Instructions For Form 1040nr-Ez - U.s. Income Tax Return For Certain Nonresident Aliens With No Dependents - 2011 Page 11

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the withholding tax document (for
Enter the correct amounts for line 11
Income Tax Withholding and
example, all information required on
(Itemized deductions) and line 13
Estimated Tax Payments for
Form W-8BEN or Form 8233).
(Exemption)?
2012
Sign and date Form 1040NR-EZ and
Treaty-based return position
enter your occupation(s) in the United
disclosure. If you take the position
If the amount you owe or the amount
States?
that a treaty of the United States
you overpaid is large, you may want to
Include your apartment number in your
overrides or modifies any provision of
file a new Form W-4 with your employer
address if you live in an apartment?
the Internal Revenue Code and that
to change the amount of income tax
Attach your Form(s) W-2, 1042-S, and
position reduces (or potentially
withheld from your 2012 pay. For
1099-R to the front of the return? Attach
reduces) your tax, you must report
details on how to complete Form W-4,
Form(s) 1099-R only if federal income
certain information on Form 8833 and
see the Instructions for Form 8233 and
tax was withheld.
attach it to Form 1040NR-EZ.
Notice 1392, Supplemental Form W-4
Include all the required information on
Instructions for Nonresident Aliens.
If you fail to report the required
your payment if you owe tax and are
If you do not pay your tax through
paying by check or money order? See
information, you will be charged a
withholding, or do not pay enough tax
the instructions for line 25, earlier, for
penalty of $1,000 for each failure,
details.
that way, you might have to pay
unless you show that such failure is
estimated tax. In general, you do not
due to reasonable cause and not willful
File only one original return for the same
have to make estimated tax payments if
year, even if you have not gotten your
neglect. For more details, see Form
refund or have not heard from the IRS
you expect that your 2012 Form
8833 and its instructions.
since you filed? Filing more than one
1040NR-EZ will show a tax refund or a
Exceptions. You do not have to file
original return for the same year or
tax balance due of less than $1,000. If
Form 8833 for any of the following.
sending in more than one copy of the
your total estimated tax for 2012 is
same return (unless we ask you to do
1. You claim a treaty reduces the
$1,000 or more, see Form 1040-ES
so) could delay your refund.
(NR). It has a worksheet you can use to
withholding tax on interest, dividends,
rents, royalties, or other fixed or
see if you have to make estimated tax
determinable annual or periodical
payments. However, if you expect to be
Refund Information
a resident of Puerto Rico during all of
income ordinarily subject to the 30%
rate.
2012 and you must pay estimated tax,
You can go online to check the status
2. You claim a treaty reduces or
use Form 1040-ES. For more
of your refund 3 to 4 weeks after you
information, see Pub. 505, Tax
modifies the taxation of income from
file your return.
dependent personal services, pensions,
Withholding and Estimated Tax, and
Refunds of certain withholding tax.
annuities, social security and other
Pub. 519.
The processing of refund requests of
public pensions, or income of artists,
tax withheld and reported on a Form
athletes, students, trainees, or
1042-S may require additional time.
Need a Copy of Your Tax
teachers. This includes taxable
Allow up to 6 months for these refunds
Return?
scholarship and fellowship grants.
to be issued.
3. You claim an International Social
If you need a copy of your tax return,
Go to IRS.gov and click on
Security Agreement or a Diplomatic or
use Form 4506. There is a $57 fee
Where’s My Refund. Have a
Consular Agreement reduces or
(subject to change) for each return
modifies the taxation of income.
copy of your tax return handy.
requested. If your main home, principal
You will need to provide the following
4. You are a partner in a partnership
place of business, or tax records are
information from your return:
or a beneficiary of an estate or trust
located in a federally declared disaster
and the partnership, estate, or trust
area, this fee will be waived. If you want
reports the required information on its
a free transcript of your tax return or
Your SSN or ITIN,
return.
Your filing status, and
account, use Form 4506-T or
5. The payments or items of income
The exact whole dollar amount of
4506T-EZ, visit IRS.gov and click on
that otherwise are required to be
“Order a Tax Return or Account
your expected refund.
disclosed total no more than $10,000.
Transcript,” or call us. If you are in the
Refunds are sent out weekly on
United States, call 1-800-908-9946. If
Fridays. If you check the status
TIP
you are outside the United States, call
of your refund and are not given
267-941-1000 (English-speaking only).
Reminders
the date it will be issued, please wait
This number is not toll-free.
until the next week before checking
back.
Return Checklist
Amended Return
If you do not have Internet access,
This checklist can help you file a
you have two options.
File Form 1040X to change a return
You can check the status of your
correct return. Mistakes can delay your
you already filed. Also, use Form
refund or result in notices being sent to
refund on the new IRS phone app.
1040X if you filed Form 1040NR-EZ
Download the free IRS2Go app by
you.
and you should have filed Form 1040,
visiting the ITunes app store or the
1040A, or 1040EZ, or vice versa.
Did you:
Android Marketplace. IRS2Go is a new
Generally, Form 1040X must be filed
way to provide you with information and
within 3 years after the date the original
Enter your name and address in the
tools.
return was filed or within 2 years after
correct order in the spaces provided on
If you are in the United States, call
the date the tax was paid, whichever is
Form 1040NR-EZ?
1-800-829-4477 24 hours a day, 7 days
later. You may have more time to file
Enter the correct SSN or ITIN in the
a week, for automated refund
Form 1040X if you live in a federally
space provided on Form 1040NR-EZ?
information.
declared disaster area or you are
Check that your name and SSN or ITIN
physically or mentally unable to
agree with your social security card or
Do not send in a copy of your return
manage your financial affairs. See Pub.
the IRS notice assigning your ITIN.
unless asked to do so.
519 and Pub. 556, Examination of
Use the amount from line 14 (Taxable
To get a refund, you generally must
Returns, Appeal Rights, and Claims for
income), and the proper filing status, to
file your return within 3 years from the
Refund, for details.
find your tax in the Tax Table? Be sure
date the return was due (including
you entered the correct tax on line 15.
extensions).
Check your math, especially when
Past Due Returns
Refund information also is available
figuring your taxable income, federal
in Spanish at
and
If you or someone you know needs to
income tax withheld, total payments,
the phone numbers listed earlier.
file past due tax returns, go to
and refund or amount you owe?
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Instructions for Form 1040NR-EZ (2011)

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