875
2,900
2,925
2,950
2,975
3,000
201
204
206
209
211
214
216
219
221
224
226
229
231
234
236
239
241
244
246
249
251
254
256
259
261
264
266
269
271
274
276
279
281
284
286
289
291
294
296
299
201
204
206
209
211
214
216
219
221
224
226
229
231
234
236
239
241
244
246
249
251
254
256
259
261
264
266
269
271
274
276
279
281
284
286
289
291
294
296
299
3,000
3,000
3,050
3,100
3,150
3,200
3,250
3,300
3,350
3,400
3,450
3,500
3,550
3,600
3,650
3,700
3,750
3,800
3,850
3,900
3,950
3,533
3,540
3,548
3,555
26,250
26,300
26,350
26,400
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
3,050
3,100
3,150
3,200
3,250
3,300
3,350
3,400
3,450
3,500
3,550
3,600
3,650
3,700
3,750
3,800
3,850
3,900
3,950
4,000
303
308
313
318
323
328
333
338
343
348
353
358
363
368
373
378
383
388
393
398
303
308
313
318
323
328
333
338
343
348
353
358
363
368
373
378
383
388
393
398
6,000
6,050
6,100
6,150
6,200
6,250
6,300
6,350
6,400
6,450
6,500
6,550
6,600
6,650
6,700
6,750
6,800
6,850
6,900
6,950
4,050
4,100
4,150
4,200
4,250
4,300
4,350
4,400
4,450
4,500
4,550
4,600
4,650
4,700
4,750
4,800
4,850
4,900
4,950
5,000
403
408
413
418
423
428
433
438
443
448
453
458
463
468
473
478
483
488
493
498
403
408
413
418
423
428
433
438
443
448
453
458
463
468
473
478
483
488
493
498
7,000
7,050
7,100
7,150
7,200
7,250
7,300
7,350
7,400
7,450
7,500
7,550
7,600
7,650
7,700
7,750
7,800
7,850
7,900
7,950
5,050
5,100
5,150
5,200
5,250
5,300
5,350
5,400
5,450
5,500
5,550
5,600
5,650
5,700
5,750
5,800
5,850
5,900
5,950
6,000
503
508
513
518
523
528
533
538
543
548
553
558
563
568
573
578
583
588
593
598
503
508
513
518
523
528
533
538
543
548
553
558
563
568
573
578
583
588
593
598
8,000
8,050
8,100
8,150
8,200
8,250
8,300
8,350
8,400
8,450
8,500
8,550
8,600
8,650
8,700
8,750
8,800
8,850
8,900
8,950
6,050
6,100
6,150
6,200
6,250
6,300
6,350
6,400
6,450
6,500
6,550
6,600
6,650
6,700
6,750
6,800
6,850
6,900
6,950
7,000
603
608
613
618
623
628
633
638
643
648
653
658
663
668
673
678
683
688
693
698
603
608
613
618
623
628
633
638
643
648
653
658
663
668
673
678
683
688
693
698
7,050
7,100
7,150
7,200
7,250
7,300
7,350
7,400
7,450
7,500
7,550
7,600
7,650
7,700
7,750
7,800
7,850
7,900
7,950
8,000
703
708
713
718
723
728
733
738
743
748
753
758
763
768
773
778
783
788
793
798
703
708
713
718
723
728
733
738
743
748
753
758
763
768
773
778
783
788
793
798
8,050
8,100
8,150
8,200
8,250
8,300
8,350
8,400
8,450
8,500
8,550
8,600
8,650
8,700
8,750
8,800
8,850
8,900
8,950
9,000
803
810
818
825
833
840
848
855
863
870
878
885
893
900
908
915
923
930
938
945
803
808
813
818
823
828
833
838
843
848
853
858
863
868
873
878
883
888
893
898
7,000
5,000
5,000
5,050
5,100
5,150
5,200
5,250
5,300
5,350
5,400
5,450
5,500
5,550
5,600
5,650
5,700
5,750
5,800
5,850
5,900
5,950
3,131
3,139
3,146
3,154
6,000
4,000
4,000
4,050
4,100
4,150
4,200
4,250
4,300
4,350
4,400
4,450
4,500
4,550
4,600
4,650
4,700
4,750
4,800
4,850
4,900
4,950
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is—
26,200
䊳 26,250
26,300
26,350
And you are –
Single
But
less
than
Your tax is –
1,525
1,550
1,575
1,600
1,625
1,650
1,675
1,700
1,725
1,750
1,775
1,800
1,825
1,850
1,875
1,900
1,925
1,950
1,975
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,025
2,050
2,075
2,100
2,125
2,150
2,175
2,200
2,225
2,250
2,275
2,300
2,325
2,350
2,375
2,400
2,425
2,450
2,475
2,500
2,525
2,550
2,575
2,600
2,625
2,650
2,675
2,700
2,725
2,750
2,775
2,800
2,825
2,850
2,875
2,900
2,925
2,950
2,975
At
least
8,000
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2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
9,000
9,000
9,050
9,100
9,150
9,200
9,250
9,300
9,350
9,400
9,450
9,500
9,550
9,600
9,650
9,700
9,750
9,800
9,850
9,900
9,950
9,050
9,100
9,150
9,200
9,250
9,300
9,350
9,400
9,450
9,500
9,550
9,600
9,650
9,700
9,750
9,800
9,850
9,900
9,950
10,000
953
960
968
975
983
990
998
1,005
1,013
1,020
1,028
1,035
1,043
1,050
1,058
1,065
1,073
1,080
1,088
1,095
903
908
913
918
923
928
933
938
943
948
953
958
963
968
973
978
983
988
993
998
Single
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
10,050
10,100
10,150
10,200
10,250
10,300
10,350
10,400
10,450
10,500
10,550
10,600
10,650
10,700
10,750
10,800
10,850
10,900
10,950
11,000
11,050
11,100
11,150
11,200
11,250
11,300
11,350
11,400
11,450
11,500
11,550
11,600
11,650
11,700
11,750
11,800
11,850
11,900
11,950
12,000
But
less
than
Your tax is –
12,000
12,050
12,100
12,150
12,200
12,250
12,300
12,350
12,400
12,450
12,500
12,550
12,600
12,650
12,700
12,750
12,800
12,850
12,900
12,950
12,050
12,100
12,150
12,200
12,250
12,300
12,350
12,400
12,450
12,500
12,550
12,600
12,650
12,700
12,750
12,800
12,850
12,900
12,950
13,000
1,103
1,110
1,118
1,125
1,133
1,140
1,148
1,155
1,163
1,170
1,178
1,185
1,193
1,200
1,208
1,215
1,223
1,230
1,238
1,245
1,003
1,008
1,013
1,018
1,023
1,028
1,033
1,038
1,043
1,048
1,053
1,058
1,063
1,068
1,073
1,078
1,083
1,088
1,093
1,098
13,000
13,050
13,100
13,150
13,200
13,250
13,300
13,350
13,400
13,450
13,500
13,550
13,600
13,650
13,700
13,750
13,800
13,850
13,900
13,950
1,253
1,260
1,268
1,275
1,283
1,290
1,298
1,305
1,313
1,320
1,328
1,335
1,343
1,350
1,358
1,365
1,373
1,380
1,388
1,395
1,103
1,108
1,113
1,118
1,123
1,128
1,133
1,138
1,143
1,148
1,153
1,158
1,163
1,168
1,173
1,178
1,183
1,188
1,193
1,198
14,000
14,050
14,100
14,150
14,200
14,250
14,300
14,350
14,400
14,450
14,500
14,550
14,600
14,650
14,700
14,750
14,800
14,850
14,900
14,950
13,050
13,100
13,150
13,200
13,250
13,300
13,350
13,400
13,450
13,500
13,550
13,600
13,650
13,700
13,750
13,800
13,850
13,900
13,950
14,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
15,000
1,403
1,410
1,418
1,425
1,433
1,440
1,448
1,455
1,463
1,470
1,478
1,485
1,493
1,500
1,508
1,515
1,523
1,530
1,538
1,545
1,203
1,208
1,213
1,218
1,223
1,228
1,233
1,238
1,243
1,248
1,253
1,258
1,263
1,268
1,273
1,278
1,283
1,288
1,293
1,298
15,000
15,050
15,100
15,150
15,200
15,250
15,300
15,350
15,400
15,450
15,500
15,550
15,600
15,650
15,700
15,750
15,800
15,850
15,900
15,950
At
least
But
less
than
15,050
15,100
15,150
15,200
15,250
15,300
15,350
15,400
15,450
15,500
15,550
15,600
15,650
15,700
15,750
15,800
15,850
15,900
15,950
16,000
1,553
1,560
1,568
1,575
1,583
1,590
1,598
1,605
1,613
1,620
1,628
1,635
1,643
1,650
1,658
1,665
1,673
1,680
1,688
1,695
1,303
1,308
1,313
1,318
1,323
1,328
1,333
1,338
1,343
1,348
1,353
1,358
1,363
1,368
1,373
1,378
1,383
1,388
1,393
1,398
16,000
16,050
16,100
16,150
16,200
16,250
16,300
16,350
16,400
16,450
16,500
16,550
16,600
16,650
16,700
16,750
16,800
16,850
16,900
16,950
1,703
1,710
1,718
1,725
1,733
1,740
1,748
1,755
1,763
1,770
1,778
1,785
1,793
1,800
1,808
1,815
1,823
1,830
1,838
1,845
1,403
1,408
1,413
1,418
1,423
1,428
1,433
1,438
1,443
1,448
1,453
1,458
1,463
1,468
1,473
1,478
1,483
1,488
1,493
1,498
17,000
17,050
17,100
17,150
17,200
17,250
17,300
17,350
17,400
17,450
17,500
17,550
17,600
17,650
17,700
17,750
17,800
17,850
17,900
17,950
16,050
16,100
16,150
16,200
16,250
16,300
16,350
16,400
16,450
16,500
16,550
16,600
16,650
16,700
16,750
16,800
16,850
16,900
16,950
17,000
1,853
1,860
1,868
1,875
1,883
1,890
1,898
1,905
1,913
1,920
1,928
1,935
1,943
1,950
1,958
1,965
1,973
1,980
1,988
1,995
1,503
1,508
1,513
1,518
1,523
1,528
1,533
1,538
1,543
1,548
1,553
1,558
1,563
1,568
1,573
1,578
1,583
1,588
1,593
1,598
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
18,000
18,050
18,100
18,150
18,200
18,250
18,300
18,350
18,400
18,450
18,500
18,550
18,600
18,650
18,700
18,750
18,800
18,850
18,900
18,950
18,050
18,100
18,150
18,200
18,250
18,300
18,350
18,400
18,450
18,500
18,550
18,600
18,650
18,700
18,750
18,800
18,850
18,900
18,950
19,000
2,303
2,310
2,318
2,325
2,333
2,340
2,348
2,355
2,363
2,370
2,378
2,385
2,393
2,400
2,408
2,415
2,423
2,430
2,438
2,445
1,901
1,909
1,916
1,924
1,931
1,939
1,946
1,954
1,961
1,969
1,976
1,984
1,991
1,999
2,006
2,014
2,021
2,029
2,036
2,044
2,453
2,460
2,468
2,475
2,483
2,490
2,498
2,505
2,513
2,520
2,528
2,535
2,543
2,550
2,558
2,565
2,573
2,580
2,588
2,595
2,051
2,059
2,066
2,074
2,081
2,089
2,096
2,104
2,111
2,119
2,126
2,134
2,141
2,149
2,156
2,164
2,171
2,179
2,186
2,194
2,603
2,610
2,618
2,625
2,633
2,640
2,648
2,655
2,663
2,670
2,678
2,685
2,693
2,700
2,708
2,715
2,723
2,730
2,738
2,745
2,201
2,209
2,216
2,224
2,231
2,239
2,246
2,254
2,261
2,269
2,276
2,284
2,291
2,299
2,306
2,314
2,321
2,329
2,336
2,344
19,000
2,003
2,010
2,018
2,025
2,033
2,040
2,048
2,055
2,063
2,070
2,078
2,085
2,093
2,100
2,108
2,115
2,123
2,130
2,138
2,145
1,603
1,609
1,616
1,624
1,631
1,639
1,646
1,654
1,661
1,669
1,676
1,684
1,691
1,699
1,706
1,714
1,721
1,729
1,736
1,744
19,000
19,050
19,100
19,150
19,200
19,250
19,300
19,350
19,400
19,450
19,500
19,550
19,600
19,650
19,700
19,750
19,800
19,850
19,900
19,950
2,153
2,160
2,168
2,175
2,183
2,190
2,198
2,205
2,213
2,220
2,228
2,235
2,243
2,250
2,258
2,265
2,273
2,280
2,288
2,295
1,751
1,759
1,766
1,774
1,781
1,789
1,796
1,804
1,811
1,819
1,826
1,834
1,841
1,849
1,856
1,864
1,871
1,879
1,886
1,894
20,000
20,050
20,100
20,150
20,200
20,250
20,300
20,350
20,400
20,450
20,500
20,550
20,600
20,650
20,700
20,750
20,800
20,850
20,900
20,950
17,000
17,050
17,100
17,150
17,200
17,250
17,300
17,350
17,400
17,450
17,500
17,550
17,600
17,650
17,700
17,750
17,800
17,850
17,900
17,950
18,000
And you are –
18,000
16,000
14,000
14,050
14,100
14,150
14,200
14,250
14,300
14,350
14,400
14,450
14,500
14,550
14,600
14,650
14,700
14,750
14,800
14,850
14,900
14,950
15,000
And you are –
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
Your tax is –
13,000
11,000
11,000
11,050
11,100
11,150
11,200
11,250
11,300
11,350
11,400
11,450
11,500
11,550
11,600
11,650
11,700
11,750
11,800
11,850
11,900
11,950
And you are –
12,000
10,000
10,000
10,050
10,100
10,150
10,200
10,250
10,300
10,350
10,400
10,450
10,500
10,550
10,600
10,650
10,700
10,750
10,800
10,850
10,900
10,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
19,050
19,100
19,150
19,200
19,250
19,300
19,350
19,400
19,450
19,500
19,550
19,600
19,650
19,700
19,750
19,800
19,850
19,900
19,950
20,000
20,000
20,050
20,100
20,150
20,200
20,250
20,300
20,350
20,400
20,450
20,500
20,550
20,600
20,650
20,700
20,750
20,800
20,850
20,900
20,950
21,000
(Continued on page 30)
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The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing.
