Instructions For Form 1040nr-Ez - U.s. Income Tax Return For Certain Nonresident Aliens With No Dependents - 2011 Page 13

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Here are some of the methods you may
every business day in IRS Taxpayer
products and services in various
want to try.
Assistance Centers. An employee can
languages.
Frequently asked questions. This
explain IRS letters, request adjustments
For Spanish speaking taxpayers, we
section contains an extensive list of
to your account, or help you set up a
have:
questions and answers. You can select
payment plan. Call your local Taxpayer
Spanish Publication 17, El Impuesto
your question by category or keyword.
Assistance Center for an appointment.
Federal sobre los Ingresos, and
Tax trails. This is an interactive
To find the number, go to
section that asks questions you can
, or look in
The Multilingual Gateway,
answer by selecting “Yes” or “No.”
the phone book under “United States
, offers basic tax
Main index of tax topics. This is an
Government, Internal Revenue
filing information in the following
online version of TeleTax topics.
Service.” You can call 1-800-829-1040.
languages.
Sending Your Question. This is an
For TTY/TDD help, call
Spanish.
interactive section where you select
1-800-829-4059.
Chinese.
one of the categories available to
If you wish to write instead of call,
Vietnamese.
submit your tax law question.
please address your letter to: Internal
Korean.
Free Tax Return Assistance.
Revenue Service, International Section,
Russian.
Philadelphia, PA 19255-0725. Make
Free help with your return. If you
We also offer a Basic Tax
sure you include your identifying
need assistance preparing your return,
Responsibilities CD/DVD in the
number (defined in Identifying Number,
visit the nearest Volunteer Income Tax
following languages.
earlier) when you write.
Assistance (VITA) or Tax Counseling
Spanish.
If you are outside the United States,
for the Elderly (TCE) site in your
Chinese.
you can call 267-941-1000
community. There are over 12,000 sites
Vietnamese.
(English-speaking only). This number is
nationwide and each site is staffed by
Korean.
not toll-free. Assistance in answering
volunteers who are trained and certified
Russian.
tax questions and filling out tax returns
to prepare federal income tax returns.
If you are in the United States and
is also available in person from IRS
VITA sites are also available at
want to get a copy of this CD/DVD, call
offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, London,
international and domestic military
the National Distribution Center at
and Paris. The offices generally are
installations.
1-800-829-3676 and ask for Pub. 4580
located in the U.S. embassies or
Volunteers in this program must
in your language.
consulates. The IRS conducts an
adhere to strict quality and ethical
overseas taxpayer assistance program
standards and pass a certification test
The IRS Taxpayer Assistance
during the filing season (January to
each year. VITA volunteers assist low
Centers provide over-the-phone
TIP
mid-June). To find out if IRS personnel
to moderate income (generally under
interpreter assistance in more
will be in your area, contact the
$50,000 in adjusted gross income)
than 170 different languages. To find
consular office at the nearest U.S.
taxpayers and TCE volunteers assist
the number see Everyday Tax
embassy.
elderly taxpayers (age 60 and older).
Solutions, earlier.
Volunteers will help you claim the child
IRS Videos
tax credit and other credits and
Death of a Taxpayer
The IRS Video portal at
deductions you can take.
contains video and
If a taxpayer died before filing a return
What to bring. These are some of the
audio presentations on topics of interest
for 2011, the taxpayer’s personal
things to bring to the VITA/TCE site to
to small businesses, individuals, and
representative may have to file and
have your tax return prepared.
tax professionals. You will find video
sign a return for that taxpayer. A
Proof of identification.
clips of tax topics, archived versions of
personal representative can be an
Social security cards for you, your
live panel discussions and Webinars,
executor, administrator, or anyone who
spouse and dependents and/or a social
and audio archives of tax practitioner
is in charge of the deceased taxpayer’s
security number verification letter
phone forums.
property. If the deceased taxpayer did
issued by the Social Security
not have to file a return but had tax
Administration.
Taxpayer Assistance
withheld, a return must be filed to get a
Individual taxpayer identification
How can you get IRS tax forms and
refund. The person who files the return
number (ITIN) assignment letter for
publications?
must enter “Deceased,” the deceased
you, your spouse and dependents.
You can download them from the IRS
taxpayer’s name, and the date of death
Proof of foreign status, if applying for
website. Click on “Forms and
across the top of the return. If this
an ITIN.
Publications” at IRS.gov.
information is not provided, it may delay
Birth dates for you, your spouse and
In the United States, you can call
the processing of the return.
any dependents.
1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676).
Form(s) W-2, W-2G, 1099-INT,
The personal representative should
You can send your order to the
1099-DIV, 1099-R, and 1042-S.
promptly notify all payers of income,
Internal Revenue Service; 1201 N.
A copy of your 2010 federal and state
including financial institutions, of the
Mitsubishi Motorway; Bloomington, IL
returns, if available.
taxpayer’s death. This will ensure the
61705-6613.
A blank check or anything that shows
proper reporting of income earned by
You can pick them up in person from
your bank routing and account numbers
the taxpayer’s estate or heirs. A
our U.S. embassies and consulates
for direct deposit.
deceased taxpayer’s SSN or ITIN
abroad (but only during the tax return
Find a site near you and get
should not be used for tax years after
filing period).
additional information. For more
the year of death, except for estate tax
information on these programs and a
return purposes.
Help for People With
location in your community, go to
Disabilities
Claiming a refund for a deceased
IRS.gov and enter keyword “VITA” in
taxpayer. If you are a court-appointed
Telephone help is available using TTY/
the search box. You may also contact
representative, file Form 1040NR-EZ
TDD equipment by calling
us at 1-800-829-1040. To locate the
for the decedent and attach a copy of
1-800-829-4059. Braille materials are
nearest AARP Tax-Aide site, visit
the certificate that shows your
available at libraries that have special
AARP’s website at
appointment. All other filers requesting
services for people with disabilities.
or call
the deceased taxpayer’s refund,
1-888-227-7669.
Tax Services in Other
including the deceased taxpayer’s
Everyday Tax Solutions
Languages
spouse, must file the return and attach
Form 1310.
In the United States you can get
To better serve taxpayers whose native
face-to-face help solving tax problems
language is not English, we have
For more details, see Pub. 559.
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Instructions for Form 1040NR-EZ (2011)

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