Form 1040 Ez - Instructions Booklet - Internal Revenue Service - 2009 Page 3

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Table of Contents
Contents
Page
Contents
Page
Department
of the
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Treasury
Section 1—Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Amount You Owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Internal
Revenue
What’s New for 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Third Party Designee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Service
What’s New for 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Signing Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
You May Benefit From Filing Form
Section 4—After You Have Finished . . . . 21
1040A or 1040 in 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Return Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 2—Filing Requirements . . . . . . . . 5
Filing the Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Do You Have To File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 5—General Information . . . . . . . 22
When Should You File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Internal Revenue Service Customer
Checklist for Using Form 1040EZ . . . . . . 6
Service Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Should You Use Another Form? . . . . . . . 6
Help With Unresolved Tax Issues
(Taxpayer Advocate Service) . . . . . . . 23
What Filing Status Can You Use? . . . . . . 6
Suggestions for Improving the IRS
Filing Requirement Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(Taxpayer Advocacy Panel) . . . . . . . . 23
Where To Report Certain Items
Section 6—Getting Tax Help . . . . . . . . . . 24
From 2009 Forms W-2, 1098, and
1099 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TeleTax Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 3—Line Instructions for Form
2009 Tax Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1040EZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Disclosure, Privacy Act, and
Name and Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice . . . . . 36
Social Security Number (SSN) . . . . . . . . . 9
Major Categories of Federal Income
and Outlays For Fiscal Year 2008 . . . . . 37
Presidential Election Campaign
Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IRS e-file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Payments, Credits, and Tax . . . . . . . . . . 12
Where Do You File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back
Cover
Making Work Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Earned Income Credit (EIC) . . . . . . . . . . 13
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