2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
21,000
21,000
21,050
21,100
21,150
21,200
21,250
21,300
21,350
21,400
21,450
21,500
21,550
21,600
21,650
21,700
21,750
21,800
21,850
21,900
21,950
21,050
21,100
21,150
21,200
21,250
21,300
21,350
21,400
21,450
21,500
21,550
21,600
21,650
21,700
21,750
21,800
21,850
21,900
21,950
22,000
22,050
22,100
22,150
22,200
22,250
22,300
22,350
22,400
22,450
22,500
22,550
22,600
22,650
22,700
22,750
22,800
22,850
22,900
22,950
23,000
2,753
2,760
2,768
2,775
2,783
2,790
2,798
2,805
2,813
2,820
2,828
2,835
2,843
2,850
2,858
2,865
2,873
2,880
2,888
2,895
2,351
2,359
2,366
2,374
2,381
2,389
2,396
2,404
2,411
2,419
2,426
2,434
2,441
2,449
2,456
2,464
2,471
2,479
2,486
2,494
23,050
23,100
23,150
23,200
23,250
23,300
23,350
23,400
23,450
23,500
23,550
23,600
23,650
23,700
23,750
23,800
23,850
23,900
23,950
24,000
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
24,000
24,050
24,100
24,150
24,200
24,250
24,300
24,350
24,400
24,450
24,500
24,550
24,600
24,650
24,700
24,750
24,800
24,850
24,900
24,950
24,050
24,100
24,150
24,200
24,250
24,300
24,350
24,400
24,450
24,500
24,550
24,600
24,650
24,700
24,750
24,800
24,850
24,900
24,950
25,000
2,903
2,910
2,918
2,925
2,933
2,940
2,948
2,955
2,963
2,970
2,978
2,985
2,993
3,000
3,008
3,015
3,023
3,030
3,038
3,045
2,501
2,509
2,516
2,524
2,531
2,539
2,546
2,554
2,561
2,569
2,576
2,584
2,591
2,599
2,606
2,614
2,621
2,629
2,636
2,644
25,000
25,050
25,100
25,150
25,200
25,250
25,300
25,350
25,400
25,450
25,500
25,550
25,600
25,650
25,700
25,750
25,800
25,850
25,900
25,950
3,053
3,060
3,068
3,075
3,083
3,090
3,098
3,105
3,113
3,120
3,128
3,135
3,143
3,150
3,158
3,165
3,173
3,180
3,188
3,195
2,651
2,659
2,666
2,674
2,681
2,689
2,696
2,704
2,711
2,719
2,726
2,734
2,741
2,749
2,756
2,764
2,771
2,779
2,786
2,794
26,000
26,050
26,100
26,150
26,200
26,250
26,300
26,350
26,400
26,450
26,500
26,550
26,600
26,650
26,700
26,750
26,800
26,850
26,900
26,950
25,050
25,100
25,150
25,200
25,250
25,300
25,350
25,400
25,450
25,500
25,550
25,600
25,650
25,700
25,750
25,800
25,850
25,900
25,950
26,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
27,000
3,203
3,210
3,218
3,225
3,233
3,240
3,248
3,255
3,263
3,270
3,278
3,285
3,293
3,300
3,308
3,315
3,323
3,330
3,338
3,345
2,801
2,809
2,816
2,824
2,831
2,839
2,846
2,854
2,861
2,869
2,876
2,884
2,891
2,899
2,906
2,914
2,921
2,929
2,936
2,944
27,000
27,050
27,100
27,150
27,200
27,250
27,300
27,350
27,400
27,450
27,500
27,550
27,600
27,650
27,700
27,750
27,800
27,850
27,900
27,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
27,050
27,100
27,150
27,200
27,250
27,300
27,350
27,400
27,450
27,500
27,550
27,600
27,650
27,700
27,750
27,800
27,850
27,900
27,950
28,000
3,353
3,360
3,368
3,375
3,383
3,390
3,398
3,405
3,413
3,420
3,428
3,435
3,443
3,450
3,458
3,465
3,473
3,480
3,488
3,495
2,951
2,959
2,966
2,974
2,981
2,989
2,996
3,004
3,011
3,019
3,026
3,034
3,041
3,049
3,056
3,064
3,071
3,079
3,086
3,094
28,000
28,050
28,100
28,150
28,200
28,250
28,300
28,350
28,400
28,450
28,500
28,550
28,600
28,650
28,700
28,750
28,800
28,850
28,900
28,950
3,503
3,510
3,518
3,525
3,533
3,540
3,548
3,555
3,563
3,570
3,578
3,585
3,593
3,600
3,608
3,615
3,623
3,630
3,638
3,645
3,101
3,109
3,116
3,124
3,131
3,139
3,146
3,154
3,161
3,169
3,176
3,184
3,191
3,199
3,206
3,214
3,221
3,229
3,236
3,244
29,000
29,050
29,100
29,150
29,200
29,250
29,300
29,350
29,400
29,450
29,500
29,550
29,600
29,650
29,700
29,750
29,800
29,850
29,900
29,950
28,050
28,100
28,150
28,200
28,250
28,300
28,350
28,400
28,450
28,500
28,550
28,600
28,650
28,700
28,750
28,800
28,850
28,900
28,950
29,000
3,653
3,660
3,668
3,675
3,683
3,690
3,698
3,705
3,713
3,720
3,728
3,735
3,743
3,750
3,758
3,765
3,773
3,780
3,788
3,795
3,251
3,259
3,266
3,274
3,281
3,289
3,296
3,304
3,311
3,319
3,326
3,334
3,341
3,349
3,356
3,364
3,371
3,379
3,386
3,394
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
30,000
30,050
30,100
30,150
30,200
30,250
30,300
30,350
30,400
30,450
30,500
30,550
30,600
30,650
30,700
30,750
30,800
30,850
30,900
30,950
30,050
30,100
30,150
30,200
30,250
30,300
30,350
30,400
30,450
30,500
30,550
30,600
30,650
30,700
30,750
30,800
30,850
30,900
30,950
31,000
4,103
4,110
4,118
4,125
4,133
4,140
4,148
4,155
4,163
4,170
4,178
4,185
4,193
4,200
4,208
4,215
4,223
4,230
4,238
4,245
3,701
3,709
3,716
3,724
3,731
3,739
3,746
3,754
3,761
3,769
3,776
3,784
3,791
3,799
3,806
3,814
3,821
3,829
3,836
3,844
4,253
4,260
4,268
4,275
4,283
4,290
4,298
4,305
4,313
4,320
4,328
4,335
4,343
4,350
4,358
4,365
4,373
4,380
4,388
4,395
3,851
3,859
3,866
3,874
3,881
3,889
3,896
3,904
3,911
3,919
3,926
3,934
3,941
3,949
3,956
3,964
3,971
3,979
3,986
3,994
4,403
4,410
4,418
4,425
4,433
4,440
4,448
4,455
4,463
4,470
4,478
4,488
4,500
4,513
4,525
4,538
4,550
4,563
4,575
4,588
4,001
4,009
4,016
4,024
4,031
4,039
4,046
4,054
4,061
4,069
4,076
4,084
4,091
4,099
4,106
4,114
4,121
4,129
4,136
4,144
31,000
3,803
3,810
3,818
3,825
3,833
3,840
3,848
3,855
3,863
3,870
3,878
3,885
3,893
3,900
3,908
3,915
3,923
3,930
3,938
3,945
3,401
3,409
3,416
3,424
3,431
3,439
3,446
3,454
3,461
3,469
3,476
3,484
3,491
3,499
3,506
3,514
3,521
3,529
3,536
3,544
31,000
31,050
31,100
31,150
31,200
31,250
31,300
31,350
31,400
31,450
31,500
31,550
31,600
31,650
31,700
31,750
31,800
31,850
31,900
31,950
3,953
3,960
3,968
3,975
3,983
3,990
3,998
4,005
4,013
4,020
4,028
4,035
4,043
4,050
4,058
4,065
4,073
4,080
4,088
4,095
3,551
3,559
3,566
3,574
3,581
3,589
3,596
3,604
3,611
3,619
3,626
3,634
3,641
3,649
3,656
3,664
3,671
3,679
3,686
3,694
32,000
32,050
32,100
32,150
32,200
32,250
32,300
32,350
32,400
32,450
32,500
32,550
32,600
32,650
32,700
32,750
32,800
32,850
32,900
32,950
29,000
29,050
29,100
29,150
29,200
29,250
29,300
29,350
29,400
29,450
29,500
29,550
29,600
29,650
29,700
29,750
29,800
29,850
29,900
29,950
30,000
And you are –
30,000
28,000
26,000
26,050
26,100
26,150
26,200
26,250
26,300
26,350
26,400
26,450
26,500
26,550
26,600
26,650
26,700
26,750
26,800
26,850
26,900
26,950
27,000
And you are –
Your tax is –
25,000
23,000
23,000
23,050
23,100
23,150
23,200
23,250
23,300
23,350
23,400
23,450
23,500
23,550
23,600
23,650
23,700
23,750
23,800
23,850
23,900
23,950
Single
24,000
22,000
22,000
22,050
22,100
22,150
22,200
22,250
22,300
22,350
22,400
22,450
22,500
22,550
22,600
22,650
22,700
22,750
22,800
22,850
22,900
22,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
And you are –
31,050
31,100
31,150
31,200
31,250
31,300
31,350
31,400
31,450
31,500
31,550
31,600
31,650
31,700
31,750
31,800
31,850
31,900
31,950
32,000
32,000
32,050
32,100
32,150
32,200
32,250
32,300
32,350
32,400
32,450
32,500
32,550
32,600
32,650
32,700
32,750
32,800
32,850
32,900
32,950
33,000
(Continued on page 31)
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2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
