Instructions For 1040ez - 2016 Page 11
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462016 Form 1040EZ—Line 1
Income
1
Wages, salaries, and tips. This should be shown in box 1 of your Form(s) W-2.
1
Attach your Form(s) W-2.
1
Attach
Form(s) W-2
2
here.
2
Taxable interest. If the total is over $1,500, you cannot use Form 1040EZ.
2
Enclose, but
3
do not
3
Unemployment compensation and Alaska Permanent Fund dividends (see instructions).
3
attach, any
payment.
Add lines 1, 2, and 3. This is your adjusted gross income.
4
4
5
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.
You
Spouse
If no one can claim you (or your spouse if a joint return), enter $10,350 if single;
$20,700 if married filing jointly. See back for explanation.
5
6
Subtract line 5 from line 4. If line 5 is larger than line 4, enter -0-.
6
This is your taxable income.
6
Nonresident alien spouse. If your spouse is a nonresident ali-
Yes. None of your refund is taxable.
en, you cannot use Form 1040EZ unless he or she has either an
SSN or an ITIN.
No.
You may have to report part or all of the refund as income on
Form 1040 for 2016. For more information, see the Instructions
for Form 1040 or Pub. 525.
C
Presidential Election Campaign Fund
Social Security Benefits
This fund helps pay for Presidential election campaigns. The
fund reduces candidates' dependence on large contributions
If you received social security or equivalent railroad retirement
from individuals and groups and places candidates on an equal
benefits, you should receive a Form SSA-1099 or Form
financial footing in the general election. The fund also helps pay
RRB-1099. These forms will show the total benefits paid to you
for pediatric medical research. If you want $3 to go to this fund,
in 2016 and the amount of any benefits you repaid in 2016. Use
check the box. If you are filing a joint return, your spouse also
the
Worksheet To See if Any of Your Social Security Benefits
can have $3 go to the fund. If you check a box, your tax or refund
Are
Taxable, later in this Section 3. If any of your benefits are
won't change.
taxable, you must use Form 1040A or 1040. For more details,
see Pub. 915.
Income (Lines 1–6)
Nevada, Washington, and California
Rounding Off to Whole Dollars
domestic partners
You can round off cents to whole dollars on your return. If you do
A registered domestic partner in Nevada, Washington, or Cali-
round to whole dollars, you must round all amounts. To round,
fornia generally must report half the combined community in-
drop amounts under 50 cents and increase amounts from 50 to
come of the individual and his or her domestic partner. See Form
99 cents to the next dollar. For example, $1.39 becomes $1 and
8958 and Pub. 555. If you file Form 8958, you must use Form
$2.50 becomes $3.
1040.
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.
1
Line 1, Wages, Salaries, and Tips
Example. You received two Forms W-2, one showing wages
of $5,009.55 and one showing wages of $8,760.73. On
Enter the total of your wages, salaries, and tips. If you are filing a
Form 1040EZ, line 1, you would enter $13,770 ($5,009.55 +
joint return, also include your spouse's wages, salaries, and tips.
$8,760.73 = $13,770.28).
For most people, the amount to enter on this line should be
shown on their Form(s) W-2 in box 1. But you must include all of
Refunds of State or Local Income Taxes
your wages, salaries, and tips in the total on line 1, even if they
aren't shown on your Form(s) W-2. For example, the following
If you received a refund, credit, or offset of state or local income
types of income must be included in the total on line 1.
taxes in 2016, you may receive a Form 1099-G.
Wages received as a household employee. An employer is
not required to provide a Form W-2 to you if he or she paid
For the year the tax was paid to the state or other taxing au-
you wages of less than $2,000 in 2016. If you received wa-
thority, did you file Form 1040EZ or 1040A?
ges as a household employee and you didn't receive a Form
W-2 because an employer paid you less than $2,000 in
2016, enter "HSH" and the amount not reported to you on a
Form W-2 in the space to the left of line 1.
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Instructions for Form 1040EZ
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