Form 1040 Ez - Instructions Booklet - Internal Revenue Service - 2009 Page 9
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1040EZ
A
Name and Address
B
Social Security Number (SSN)
Use the peel-off label. Using your peel-off name and ad-
An incorrect or missing SSN can increase your tax or reduce
dress label on the back of this booklet will speed the process-
your refund. To apply for an SSN, fill in Form SS-5 and return it,
ing of your return. It also prevents common errors that can
along with the appropriate evidence documents, to the Social
delay refunds or result in unnecessary notices. Put the label on
Security Administration (SSA). You can get Form SS-5 online at
your return after you have finished it. Cross out any incorrect
, from your local SSA office, or by calling
information and print the correct information. Add any missing
the SSA at 1-800-772-1213. It usually takes about 2 weeks to
items, such as your apartment number.
get an SSN once the SSA has all the evidence and information
it needs.
Address change. If the address on your peel-off label is not
Check that your SSN on your Forms W-2 and 1099 agrees with
your current address, cross out your old address and print your
your social security card. If not, see page 5 for more details.
new address. If you plan to move after filing your return, use
Form 8822 to notify the IRS of your new address.
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
Name change. If you changed your name because of mar-
for an ITIN. For details on how to do so, see Form W-7 and its
riage, divorce, etc., be sure to report the change to your local
instructions. It takes 6 to 10 weeks to get an ITIN.
Social Security Administration office before you file your re-
If you already have an ITIN, enter it wherever your SSN is
turn. This prevents delays in processing your return and issuing
requested on your tax return.
refunds. It also safeguards your future social security benefits.
See page 5 for details. If you received a peel-off label, cross out
An ITIN is for tax use only. It does not entitle you to
your former name and print your new name.
!
social security benefits or change your employment or
immigration status under U.S. law.
CAUTION
What if you do not have a label? Print the information in
the spaces provided.
Nonresident alien spouse. If your spouse is a nonresident
alien, he or she must have either an SSN or an ITIN.
If you filed a joint return for 2008 and you are filing a
joint return for 2009 with the same spouse, be sure to
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enter your names and SSNs in the same order as on
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Presidential Election Campaign Fund
your 2008 return.
P.O. box. Enter your P.O. box number only if your post office
This fund helps pay for Presidential election campaigns. The
fund reduces candidates’ dependence on large contributions
does not deliver mail to your home.
from individuals and groups and places candidates on an
equal financial footing in the general election. If you want $3
Foreign address. Print the information in the following or-
to go to this fund, check the box. If you are filing a joint return,
der: City, province or state, and country. Follow the country’s
your spouse also can have $3 go to the fund. If you check a
box, your tax or refund will not change.
practice for entering the postal code. Do not abbreviate the
country name.
Top of the Form
Your social security number
Your first name and initial
Last name
Label
B
L
(See page 9.)
A
Spouse’s social security number
If a joint return, spouse’s first name and initial
Last name
B
Use the
E
A
L
IRS label.
Home address (number and street). If you have a P.O. box, see page 9.
Apt. no.
You must enter
Otherwise,
H
your SSN(s) above.
please print
E
R
or type.
City, town or post office, state, and ZIP code. If you have a foreign address, see page 9.
E
Checking a box below will not
change your tax or refund.
Presidential
Election
C
Campaign
Check here if you, or your spouse if a joint return, want $3 to go to this fund
You
Spouse
(see page 9)
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