33,000
33,000
33,050
33,100
33,150
33,200
33,250
33,300
33,350
33,400
33,450
33,500
33,550
33,600
33,650
33,700
33,750
33,800
33,850
33,900
33,950
33,050
33,100
33,150
33,200
33,250
33,300
33,350
33,400
33,450
33,500
33,550
33,600
33,650
33,700
33,750
33,800
33,850
33,900
33,950
34,000
34,050
34,100
34,150
34,200
34,250
34,300
34,350
34,400
34,450
34,500
34,550
34,600
34,650
34,700
34,750
34,800
34,850
34,900
34,950
35,000
4,600
4,613
4,625
4,638
4,650
4,663
4,675
4,688
4,700
4,713
4,725
4,738
4,750
4,763
4,775
4,788
4,800
4,813
4,825
4,838
4,151
4,159
4,166
4,174
4,181
4,189
4,196
4,204
4,211
4,219
4,226
4,234
4,241
4,249
4,256
4,264
4,271
4,279
4,286
4,294
35,050
35,100
35,150
35,200
35,250
35,300
35,350
35,400
35,450
35,500
35,550
35,600
35,650
35,700
35,750
35,800
35,850
35,900
35,950
36,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
36,000
36,050
36,100
36,150
36,200
36,250
36,300
36,350
36,400
36,450
36,500
36,550
36,600
36,650
36,700
36,750
36,800
36,850
36,900
36,950
36,050
36,100
36,150
36,200
36,250
36,300
36,350
36,400
36,450
36,500
36,550
36,600
36,650
36,700
36,750
36,800
36,850
36,900
36,950
37,000
4,850
4,863
4,875
4,888
4,900
4,913
4,925
4,938
4,950
4,963
4,975
4,988
5,000
5,013
5,025
5,038
5,050
5,063
5,075
5,088
4,301
4,309
4,316
4,324
4,331
4,339
4,346
4,354
4,361
4,369
4,376
4,384
4,391
4,399
4,406
4,414
4,421
4,429
4,436
4,444
37,000
37,050
37,100
37,150
37,200
37,250
37,300
37,350
37,400
37,450
37,500
37,550
37,600
37,650
37,700
37,750
37,800
37,850
37,900
37,950
5,100
5,113
5,125
5,138
5,150
5,163
5,175
5,188
5,200
5,213
5,225
5,238
5,250
5,263
5,275
5,288
5,300
5,313
5,325
5,338
4,451
4,459
4,466
4,474
4,481
4,489
4,496
4,504
4,511
4,519
4,526
4,534
4,541
4,549
4,556
4,564
4,571
4,579
4,586
4,594
38,000
38,050
38,100
38,150
38,200
38,250
38,300
38,350
38,400
38,450
38,500
38,550
38,600
38,650
38,700
38,750
38,800
38,850
38,900
38,950
37,050
37,100
37,150
37,200
37,250
37,300
37,350
37,400
37,450
37,500
37,550
37,600
37,650
37,700
37,750
37,800
37,850
37,900
37,950
38,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
39,000
5,350
5,363
5,375
5,388
5,400
5,413
5,425
5,438
5,450
5,463
5,475
5,488
5,500
5,513
5,525
5,538
5,550
5,563
5,575
5,588
4,601
4,609
4,616
4,624
4,631
4,639
4,646
4,654
4,661
4,669
4,676
4,684
4,691
4,699
4,706
4,714
4,721
4,729
4,736
4,744
39,000
39,050
39,100
39,150
39,200
39,250
39,300
39,350
39,400
39,450
39,500
39,550
39,600
39,650
39,700
39,750
39,800
39,850
39,900
39,950
At
least
But
less
than
39,050
39,100
39,150
39,200
39,250
39,300
39,350
39,400
39,450
39,500
39,550
39,600
39,650
39,700
39,750
39,800
39,850
39,900
39,950
40,000
5,600
5,613
5,625
5,638
5,650
5,663
5,675
5,688
5,700
5,713
5,725
5,738
5,750
5,763
5,775
5,788
5,800
5,813
5,825
5,838
4,751
4,759
4,766
4,774
4,781
4,789
4,796
4,804
4,811
4,819
4,826
4,834
4,841
4,849
4,856
4,864
4,871
4,879
4,886
4,894
40,000
40,050
40,100
40,150
40,200
40,250
40,300
40,350
40,400
40,450
40,500
40,550
40,600
40,650
40,700
40,750
40,800
40,850
40,900
40,950
5,850
5,863
5,875
5,888
5,900
5,913
5,925
5,938
5,950
5,963
5,975
5,988
6,000
6,013
6,025
6,038
6,050
6,063
6,075
6,088
4,901
4,909
4,916
4,924
4,931
4,939
4,946
4,954
4,961
4,969
4,976
4,984
4,991
4,999
5,006
5,014
5,021
5,029
5,036
5,044
41,000
41,050
41,100
41,150
41,200
41,250
41,300
41,350
41,400
41,450
41,500
41,550
41,600
41,650
41,700
41,750
41,800
41,850
41,900
41,950
40,050
40,100
40,150
40,200
40,250
40,300
40,350
40,400
40,450
40,500
40,550
40,600
40,650
40,700
40,750
40,800
40,850
40,900
40,950
41,000
6,100
6,113
6,125
6,138
6,150
6,163
6,175
6,188
6,200
6,213
6,225
6,238
6,250
6,263
6,275
6,288
6,300
6,313
6,325
6,338
5,051
5,059
5,066
5,074
5,081
5,089
5,096
5,104
5,111
5,119
5,126
5,134
5,141
5,149
5,156
5,164
5,171
5,179
5,186
5,194
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
42,000
42,050
42,100
42,150
42,200
42,250
42,300
42,350
42,400
42,450
42,500
42,550
42,600
42,650
42,700
42,750
42,800
42,850
42,900
42,950
42,050
42,100
42,150
42,200
42,250
42,300
42,350
42,400
42,450
42,500
42,550
42,600
42,650
42,700
42,750
42,800
42,850
42,900
42,950
43,000
6,850
6,863
6,875
6,888
6,900
6,913
6,925
6,938
6,950
6,963
6,975
6,988
7,000
7,013
7,025
7,038
7,050
7,063
7,075
7,088
5,501
5,509
5,516
5,524
5,531
5,539
5,546
5,554
5,561
5,569
5,576
5,584
5,591
5,599
5,606
5,614
5,621
5,629
5,636
5,644
7,100
7,113
7,125
7,138
7,150
7,163
7,175
7,188
7,200
7,213
7,225
7,238
7,250
7,263
7,275
7,288
7,300
7,313
7,325
7,338
5,651
5,659
5,666
5,674
5,681
5,689
5,696
5,704
5,711
5,719
5,726
5,734
5,741
5,749
5,756
5,764
5,771
5,779
5,786
5,794
7,350
7,363
7,375
7,388
7,400
7,413
7,425
7,438
7,450
7,463
7,475
7,488
7,500
7,513
7,525
7,538
7,550
7,563
7,575
7,588
5,801
5,809
5,816
5,824
5,831
5,839
5,846
5,854
5,861
5,869
5,876
5,884
5,891
5,899
5,906
5,914
5,921
5,929
5,936
5,944
43,000
6,350
6,363
6,375
6,388
6,400
6,413
6,425
6,438
6,450
6,463
6,475
6,488
6,500
6,513
6,525
6,538
6,550
6,563
6,575
6,588
5,201
5,209
5,216
5,224
5,231
5,239
5,246
5,254
5,261
5,269
5,276
5,284
5,291
5,299
5,306
5,314
5,321
5,329
5,336
5,344
43,000
43,050
43,100
43,150
43,200
43,250
43,300
43,350
43,400
43,450
43,500
43,550
43,600
43,650
43,700
43,750
43,800
43,850
43,900
43,950
6,600
6,613
6,625
6,638
6,650
6,663
6,675
6,688
6,700
6,713
6,725
6,738
6,750
6,763
6,775
6,788
6,800
6,813
6,825
6,838
5,351
5,359
5,366
5,374
5,381
5,389
5,396
5,404
5,411
5,419
5,426
5,434
5,441
5,449
5,456
5,464
5,471
5,479
5,486
5,494
44,000
44,050
44,100
44,150
44,200
44,250
44,300
44,350
44,400
44,450
44,500
44,550
44,600
44,650
44,700
44,750
44,800
44,850
44,900
44,950
41,000
41,050
41,100
41,150
41,200
41,250
41,300
41,350
41,400
41,450
41,500
41,550
41,600
41,650
41,700
41,750
41,800
41,850
41,900
41,950
42,000
And you are –
42,000
40,000
38,000
38,050
38,100
38,150
38,200
38,250
38,300
38,350
38,400
38,450
38,500
38,550
38,600
38,650
38,700
38,750
38,800
38,850
38,900
38,950
39,000
And you are –
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
Your tax is –
37,000
35,000
35,000
35,050
35,100
35,150
35,200
35,250
35,300
35,350
35,400
35,450
35,500
35,550
35,600
35,650
35,700
35,750
35,800
35,850
35,900
35,950
And you are –
36,000
34,000
34,000
34,050
34,100
34,150
34,200
34,250
34,300
34,350
34,400
34,450
34,500
34,550
34,600
34,650
34,700
34,750
34,800
34,850
34,900
34,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
43,050
43,100
43,150
43,200
43,250
43,300
43,350
43,400
43,450
43,500
43,550
43,600
43,650
43,700
43,750
43,800
43,850
43,900
43,950
44,000
44,000
44,050
44,100
44,150
44,200
44,250
44,300
44,350
44,400
44,450
44,500
44,550
44,600
44,650
44,700
44,750
44,800
44,850
44,900
44,950
45,000
(Continued on page 32)
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The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing.
