Instructions For Form 1040ez - 2008 Page 3

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Table of Contents
Contents
Page
Contents
Page
Department
of the
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Amount You Owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Treasury
Section 1—Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Third Party Designee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Internal
Revenue
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Signing Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Service
Section 2—Filing Requirements . . . . . . . . 5
Section 4—After You Have Finished . . . . 22
Do You Have To File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Return Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
When Should You File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Filing the Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checklist for Using Form 1040EZ . . . . . . 5
Section 5—General Information . . . . . . . 23
Should You Use Another Form? . . . . . . . 6
Internal Revenue Service Customer
Service Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
What Filing Status Can You Use? . . . . . . 6
Help With Unresolved Tax Issues
Where To Report Certain Items
(Taxpayer Advocate Service) . . . . . . . 24
From 2008 Forms W-2, 1098, and
1099 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 6—Getting Tax Help . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 3—Line Instructions for Form
TeleTax Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1040EZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2008 Tax Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Name and Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Disclosure, Privacy Act, and
Social Security Number (SSN) . . . . . . . . . 9
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice . . . . . 37
Presidential Election Campaign
Major Categories of Federal Income
Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
and Outlays For Fiscal Year 2007 . . . . . 38
Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IRS e-file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Payments and Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Earned Income Credit (EIC) . . . . . . . . . . 12
Where Do You File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back
Cover
Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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