2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
45,000
45,000
45,050
45,100
45,150
45,200
45,250
45,300
45,350
45,400
45,450
45,500
45,550
45,600
45,650
45,700
45,750
45,800
45,850
45,900
45,950
45,050
45,100
45,150
45,200
45,250
45,300
45,350
45,400
45,450
45,500
45,550
45,600
45,650
45,700
45,750
45,800
45,850
45,900
45,950
46,000
46,050
46,100
46,150
46,200
46,250
46,300
46,350
46,400
46,450
46,500
46,550
46,600
46,650
46,700
46,750
46,800
46,850
46,900
46,950
47,000
7,600
7,613
7,625
7,638
7,650
7,663
7,675
7,688
7,700
7,713
7,725
7,738
7,750
7,763
7,775
7,788
7,800
7,813
7,825
7,838
5,951
5,959
5,966
5,974
5,981
5,989
5,996
6,004
6,011
6,019
6,026
6,034
6,041
6,049
6,056
6,064
6,071
6,079
6,086
6,094
47,050
47,100
47,150
47,200
47,250
47,300
47,350
47,400
47,450
47,500
47,550
47,600
47,650
47,700
47,750
47,800
47,850
47,900
47,950
48,000
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
48,000
48,050
48,100
48,150
48,200
48,250
48,300
48,350
48,400
48,450
48,500
48,550
48,600
48,650
48,700
48,750
48,800
48,850
48,900
48,950
48,050
48,100
48,150
48,200
48,250
48,300
48,350
48,400
48,450
48,500
48,550
48,600
48,650
48,700
48,750
48,800
48,850
48,900
48,950
49,000
7,850
7,863
7,875
7,888
7,900
7,913
7,925
7,938
7,950
7,963
7,975
7,988
8,000
8,013
8,025
8,038
8,050
8,063
8,075
8,088
6,101
6,109
6,116
6,124
6,131
6,139
6,146
6,154
6,161
6,169
6,176
6,184
6,191
6,199
6,206
6,214
6,221
6,229
6,236
6,244
49,000
49,050
49,100
49,150
49,200
49,250
49,300
49,350
49,400
49,450
49,500
49,550
49,600
49,650
49,700
49,750
49,800
49,850
49,900
49,950
8,100
8,113
8,125
8,138
8,150
8,163
8,175
8,188
8,200
8,213
8,225
8,238
8,250
8,263
8,275
8,288
8,300
8,313
8,325
8,338
6,251
6,259
6,266
6,274
6,281
6,289
6,296
6,304
6,311
6,319
6,326
6,334
6,341
6,349
6,356
6,364
6,371
6,379
6,386
6,394
50,000
50,050
50,100
50,150
50,200
50,250
50,300
50,350
50,400
50,450
50,500
50,550
50,600
50,650
50,700
50,750
50,800
50,850
50,900
50,950
49,050
49,100
49,150
49,200
49,250
49,300
49,350
49,400
49,450
49,500
49,550
49,600
49,650
49,700
49,750
49,800
49,850
49,900
49,950
50,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
51,000
8,350
8,363
8,375
8,388
8,400
8,413
8,425
8,438
8,450
8,463
8,475
8,488
8,500
8,513
8,525
8,538
8,550
8,563
8,575
8,588
6,401
6,409
6,416
6,424
6,431
6,439
6,446
6,454
6,461
6,469
6,476
6,484
6,491
6,499
6,506
6,514
6,521
6,529
6,536
6,544
51,000
51,050
51,100
51,150
51,200
51,250
51,300
51,350
51,400
51,450
51,500
51,550
51,600
51,650
51,700
51,750
51,800
51,850
51,900
51,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
51,050
51,100
51,150
51,200
51,250
51,300
51,350
51,400
51,450
51,500
51,550
51,600
51,650
51,700
51,750
51,800
51,850
51,900
51,950
52,000
8,600
8,613
8,625
8,638
8,650
8,663
8,675
8,688
8,700
8,713
8,725
8,738
8,750
8,763
8,775
8,788
8,800
8,813
8,825
8,838
6,551
6,559
6,566
6,574
6,581
6,589
6,596
6,604
6,611
6,619
6,626
6,634
6,641
6,649
6,656
6,664
6,671
6,679
6,686
6,694
52,000
52,050
52,100
52,150
52,200
52,250
52,300
52,350
52,400
52,450
52,500
52,550
52,600
52,650
52,700
52,750
52,800
52,850
52,900
52,950
8,850
8,863
8,875
8,888
8,900
8,913
8,925
8,938
8,950
8,963
8,975
8,988
9,000
9,013
9,025
9,038
9,050
9,063
9,075
9,088
6,701
6,709
6,716
6,724
6,731
6,739
6,746
6,754
6,761
6,769
6,776
6,784
6,791
6,799
6,806
6,814
6,821
6,829
6,836
6,844
53,000
53,050
53,100
53,150
53,200
53,250
53,300
53,350
53,400
53,450
53,500
53,550
53,600
53,650
53,700
53,750
53,800
53,850
53,900
53,950
52,050
52,100
52,150
52,200
52,250
52,300
52,350
52,400
52,450
52,500
52,550
52,600
52,650
52,700
52,750
52,800
52,850
52,900
52,950
53,000
9,100
9,113
9,125
9,138
9,150
9,163
9,175
9,188
9,200
9,213
9,225
9,238
9,250
9,263
9,275
9,288
9,300
9,313
9,325
9,338
6,851
6,859
6,866
6,874
6,881
6,889
6,896
6,904
6,911
6,919
6,926
6,934
6,941
6,949
6,956
6,964
6,971
6,979
6,986
6,994
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
54,000
54,050
54,100
54,150
54,200
54,250
54,300
54,350
54,400
54,450
54,500
54,550
54,600
54,650
54,700
54,750
54,800
54,850
54,900
54,950
54,050
54,100
54,150
54,200
54,250
54,300
54,350
54,400
54,450
54,500
54,550
54,600
54,650
54,700
54,750
54,800
54,850
54,900
54,950
55,000
9,850
9,863
9,875
9,888
9,900
9,913
9,925
9,938
9,950
9,963
9,975
9,988
10,000
10,013
10,025
10,038
10,050
10,063
10,075
10,088
7,301
7,309
7,316
7,324
7,331
7,339
7,346
7,354
7,361
7,369
7,376
7,384
7,391
7,399
7,406
7,414
7,421
7,429
7,436
7,444
10,100
10,113
10,125
10,138
10,150
10,163
10,175
10,188
10,200
10,213
10,225
10,238
10,250
10,263
10,275
10,288
10,300
10,313
10,325
10,338
7,451
7,459
7,466
7,474
7,481
7,489
7,496
7,504
7,511
7,519
7,526
7,534
7,541
7,549
7,556
7,564
7,571
7,579
7,586
7,594
10,350
10,363
10,375
10,388
10,400
10,413
10,425
10,438
10,450
10,463
10,475
10,488
10,500
10,513
10,525
10,538
10,550
10,563
10,575
10,588
7,601
7,609
7,616
7,624
7,631
7,639
7,646
7,654
7,661
7,669
7,676
7,684
7,691
7,699
7,706
7,714
7,721
7,729
7,736
7,744
55,000
9,350
9,363
9,375
9,388
9,400
9,413
9,425
9,438
9,450
9,463
9,475
9,488
9,500
9,513
9,525
9,538
9,550
9,563
9,575
9,588
7,001
7,009
7,016
7,024
7,031
7,039
7,046
7,054
7,061
7,069
7,076
7,084
7,091
7,099
7,106
7,114
7,121
7,129
7,136
7,144
55,000
55,050
55,100
55,150
55,200
55,250
55,300
55,350
55,400
55,450
55,500
55,550
55,600
55,650
55,700
55,750
55,800
55,850
55,900
55,950
9,600
9,613
9,625
9,638
9,650
9,663
9,675
9,688
9,700
9,713
9,725
9,738
9,750
9,763
9,775
9,788
9,800
9,813
9,825
9,838
7,151
7,159
7,166
7,174
7,181
7,189
7,196
7,204
7,211
7,219
7,226
7,234
7,241
7,249
7,256
7,264
7,271
7,279
7,286
7,294
56,000
56,050
56,100
56,150
56,200
56,250
56,300
56,350
56,400
56,450
56,500
56,550
56,600
56,650
56,700
56,750
56,800
56,850
56,900
56,950
53,000
53,050
53,100
53,150
53,200
53,250
53,300
53,350
53,400
53,450
53,500
53,550
53,600
53,650
53,700
53,750
53,800
53,850
53,900
53,950
54,000
And you are –
54,000
52,000
50,000
50,050
50,100
50,150
50,200
50,250
50,300
50,350
50,400
50,450
50,500
50,550
50,600
50,650
50,700
50,750
50,800
50,850
50,900
50,950
51,000
And you are –
Your tax is –
49,000
47,000
47,000
47,050
47,100
47,150
47,200
47,250
47,300
47,350
47,400
47,450
47,500
47,550
47,600
47,650
47,700
47,750
47,800
47,850
47,900
47,950
Single
48,000
46,000
46,000
46,050
46,100
46,150
46,200
46,250
46,300
46,350
46,400
46,450
46,500
46,550
46,600
46,650
46,700
46,750
46,800
46,850
46,900
46,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
And you are –
55,050
55,100
55,150
55,200
55,250
55,300
55,350
55,400
55,450
55,500
55,550
55,600
55,650
55,700
55,750
55,800
55,850
55,900
55,950
56,000
56,000
56,050
56,100
56,150
56,200
56,250
56,300
56,350
56,400
56,450
56,500
56,550
56,600
56,650
56,700
56,750
56,800
56,850
56,900
56,950
57,000
(Continued on page 33)
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13:31 - 26-JAN-2009
The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing.
2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
57,000
57,000
57,050
57,100
57,150
57,200
57,250
57,300
57,350
57,400
57,450
57,500
57,550
57,600
57,650
57,700
57,750
57,800
57,850
57,900
57,950
57,050
57,100
57,150
57,200
57,250
57,300
57,350
57,400
57,450
57,500
57,550
57,600
57,650
57,700
57,750
57,800
57,850
57,900
57,950
58,000
58,050
58,100
58,150
58,200
58,250
58,300
58,350
58,400
58,450
58,500
58,550
58,600
58,650
58,700
58,750
58,800
58,850
58,900
58,950
59,000
10,600
10,613
10,625
10,638
10,650
10,663
10,675
10,688
10,700
10,713
10,725
10,738
10,750
10,763
10,775
10,788
10,800
10,813
10,825
10,838
7,751
7,759
7,766
7,774
7,781
7,789
7,796
7,804
7,811
7,819
7,826
7,834
7,841
7,849
7,856
7,864
7,871
7,879
7,886
7,894
59,050
59,100
59,150
59,200
59,250
59,300
59,350
59,400
59,450
59,500
59,550
59,600
59,650
59,700
59,750
59,800
59,850
59,900
59,950
60,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
60,000
60,050
60,100
60,150
60,200
60,250
60,300
60,350
60,400
60,450
60,500
60,550
60,600
60,650
60,700
60,750
60,800
60,850
60,900
60,950
60,050
60,100
60,150
60,200
60,250
60,300
60,350
60,400
60,450
60,500
60,550
60,600
60,650
60,700
60,750
60,800
60,850
60,900
60,950
61,000
10,850
10,863
10,875
10,888
10,900
10,913
10,925
10,938
10,950
10,963
10,975
10,988
11,000
11,013
11,025
11,038
11,050
11,063
11,075
11,088
7,901
7,909
7,916
7,924
7,931
7,939
7,946
7,954
7,961
7,969
7,976
7,984
7,991
7,999
8,006
8,014
8,021
8,029
8,036
8,044
61,000
61,050
61,100
61,150
61,200
61,250
61,300
61,350
61,400
61,450
61,500
61,550
61,600
61,650
61,700
61,750
61,800
61,850
61,900
61,950
11,100
11,113
11,125
11,138
11,150
11,163
11,175
11,188
11,200
11,213
11,225
11,238
11,250
11,263
11,275
11,288
11,300
11,313
11,325
11,338
8,051
8,059
8,066
8,074
8,081
8,089
8,096
8,104
8,111
8,119
8,126
8,134
8,141
8,149
8,156
8,164
8,171
8,179
8,186
8,194
62,000
62,050
62,100
62,150
62,200
62,250
62,300
62,350
62,400
62,450
62,500
62,550
62,600
62,650
62,700
62,750
62,800
62,850
62,900
62,950
61,050
61,100
61,150
61,200
61,250
61,300
61,350
61,400
61,450
61,500
61,550
61,600
61,650
61,700
61,750
61,800
61,850
61,900
61,950
62,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
63,000
11,350
11,363
11,375
11,388
11,400
11,413
11,425
11,438
11,450
11,463
11,475
11,488
11,500
11,513
11,525
11,538
11,550
11,563
11,575
11,588
8,201
8,209
8,216
8,224
8,231
8,239
8,246
8,254
8,261
8,269
8,276
8,284
8,291
8,299
8,306
8,314
8,321
8,329
8,336
8,344
63,000
63,050
63,100
63,150
63,200
63,250
63,300
63,350
63,400
63,450
63,500
63,550
63,600
63,650
63,700
63,750
63,800
63,850
63,900
63,950
At
least
But
less
than
63,050
63,100
63,150
63,200
63,250
63,300
63,350
63,400
63,450
63,500
63,550
63,600
63,650
63,700
63,750
63,800
63,850
63,900
63,950
64,000
11,600
11,613
11,625
11,638
11,650
11,663
11,675
11,688
11,700
11,713
11,725
11,738
11,750
11,763
11,775
11,788
11,800
11,813
11,825
11,838
8,351
8,359
8,366
8,374
8,381
8,389
8,396
8,404
8,411
8,419
8,426
8,434
8,441
8,449
8,456
8,464
8,471
8,479
8,486
8,494
64,000
64,050
64,100
64,150
64,200
64,250
64,300
64,350
64,400
64,450
64,500
64,550
64,600
64,650
64,700
64,750
64,800
64,850
64,900
64,950
11,850
11,863
11,875
11,888
11,900
11,913
11,925
11,938
11,950
11,963
11,975
11,988
12,000
12,013
12,025
12,038
12,050
12,063
12,075
12,088
8,501
8,509
8,516
8,524
8,531
8,539
8,546
8,554
8,561
8,569
8,576
8,584
8,591
8,599
8,606
8,614
8,621
8,629
8,636
8,644
65,000
65,050
65,100
65,150
65,200
65,250
65,300
65,350
65,400
65,450
65,500
65,550
65,600
65,650
65,700
65,750
65,800
65,850
65,900
65,950
64,050
64,100
64,150
64,200
64,250
64,300
64,350
64,400
64,450
64,500
64,550
64,600
64,650
64,700
64,750
64,800
64,850
64,900
64,950
65,000
12,100
12,113
12,125
12,138
12,150
12,163
12,175
12,188
12,200
12,213
12,225
12,238
12,250
12,263
12,275
12,288
12,300
12,313
12,325
12,338
8,651
8,659
8,666
8,674
8,681
8,689
8,696
8,704
8,711
8,719
8,726
8,734
8,741
8,749
8,756
8,764
8,771
8,779
8,786
8,794
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
66,000
66,050
66,100
66,150
66,200
66,250
66,300
66,350
66,400
66,450
66,500
66,550
66,600
66,650
66,700
66,750
66,800
66,850
66,900
66,950
66,050
66,100
66,150
66,200
66,250
66,300
66,350
66,400
66,450
66,500
66,550
66,600
66,650
66,700
66,750
66,800
66,850
66,900
66,950
67,000
12,850
12,863
12,875
12,888
12,900
12,913
12,925
12,938
12,950
12,963
12,975
12,988
13,000
13,013
13,025
13,038
13,050
13,063
13,075
13,088
9,194
9,206
9,219
9,231
9,244
9,256
9,269
9,281
9,294
9,306
9,319
9,331
9,344
9,356
9,369
9,381
9,394
9,406
9,419
9,431
13,100
13,113
13,125
13,138
13,150
13,163
13,175
13,188
13,200
13,213
13,225
13,238
13,250
13,263
13,275
13,288
13,300
13,313
13,325
13,338
9,444
9,456
9,469
9,481
9,494
9,506
9,519
9,531
9,544
9,556
9,569
9,581
9,594
9,606
9,619
9,631
9,644
9,656
9,669
9,681
13,350
13,363
13,375
13,388
13,400
13,413
13,425
13,438
13,450
13,463
13,475
13,488
13,500
13,513
13,525
13,538
13,550
13,563
13,575
13,588
9,694
9,706
9,719
9,731
9,744
9,756
9,769
9,781
9,794
9,806
9,819
9,831
9,844
9,856
9,869
9,881
9,894
9,906
9,919
9,931
67,000
12,350
12,363
12,375
12,388
12,400
12,413
12,425
12,438
12,450
12,463
12,475
12,488
12,500
12,513
12,525
12,538
12,550
12,563
12,575
12,588
8,801
8,809
8,816
8,824
8,831
8,839
8,846
8,854
8,861
8,869
8,876
8,884
8,891
8,899
8,906
8,914
8,921
8,929
8,936
8,944
67,000
67,050
67,100
67,150
67,200
67,250
67,300
67,350
67,400
67,450
67,500
67,550
67,600
67,650
67,700
67,750
67,800
67,850
67,900
67,950
12,600
12,613
12,625
12,638
12,650
12,663
12,675
12,688
12,700
12,713
12,725
12,738
12,750
12,763
12,775
12,788
12,800
12,813
12,825
12,838
8,951
8,959
8,969
8,981
8,994
9,006
9,019
9,031
9,044
9,056
9,069
9,081
9,094
9,106
9,119
9,131
9,144
9,156
9,169
9,181
68,000
68,050
68,100
68,150
68,200
68,250
68,300
68,350
68,400
68,450
68,500
68,550
68,600
68,650
68,700
68,750
68,800
68,850
68,900
68,950
65,000
65,050
65,100
65,150
65,200
65,250
65,300
65,350
65,400
65,450
65,500
65,550
65,600
65,650
65,700
65,750
65,800
65,850
65,900
65,950
66,000
And you are –
66,000
64,000
62,000
62,050
62,100
62,150
62,200
62,250
62,300
62,350
62,400
62,450
62,500
62,550
62,600
62,650
62,700
62,750
62,800
62,850
62,900
62,950
63,000
And you are –
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
Your tax is –
61,000
59,000
59,000
59,050
59,100
59,150
59,200
59,250
59,300
59,350
59,400
59,450
59,500
59,550
59,600
59,650
59,700
59,750
59,800
59,850
59,900
59,950
And you are –
60,000
58,000
58,000
58,050
58,100
58,150
58,200
58,250
58,300
58,350
58,400
58,450
58,500
58,550
58,600
58,650
58,700
58,750
58,800
58,850
58,900
58,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
67,050
67,100
67,150
67,200
67,250
67,300
67,350
67,400
67,450
67,500
67,550
67,600
67,650
67,700
67,750
67,800
67,850
67,900
67,950
68,000
68,000
68,050
68,100
68,150
68,200
68,250
68,300
68,350
68,400
68,450
68,500
68,550
68,600
68,650
68,700
68,750
68,800
68,850
68,900
68,950
69,000
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2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
69,000
69,000
69,050
69,100
69,150
69,200
69,250
69,300
69,350
69,400
69,450
69,500
69,550
69,600
69,650
69,700
69,750
69,800
69,850
69,900
69,950
69,050
69,100
69,150
69,200
69,250
69,300
69,350
69,400
69,450
69,500
69,550
69,600
69,650
69,700
69,750
69,800
69,850
69,900
69,950
70,000
70,050
70,100
70,150
70,200
70,250
70,300
70,350
70,400
70,450
70,500
70,550
70,600
70,650
70,700
70,750
70,800
70,850
70,900
70,950
71,000
13,600
13,613
13,625
13,638
13,650
13,663
13,675
13,688
13,700
13,713
13,725
13,738
13,750
13,763
13,775
13,788
13,800
13,813
13,825
13,838
9,944
9,956
9,969
9,981
9,994
10,006
10,019
10,031
10,044
10,056
10,069
10,081
10,094
10,106
10,119
10,131
10,144
10,156
10,169
10,181
71,050
71,100
71,150
71,200
71,250
71,300
71,350
71,400
71,450
71,500
71,550
71,600
71,650
71,700
71,750
71,800
71,850
71,900
71,950
72,000
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
72,000
72,050
72,100
72,150
72,200
72,250
72,300
72,350
72,400
72,450
72,500
72,550
72,600
72,650
72,700
72,750
72,800
72,850
72,900
72,950
72,050
72,100
72,150
72,200
72,250
72,300
72,350
72,400
72,450
72,500
72,550
72,600
72,650
72,700
72,750
72,800
72,850
72,900
72,950
73,000
13,850
13,863
13,875
13,888
13,900
13,913
13,925
13,938
13,950
13,963
13,975
13,988
14,000
14,013
14,025
14,038
14,050
14,063
14,075
14,088
10,194
10,206
10,219
10,231
10,244
10,256
10,269
10,281
10,294
10,306
10,319
10,331
10,344
10,356
10,369
10,381
10,394
10,406
10,419
10,431
73,000
73,050
73,100
73,150
73,200
73,250
73,300
73,350
73,400
73,450
73,500
73,550
73,600
73,650
73,700
73,750
73,800
73,850
73,900
73,950
14,100
14,113
14,125
14,138
14,150
14,163
14,175
14,188
14,200
14,213
14,225
14,238
14,250
14,263
14,275
14,288
14,300
14,313
14,325
14,338
10,444
10,456
10,469
10,481
10,494
10,506
10,519
10,531
10,544
10,556
10,569
10,581
10,594
10,606
10,619
10,631
10,644
10,656
10,669
10,681
74,000
74,050
74,100
74,150
74,200
74,250
74,300
74,350
74,400
74,450
74,500
74,550
74,600
74,650
74,700
74,750
74,800
74,850
74,900
74,950
73,050
73,100
73,150
73,200
73,250
73,300
73,350
73,400
73,450
73,500
73,550
73,600
73,650
73,700
73,750
73,800
73,850
73,900
73,950
74,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
75,000
14,350
14,363
14,375
14,388
14,400
14,413
14,425
14,438
14,450
14,463
14,475
14,488
14,500
14,513
14,525
14,538
14,550
14,563
14,575
14,588
10,694
10,706
10,719
10,731
10,744
10,756
10,769
10,781
10,794
10,806
10,819
10,831
10,844
10,856
10,869
10,881
10,894
10,906
10,919
10,931
75,000
75,050
75,100
75,150
75,200
75,250
75,300
75,350
75,400
75,450
75,500
75,550
75,600
75,650
75,700
75,750
75,800
75,850
75,900
75,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
75,050
75,100
75,150
75,200
75,250
75,300
75,350
75,400
75,450
75,500
75,550
75,600
75,650
75,700
75,750
75,800
75,850
75,900
75,950
76,000
14,600
14,613
14,625
14,638
14,650
14,663
14,675
14,688
14,700
14,713
14,725
14,738
14,750
14,763
14,775
14,788
14,800
14,813
14,825
14,838
10,944
10,956
10,969
10,981
10,994
11,006
11,019
11,031
11,044
11,056
11,069
11,081
11,094
11,106
11,119
11,131
11,144
11,156
11,169
11,181
76,000
76,050
76,100
76,150
76,200
76,250
76,300
76,350
76,400
76,450
76,500
76,550
76,600
76,650
76,700
76,750
76,800
76,850
76,900
76,950
14,850
14,863
14,875
14,888
14,900
14,913
14,925
14,938
14,950
14,963
14,975
14,988
15,000
15,013
15,025
15,038
15,050
15,063
15,075
15,088
11,194
11,206
11,219
11,231
11,244
11,256
11,269
11,281
11,294
11,306
11,319
11,331
11,344
11,356
11,369
11,381
11,394
11,406
11,419
11,431
77,000
77,050
77,100
77,150
77,200
77,250
77,300
77,350
77,400
77,450
77,500
77,550
77,600
77,650
77,700
77,750
77,800
77,850
77,900
77,950
76,050
76,100
76,150
76,200
76,250
76,300
76,350
76,400
76,450
76,500
76,550
76,600
76,650
76,700
76,750
76,800
76,850
76,900
76,950
77,000
15,100
15,113
15,125
15,138
15,150
15,163
15,175
15,188
15,200
15,213
15,225
15,238
15,250
15,263
15,275
15,288
15,300
15,313
15,325
15,338
11,444
11,456
11,469
11,481
11,494
11,506
11,519
11,531
11,544
11,556
11,569
11,581
11,594
11,606
11,619
11,631
11,644
11,656
11,669
11,681
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
78,000
78,050
78,100
78,150
78,200
78,250
78,300
78,350
78,400
78,450
78,500
78,550
78,600
78,650
78,700
78,750
78,800
78,850
78,900
78,950
78,050
78,100
78,150
78,200
78,250
78,300
78,350
78,400
78,450
78,500
78,550
78,600
78,650
78,700
78,750
78,800
78,850
78,900
78,950
79,000
15,850
15,863
15,875
15,888
15,900
15,913
15,925
15,938
15,950
15,963
15,975
15,988
16,000
16,013
16,025
16,038
16,050
16,063
16,077
16,091
12,194
12,206
12,219
12,231
12,244
12,256
12,269
12,281
12,294
12,306
12,319
12,331
12,344
12,356
12,369
12,381
12,394
12,406
12,419
12,431
16,105
16,119
16,133
16,147
16,161
16,175
16,189
16,203
16,217
16,231
16,245
16,259
16,273
16,287
16,301
16,315
16,329
16,343
16,357
16,371
12,444
12,456
12,469
12,481
12,494
12,506
12,519
12,531
12,544
12,556
12,569
12,581
12,594
12,606
12,619
12,631
12,644
12,656
12,669
12,681
16,385
16,399
16,413
16,427
16,441
16,455
16,469
16,483
16,497
16,511
16,525
16,539
16,553
16,567
16,581
16,595
16,609
16,623
16,637
16,651
12,694
12,706
12,719
12,731
12,744
12,756
12,769
12,781
12,794
12,806
12,819
12,831
12,844
12,856
12,869
12,881
12,894
12,906
12,919
12,931
79,000
15,350
15,363
15,375
15,388
15,400
15,413
15,425
15,438
15,450
15,463
15,475
15,488
15,500
15,513
15,525
15,538
15,550
15,563
15,575
15,588
11,694
11,706
11,719
11,731
11,744
11,756
11,769
11,781
11,794
11,806
11,819
11,831
11,844
11,856
11,869
11,881
11,894
11,906
11,919
11,931
79,000
79,050
79,100
79,150
79,200
79,250
79,300
79,350
79,400
79,450
79,500
79,550
79,600
79,650
79,700
79,750
79,800
79,850
79,900
79,950
15,600
15,613
15,625
15,638
15,650
15,663
15,675
15,688
15,700
15,713
15,725
15,738
15,750
15,763
15,775
15,788
15,800
15,813
15,825
15,838
11,944
11,956
11,969
11,981
11,994
12,006
12,019
12,031
12,044
12,056
12,069
12,081
12,094
12,106
12,119
12,131
12,144
12,156
12,169
12,181
80,000
80,050
80,100
80,150
80,200
80,250
80,300
80,350
80,400
80,450
80,500
80,550
80,600
80,650
80,700
80,750
80,800
80,850
80,900
80,950
77,000
77,050
77,100
77,150
77,200
77,250
77,300
77,350
77,400
77,450
77,500
77,550
77,600
77,650
77,700
77,750
77,800
77,850
77,900
77,950
78,000
And you are –
78,000
76,000
74,000
74,050
74,100
74,150
74,200
74,250
74,300
74,350
74,400
74,450
74,500
74,550
74,600
74,650
74,700
74,750
74,800
74,850
74,900
74,950
75,000
And you are –
Your tax is –
73,000
71,000
71,000
71,050
71,100
71,150
71,200
71,250
71,300
71,350
71,400
71,450
71,500
71,550
71,600
71,650
71,700
71,750
71,800
71,850
71,900
71,950
Single
72,000
70,000
70,000
70,050
70,100
70,150
70,200
70,250
70,300
70,350
70,400
70,450
70,500
70,550
70,600
70,650
70,700
70,750
70,800
70,850
70,900
70,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
And you are –
79,050
79,100
79,150
79,200
79,250
79,300
79,350
79,400
79,450
79,500
79,550
79,600
79,650
79,700
79,750
79,800
79,850
79,900
79,950
80,000
80,000
80,050
80,100
80,150
80,200
80,250
80,300
80,350
80,400
80,450
80,500
80,550
80,600
80,650
80,700
80,750
80,800
80,850
80,900
80,950
81,000
(Continued on page 35)
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2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
81,000
81,000
81,050
81,100
81,150
81,200
81,250
81,300
81,350
81,400
81,450
81,500
81,550
81,600
81,650
81,700
81,750
81,800
81,850
81,900
81,950
81,050
81,100
81,150
81,200
81,250
81,300
81,350
81,400
81,450
81,500
81,550
81,600
81,650
81,700
81,750
81,800
81,850
81,900
81,950
82,000
82,050
82,100
82,150
82,200
82,250
82,300
82,350
82,400
82,450
82,500
82,550
82,600
82,650
82,700
82,750
82,800
82,850
82,900
82,950
83,000
16,665
16,679
16,693
16,707
16,721
16,735
16,749
16,763
16,777
16,791
16,805
16,819
16,833
16,847
16,861
16,875
16,889
16,903
16,917
16,931
12,944
12,956
12,969
12,981
12,994
13,006
13,019
13,031
13,044
13,056
13,069
13,081
13,094
13,106
13,119
13,131
13,144
13,156
13,169
13,181
83,050
83,100
83,150
83,200
83,250
83,300
83,350
83,400
83,450
83,500
83,550
83,600
83,650
83,700
83,750
83,800
83,850
83,900
83,950
84,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
84,000
84,050
84,100
84,150
84,200
84,250
84,300
84,350
84,400
84,450
84,500
84,550
84,600
84,650
84,700
84,750
84,800
84,850
84,900
84,950
84,050
84,100
84,150
84,200
84,250
84,300
84,350
84,400
84,450
84,500
84,550
84,600
84,650
84,700
84,750
84,800
84,850
84,900
84,950
85,000
16,945
16,959
16,973
16,987
17,001
17,015
17,029
17,043
17,057
17,071
17,085
17,099
17,113
17,127
17,141
17,155
17,169
17,183
17,197
17,211
13,194
13,206
13,219
13,231
13,244
13,256
13,269
13,281
13,294
13,306
13,319
13,331
13,344
13,356
13,369
13,381
13,394
13,406
13,419
13,431
85,000
85,050
85,100
85,150
85,200
85,250
85,300
85,350
85,400
85,450
85,500
85,550
85,600
85,650
85,700
85,750
85,800
85,850
85,900
85,950
17,225
17,239
17,253
17,267
17,281
17,295
17,309
17,323
17,337
17,351
17,365
17,379
17,393
17,407
17,421
17,435
17,449
17,463
17,477
17,491
13,444
13,456
13,469
13,481
13,494
13,506
13,519
13,531
13,544
13,556
13,569
13,581
13,594
13,606
13,619
13,631
13,644
13,656
13,669
13,681
86,000
86,050
86,100
86,150
86,200
86,250
86,300
86,350
86,400
86,450
86,500
86,550
86,600
86,650
86,700
86,750
86,800
86,850
86,900
86,950
85,050
85,100
85,150
85,200
85,250
85,300
85,350
85,400
85,450
85,500
85,550
85,600
85,650
85,700
85,750
85,800
85,850
85,900
85,950
86,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
87,000
17,505
17,519
17,533
17,547
17,561
17,575
17,589
17,603
17,617
17,631
17,645
17,659
17,673
17,687
17,701
17,715
17,729
17,743
17,757
17,771
13,694
13,706
13,719
13,731
13,744
13,756
13,769
13,781
13,794
13,806
13,819
13,831
13,844
13,856
13,869
13,881
13,894
13,906
13,919
13,931
87,000
87,050
87,100
87,150
87,200
87,250
87,300
87,350
87,400
87,450
87,500
87,550
87,600
87,650
87,700
87,750
87,800
87,850
87,900
87,950
At
least
But
less
than
87,050
87,100
87,150
87,200
87,250
87,300
87,350
87,400
87,450
87,500
87,550
87,600
87,650
87,700
87,750
87,800
87,850
87,900
87,950
88,000
17,785
17,799
17,813
17,827
17,841
17,855
17,869
17,883
17,897
17,911
17,925
17,939
17,953
17,967
17,981
17,995
18,009
18,023
18,037
18,051
13,944
13,956
13,969
13,981
13,994
14,006
14,019
14,031
14,044
14,056
14,069
14,081
14,094
14,106
14,119
14,131
14,144
14,156
14,169
14,181
88,000
88,050
88,100
88,150
88,200
88,250
88,300
88,350
88,400
88,450
88,500
88,550
88,600
88,650
88,700
88,750
88,800
88,850
88,900
88,950
18,065
18,079
18,093
18,107
18,121
18,135
18,149
18,163
18,177
18,191
18,205
18,219
18,233
18,247
18,261
18,275
18,289
18,303
18,317
18,331
14,194
14,206
14,219
14,231
14,244
14,256
14,269
14,281
14,294
14,306
14,319
14,331
14,344
14,356
14,369
14,381
14,394
14,406
14,419
14,431
89,000
89,050
89,100
89,150
89,200
89,250
89,300
89,350
89,400
89,450
89,500
89,550
89,600
89,650
89,700
89,750
89,800
89,850
89,900
89,950
88,050
88,100
88,150
88,200
88,250
88,300
88,350
88,400
88,450
88,500
88,550
88,600
88,650
88,700
88,750
88,800
88,850
88,900
88,950
89,000
18,345
18,359
18,373
18,387
18,401
18,415
18,429
18,443
18,457
18,471
18,485
18,499
18,513
18,527
18,541
18,555
18,569
18,583
18,597
18,611
14,444
14,456
14,469
14,481
14,494
14,506
14,519
14,531
14,544
14,556
14,569
14,581
14,594
14,606
14,619
14,631
14,644
14,656
14,669
14,681
Single
Married
filing
jointly
Your tax is –
90,000
90,050
90,100
90,150
90,200
90,250
90,300
90,350
90,400
90,450
90,500
90,550
90,600
90,650
90,700
90,750
90,800
90,850
90,900
90,950
90,050
90,100
90,150
90,200
90,250
90,300
90,350
90,400
90,450
90,500
90,550
90,600
90,650
90,700
90,750
90,800
90,850
90,900
90,950
91,000
19,185
19,199
19,213
19,227
19,241
19,255
19,269
19,283
19,297
19,311
19,325
19,339
19,353
19,367
19,381
19,395
19,409
19,423
19,437
19,451
15,194
15,206
15,219
15,231
15,244
15,256
15,269
15,281
15,294
15,306
15,319
15,331
15,344
15,356
15,369
15,381
15,394
15,406
15,419
15,431
19,465
19,479
19,493
19,507
19,521
19,535
19,549
19,563
19,577
19,591
19,605
19,619
19,633
19,647
19,661
19,675
19,689
19,703
19,717
19,731
15,444
15,456
15,469
15,481
15,494
15,506
15,519
15,531
15,544
15,556
15,569
15,581
15,594
15,606
15,619
15,631
15,644
15,656
15,669
15,681
19,745
19,759
19,773
19,787
19,801
19,815
19,829
19,843
19,857
19,871
19,885
19,899
19,913
19,927
19,941
19,955
19,969
19,983
19,997
20,011
15,694
15,706
15,719
15,731
15,744
15,756
15,769
15,781
15,794
15,806
15,819
15,831
15,844
15,856
15,869
15,881
15,894
15,906
15,919
15,931
91,000
18,625
18,639
18,653
18,667
18,681
18,695
18,709
18,723
18,737
18,751
18,765
18,779
18,793
18,807
18,821
18,835
18,849
18,863
18,877
18,891
14,694
14,706
14,719
14,731
14,744
14,756
14,769
14,781
14,794
14,806
14,819
14,831
14,844
14,856
14,869
14,881
14,894
14,906
14,919
14,931
91,000
91,050
91,100
91,150
91,200
91,250
91,300
91,350
91,400
91,450
91,500
91,550
91,600
91,650
91,700
91,750
91,800
91,850
91,900
91,950
18,905
18,919
18,933
18,947
18,961
18,975
18,989
19,003
19,017
19,031
19,045
19,059
19,073
19,087
19,101
19,115
19,129
19,143
19,157
19,171
14,944
14,956
14,969
14,981
14,994
15,006
15,019
15,031
15,044
15,056
15,069
15,081
15,094
15,106
15,119
15,131
15,144
15,156
15,169
15,181
92,000
92,050
92,100
92,150
92,200
92,250
92,300
92,350
92,400
92,450
92,500
92,550
92,600
92,650
92,700
92,750
92,800
92,850
92,900
92,950
89,000
89,050
89,100
89,150
89,200
89,250
89,300
89,350
89,400
89,450
89,500
89,550
89,600
89,650
89,700
89,750
89,800
89,850
89,900
89,950
90,000
And you are –
90,000
88,000
86,000
86,050
86,100
86,150
86,200
86,250
86,300
86,350
86,400
86,450
86,500
86,550
86,600
86,650
86,700
86,750
86,800
86,850
86,900
86,950
87,000
And you are –
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
Your tax is –
85,000
83,000
83,000
83,050
83,100
83,150
83,200
83,250
83,300
83,350
83,400
83,450
83,500
83,550
83,600
83,650
83,700
83,750
83,800
83,850
83,900
83,950
And you are –
84,000
82,000
82,000
82,050
82,100
82,150
82,200
82,250
82,300
82,350
82,400
82,450
82,500
82,550
82,600
82,650
82,700
82,750
82,800
82,850
82,900
82,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
91,050
91,100
91,150
91,200
91,250
91,300
91,350
91,400
91,450
91,500
91,550
91,600
91,650
91,700
91,750
91,800
91,850
91,900
91,950
92,000
92,000
92,050
92,100
92,150
92,200
92,250
92,300
92,350
92,400
92,450
92,500
92,550
92,600
92,650
92,700
92,750
92,800
92,850
92,900
92,950
93,000
(Continued on page 36)
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The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing.
2008 Tax Table – Continued
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
93,000
93,000
93,050
93,100
93,150
93,200
93,250
93,300
93,350
93,400
93,450
93,500
93,550
93,600
93,650
93,700
93,750
93,800
93,850
93,900
93,950
93,050
93,100
93,150
93,200
93,250
93,300
93,350
93,400
93,450
93,500
93,550
93,600
93,650
93,700
93,750
93,800
93,850
93,900
93,950
94,000
94,050
94,100
94,150
94,200
94,250
94,300
94,350
94,400
94,450
94,500
94,550
94,600
94,650
94,700
94,750
94,800
94,850
94,900
94,950
95,000
Single
Married
filing
jointly
20,025
20,039
20,053
20,067
20,081
20,095
20,109
20,123
20,137
20,151
20,165
20,179
20,193
20,207
20,221
20,235
20,249
20,263
20,277
20,291
15,944
15,956
15,969
15,981
15,994
16,006
16,019
16,031
16,044
16,056
16,069
16,081
16,094
16,106
16,119
16,131
16,144
16,156
16,169
16,181
16,194
16,206
16,219
16,231
16,244
16,256
16,269
16,281
16,294
16,306
16,319
16,331
16,344
16,356
16,369
16,381
16,394
16,406
16,419
16,431
But
less
than
95,000
95,050
95,100
95,150
95,200
95,250
95,300
95,350
95,400
95,450
95,500
95,550
95,600
95,650
95,700
95,750
95,800
95,850
95,900
95,950
95,050
95,100
95,150
95,200
95,250
95,300
95,350
95,400
95,450
95,500
95,550
95,600
95,650
95,700
95,750
95,800
95,850
95,900
95,950
96,000
96,000
96,050
96,100
96,150
96,200
96,250
96,300
96,350
96,400
96,450
96,500
96,550
96,600
96,650
96,700
96,750
96,800
96,850
96,900
96,950
96,050
96,100
96,150
96,200
96,250
96,300
96,350
96,400
96,450
96,500
96,550
96,600
96,650
96,700
96,750
96,800
96,850
96,900
96,950
97,000
And you are –
Single
Married
filing
jointly
97,000
20,585
20,599
20,613
20,627
20,641
20,655
20,669
20,683
20,697
20,711
20,725
20,739
20,753
20,767
20,781
20,795
20,809
20,823
20,837
20,851
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
At
least
But
less
than
Your tax is –
16,444
16,456
16,469
16,481
16,494
16,506
16,519
16,531
16,544
16,556
16,569
16,581
16,594
16,606
16,619
16,631
16,644
16,656
16,669
16,681
96,000
20,305
20,319
20,333
20,347
20,361
20,375
20,389
20,403
20,417
20,431
20,445
20,459
20,473
20,487
20,501
20,515
20,529
20,543
20,557
20,571
At
least
Your tax is –
95,000
94,000
94,000
94,050
94,100
94,150
94,200
94,250
94,300
94,350
94,400
94,450
94,500
94,550
94,600
94,650
94,700
94,750
94,800
94,850
94,900
94,950
If Form 1040EZ,
line 6, is –
And you are –
97,000
97,050
97,100
97,150
97,200
97,250
97,300
97,350
97,400
97,450
97,500
97,550
97,600
97,650
97,700
97,750
97,800
97,850
97,900
97,950
97,050
97,100
97,150
97,200
97,250
97,300
97,350
97,400
97,450
97,500
97,550
97,600
97,650
97,700
97,750
97,800
97,850
97,900
97,950
98,000
And you are –
Single
Your tax is –
99,000
21,145
21,159
21,173
21,187
21,201
21,215
21,229
21,243
21,257
21,271
21,285
21,299
21,313
21,327
21,341
21,355
21,369
21,383
21,397
21,411
16,944
16,956
16,969
16,981
16,994
17,006
17,019
17,031
17,044
17,056
17,069
17,081
17,094
17,106
17,119
17,131
17,144
17,156
17,169
17,181
21,425
21,439
21,453
21,467
21,481
21,495
21,509
21,523
21,537
21,551
21,565
21,579
21,593
21,607
21,621
21,635
21,649
21,663
21,677
21,691
17,194
17,206
17,219
17,231
17,244
17,256
17,269
17,281
17,294
17,306
17,319
17,331
17,344
17,356
17,369
17,381
17,394
17,406
17,419
17,431
99,000 99,050
99,050 99,100
99,100 99,150
99,150 99,200
99,200 99,250
99,250 99,300
99,300 99,350
99,350 99,400
99,400 99,450
99,450 99,500
99,500 99,550
99,550 99,600
99,600 99,650
99,650 99,700
99,700 99,750
99,750 99,800
99,800 99,850
99,850 99,900
99,900 99,950
99,950 100,000
21,705
21,719
21,733
21,747
21,761
21,775
21,789
21,803
21,817
21,831
21,845
21,859
21,873
21,887
21,901
21,915
21,929
21,943
21,957
21,971
98,000
20,865
20,879
20,893
20,907
20,921
20,935
20,949
20,963
20,977
20,991
21,005
21,019
21,033
21,047
21,061
21,075
21,089
21,103
21,117
21,131
16,694
16,706
16,719
16,731
16,744
16,756
16,769
16,781
16,794
16,806
16,819
16,831
16,844
16,856
16,869
16,881
16,894
16,906
16,919
16,931
98,000
98,050
98,100
98,150
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Married
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jointly
$100,000
or over —
use
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Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
loans. We also may disclose this information to other countries under
a tax treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax
criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies
to combat terrorism.
The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, the Privacy Act of
1974, and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 require that when
we ask you for information we must first tell you our legal right to
ask for the information, why we are asking for it, and how it will be
used. We must also tell you what could happen if we do not receive
it and whether your response is voluntary, required to obtain a benefit, or mandatory under the law.
Please keep this notice with your records. It may help you if we ask
you for other information. If you have questions about the rules for
filing and giving information, please call or visit any Internal Revenue
Service office.
This notice applies to all papers you file with us, including this tax
return. It also applies to any questions we need to ask you so we can
complete, correct, or process your return; figure your tax; and collect
tax, interest, or penalties.
We welcome comments on forms. If you have suggestions for
making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You
can email us at *taxforms@irs.gov. (The asterisk must be included in
the address.) Enter “Forms Comment” on the subject line. Or you can
write to Internal Revenue Service, Tax Products Coordinating Committee, SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Do not send your return to this address. Instead,
see Where Do You File? on the back cover.
Our legal right to ask for information is Internal Revenue Code sections 6001, 6011, and 6012(a), and their regulations. They say that
you must file a return or statement with us for any tax you are liable
for. Your response is mandatory under these sections. Code section
6109 requires you to provide your social security number or other
identifying number. This is so we know who you are, and can process
your return and other papers. You must fill in all parts of the tax form
that apply to you. But you do not have to check the boxes for the
Presidential Election Campaign Fund or for the third-party designee.
You also do not have to provide your daytime phone number.
Estimates of Taxpayer Burden
The table below shows burden estimates by form type and type of
taxpayer. Time burden is further broken out by taxpayer activity. The
largest component of time burden for all taxpayers is recordkeeping,
as opposed to form completion and submission. In addition, the time
burden associated with form completion and submission activities is
closely tied to preparation method (self-prepared without software,
self-prepared with software, and prepared by paid preparer).
You are not required to provide the information requested on a form
that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a
form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents
may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue
law.
Time spent and out-of-pocket costs are estimated separately.
Out-of-pocket costs include any expenses incurred by taxpayers to
prepare and submit their tax returns. Examples of out-of-pocket costs
include tax return preparation and submission fees, postage, tax
preparation software costs, photocopying costs, and phone calls (if
not toll-free).
We ask for tax return information to carry out the tax laws of the
United States. We need it to figure and collect the right amount of
tax.
If you do not file a return, do not give the information asked for, or
give false information, you may be charged penalties and be subject
to criminal prosecution. We also may have to disallow the exemptions, credits, or deductions shown on your tax return. This could
make the tax higher or delay any refund. Interest also may be
charged.
Both time and cost burdens are national averages and do not necessarily reflect a “typical” case. For instance, the average time burden
for all taxpayers filing a 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ was 26.4 hours, with
an average cost of $209 per return. This average includes all associated forms and schedules, across all preparation methods and all
taxpayer activities. Taxpayers filing Form 1040 had an average burden
of about 33 hours, and taxpayers filing Form 1040A and Form 1040EZ
averaged about 11 hours. However, within each of these estimates,
there is significant variation in taxpayer activity. Similarly, tax preparation fees vary extensively depending on the taxpayer’s tax situation
and issues, the type of professional preparer, and the geographic
area.
Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as
stated in Code section 6103. However, Code section 6103 allows or
requires the Internal Revenue Service to disclose or give the information shown on your tax return to others as described in the Code. For
example, we may disclose your tax information to the Department of
Justice to enforce the tax laws, both civil and criminal, and to cities,
states, the District of Columbia, U.S. commonwealths or possessions,
and certain foreign governments to carry out their tax laws. We may
disclose your tax information to the Department of Treasury and
contractors for tax administration purposes; and to other persons as
necessary to obtain information which we cannot get in any other
way in order to determine the amount of or to collect the tax you
owe. We may disclose your tax information to the Comptroller General of the United States to permit the Comptroller General to review
the Internal Revenue Service. We may disclose your tax information
to Committees of Congress; federal, state, and local child support
agencies; and to other federal agencies for the purposes of determining entitlement for benefits or the eligibility for and the repayment of
The data shown are the best forward-looking estimates available as
of November 4, 2008, for income tax returns filed for 2008. The
method used to estimate taxpayer burden incorporates results from a
taxpayer burden survey conducted in 2000 and 2001. The estimates
are subject to change as new data becomes available. The estimates
do not include burden associated with post-filing activities. However,
operational IRS data indicates that electronically prepared and e-filed
returns have fewer errors, implying a lower overall post-filing burden.
If you have comments concerning the time and cost estimates below,
you can contact us at either one of the addresses shown under We
welcome comments on forms above.
Estimated Average Taxpayer Burden for Individuals by Activity
The average time and costs required to complete and file Form 1040, Form 1040A, Form 1040EZ, their schedules, and accompanying forms will
vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated averages are:
Average Time Burden (Hours)
Major Form Filed or Type of
Taxpayer
All taxpayers . . . . . . .
Major forms filed
1040 . . . . . . . . .
1040A & 1040EZ
Type of taxpayer
Nonbusiness* . .
Business* . . . . .
Percentage
of Returns
Total
Time
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100
26.4
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71
29
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72
28
Record
Keeping
Average
Cost
(Dollars)
Tax
Planning
Form
Completion
Form
Submission
All
Other
15.1
4.6
3.4
0.6
2.8
$209
32.7
10.6
19.3
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1.8
3.7
2.6
0.6
0.5
3.4
1.4
264
73
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38.5
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3.0
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* You are a “business” filer if you file one or more of the following with Form 1040: Schedule C, C-EZ, E, or F or Form 2106 or 2106-EZ. You are a “nonbusiness” filer if you did
not file any of those schedules or forms with Form 1040.
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Major Categories of Federal Income and Outlays for Fiscal Year 2007
Income and Outlays. These pie charts show the relative sizes of the major categories of federal income and outlays for fiscal year 2007.
Income
Outlays
Social security, Medicare,
and unemployment and
other retirement taxes
32%
Borrowing to
cover deficit
6%
Corporate
income taxes
13%
Personal income
taxes
43%
Social security,
Medicare, and other
retirement 1
38%
Law enforcement and
general government
2%
Social
programs 4
19%
Physical, human,
and community
development 3
9%
Excise, customs, estate,
gift, and miscellaneous
taxes
6%
On or before the first Monday in February of each year, the
President is required by law to submit to the Congress a
budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins the following
October. The budget plan sets forth the President’s proposed
receipts, spending, and the surplus or deficit for the Federal
Government. The plan includes recommendations for new legislation as well as recommendations to change, eliminate, and
add programs. After receiving the President’s proposal, the
Congress reviews it and makes changes. It first passes a
budget resolution setting its own targets for receipts, outlays,
and surplus or deficit. Next, individual spending and revenue
bills that are consistent with the goals of the budget resolution are enacted.
In fiscal year 2007 (which began on October 1, 2006, and
ended on September 30, 2007), federal income was $2.568
trillion and outlays were $2.730 trillion, leaving a deficit of
$0.162 trillion.
Footnotes for Certain Federal Outlays
1. Social security, Medicare, and other retirement: These
programs provide income support for the retired and disabled and medical care for the elderly.
Net interest on
the debt
9%
National defense,
veterans, and
foreign affairs 2
23%
2. National defense, veterans, and foreign affairs: About
20% of outlays were to equip, modernize, and pay our
armed forces and to fund the Global War on Terrorism
and other national defense activities; about 3% were for
veterans benefits and services; and about 1% were for
international activities, including military and economic
assistance to foreign countries and the maintenance of
U.S. embassies abroad.
3. Physical, human, and community development: These
outlays were for agriculture; natural resources; environment; transportation; aid for elementary and secondary
education and direct assistance to college students; job
training; deposit insurance, commerce and housing credit,
and community development; and space, energy, and
general science programs.
4. Social programs: About 13% of total outlays were for
Medicaid, food stamps, temporary assistance for needy
families, supplemental security income, and related programs; and the remaining outlays were for health research
and public health programs, unemployment compensation, assisted housing, and social services.
Note. The percentages on this page exclude undistributed offsetting receipts, which were $68 billion in fiscal year 2007. In the budget, these receipts are offset
against spending in figuring the outlay totals shown above. These receipts are for the U.S. Government’s share of its employee retirement programs, rents and
royalties on the Outer Continental Shelf, and proceeds from the sale of assets.
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e-file! A fast alternative to filing paper returns.
Why do more than 88 million taxpayers file their returns electronically?
It’s faster, easier, accurate, and more convenient than paper filing.
With e-file, taxpayers receive these benefits:
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Faster refunds...in as little as 10 days with Direct Deposit.
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Greater accuracy...a 1% or less error rate.
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Secure and confidential submission.
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Quick notification of receipt of return.
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No paper return to mail.
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File now, pay later.
More than half a billion federal tax returns have been e-filed! e-file helps the
environment, uses less paper, and saves taxpayer money—it costs less to process an
e-filed return than a paper return.
Totally Safe and Secure
The IRS uses the most secure technology available to safeguard your personal
information. Rest assured that when you e-file, your information will be safe.
Visit: www.irs.gov/efile for the latest information.
Use IRS e-file if you don’t qualify for
Free File. There are three ways:
➜ Use a tax professional.
Make Under $56,000? e-file For Free!
Many taxpayers rely on tax professionals to handle
their returns and most tax professionals can e-file
your return—you just have to be sure to ask. Also,
tax professionals can charge a fee for IRS e-file. Fees
can vary depending on the professional and specific
services rendered, so be sure to discuss this up front.
If your 2008 adjusted gross income was $56,000 or
less, you can electronically file for FREE by using
Free File at www.irs.gov!
Use Free File and get these benefits:
➜ Use a computer.
● Easy to use, safe, and accurate.
You can easily electronically prepare and e-file your
own tax return. To do so, you’ll need:
● A computer with Internet access, and
● IRS-approved tax preparation software available
via the Internet for online use, for download
from the Internet, and in retail stores for offline
use. Visit www.irs.gov/efile for details.
● File your taxes online 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week (must access Free File through www.irs.gov).
● Receive your refund in as little as 10 days with
Direct Deposit.
● Available in English and Spanish.
● Save paper—help the environment.
➜ Use a volunteer.
The VITA Program offers free tax help for low to
moderate income (under $35,000) taxpayers who
cannot prepare their own tax returns. The Tax
Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Program provides
free tax help to people age 60 and older.
Made more than $56,000? You can still file your
taxes online with e-file. Check out the IRS e-file for
Individuals page on www.irs.gov for low-cost e-filing
options.
e-IRS
You can accomplish many things electronically within www.irs.gov. The e-IRS is a gateway to the many IRS electronic
options and it’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Should you choose to file a paper return, you’ll find
information, resources, and all of the forms ready to download.
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Index to Instructions
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Alaska permanent fund dividends
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Common mistakes, checklist to avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Customer service standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Death of spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debt held by the public, gift to reduce . . . . . . .
Direct deposit of refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction
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Earned income credit table
Economic stimulus payment
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Filing status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Form W-2:
Not received or incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forms W-2, 1098, and 1099, where to report certain items
Forms, how to get . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Gift to reduce public debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Help with unresolved tax issues
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Form W-2 not received . . . . .
How to comment on forms . . .
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Nonresident alien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9
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Payments and tax:
Amount you owe . . . . . . . . . .
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Penalty:
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Preparer, tax return . . . . . . . . . .
Presidential election $3 check-off
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Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recovery rebate credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recovery rebate credit worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refunds of state and local income taxes . . . . . . . . .
Resident alien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Return checklist to avoid mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rights of taxpayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Single person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Social security benefits . . . . . . . . . . . .
Social security number . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table of contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax figured by the IRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax-exempt interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taxpayer Advocate Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telephone assistance, federal tax information
TeleTax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Unemployment compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . .
When you should file . . . . . .
Where to file . . . . . . . . . . . .
Who can use Form 1040EZ . . .
Who must file . . . . . . . . . . . .
Who should file . . . . . . . . . .
Withholding and estimated tax
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Back Cover
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Page 41 of 41 of Instructions 1040EZ
13:31 - 26-JAN-2009
The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing.
If an envelope came with this booklet,
please use it. If you do not have one or if
you moved during the year, mail your
return to the address shown below that
applies
Where Do
You File?
to you. If you want to use a private
delivery service, see page 22. Envelopes
without enough postage will be returned
to you by the post office. Also, include
your complete return address.
THEN use this address if you:
Are not enclosing a check or
money order...
IF you live in...
Are enclosing a check or
money order...
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Atlanta, GA 39901-0014
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Atlanta, GA 39901-0114
Department of the Treasury
District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Internal Revenue Service Center
New Hampshire, Vermont
Andover, MA 05501-0014
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Andover, MA 05501-0114
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan,
Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, West Virginia
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Kansas City, MO 64999-0014
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Kansas City, MO 64999-0114
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Austin, TX 73301-0014
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Austin, TX 73301-0114
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Department of the Treasury
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Internal Revenue Service Center
Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Fresno, CA 93888-0014
Wyoming
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Fresno, CA 93888-0114
A foreign country, American Samoa, or Puerto Rico
(or are excluding income under Internal Revenue
Department of the Treasury
Code section 933), or use an APO or FPO address, or
Internal Revenue Service Center
file form 2555, 2555-EZ, or 4563, or are a dual-status
Austin, TX 73301-0215 USA
alien or nonpermanent resident of Guam or the
Virgin Islands*
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Center
Austin, TX 73301-0215 USA
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia
* Permanent residents of Guam should use: Department of Revenue and Taxation, Government of Guam, P.O. Box 23607, GMF, GU 96921;
permanent residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands should use: V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue, 9601 Estate Thomas, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI
00802.
What’s Inside?
(see Index for
page numbers)
Instructions for Form 1040EZ
Table of contents
IRS e-file and free file options
Index (inside back cover)
When you should file
What’s new
How to comment on forms
Return checklist to avoid common
mistakes
Help with unresolved tax issues
Getting tax help
Tax table
How to make a gift to reduce debt
held by the public
| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | 2008 Instruction 1040EZ |
| Subject | Instructions for Form 1040-EZ, Income Tax Return for Single Filers and Joint Filers With No Dependents |
| Author | W:CAR:MP:FP |
| File Modified | 2009-01-26 |
| File Created | 2009-01-26 |