Instructions For Form 1040ez - Income Tax Return For Single And Joint Filers With No Dependents - 2004 Page 19

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Form 1040EZ — Lines 11b Through 12
Sample Check—Lines 11b Through 11d
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You may need to increase the amount of income tax
PAY TO THE
$
ORDER OF
withheld from your pay by filing a new Form W-4. See
TIP
Routing
Account
Income tax withholding and estimated tax payments for
number
number
DOLLARS
(line 11b)
(line 11d)
2005 on page 21.
ANYTOWN BANK
Do not include
Anytown, MD 20000
the check number.
What if You Cannot Pay?
For
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Installment payments.
If you cannot pay the full amount shown on
line 12 when you file, you can ask to make monthly installment
payments for the full or a partial amount. You may have up to 60
The routing and account numbers may be in different
months to pay. However, you will be charged interest and may be
!
places on your check.
charged a late payment penalty on the tax not paid by April 15,
CAUTION
2005, even if your request to pay in installments is granted. You
must also pay a fee. To limit the interest and penalty charges, pay as
much of the tax as possible when you file. But before requesting an
installment agreement, you should consider other less costly alter-
Amount You Owe
natives, such as a bank loan or credit card payment.
IRS e-file offers an additional payment option: Elec-
To ask for an installment agreement, use Form 9465. You should
tronic funds withdrawal. This option allows you to
receive a response to your request for installments within 30 days.
file your return early and schedule your payment for withdrawal
But if you file your return after March 31, it may take us longer to
from your checking or savings account on a future date up to and
reply.
including April 15, 2005. IRS e-file also provides proof of receipt
of your return and payment by email or through your software
Penalty for Not Paying Enough Tax During the
package. Visit for details.
Year
You may have to pay a penalty if line 12 is at least $1,000 and it is
more than 10% of the tax shown on your return. The “tax shown on
Line 12
your return” is the amount on line 10 minus the amount on line 8a.
You may choose to have the IRS figure the penalty for you. If you
Pay your taxes in full by April 15, 2005, to save interest
owe a penalty, the IRS will send you a bill. However, if you want to
and penalties. You do not have to pay if line 12 is
TIP
figure the penalty yourself on Form 2210, you must file Form
under $1.
1040A or 1040 to do so.
The penalty may be waived under certain conditions. See Pub.
You can pay by check, money order, or credit card.
505 for details.
To pay by check or money order.
Enclose in the envelope with
Exceptions to the penalty.
You will not owe the penalty if your
your return a check or money order payable to the “United States
2003 tax return was for a tax year of 12 full months and either of the
Treasury” for the full amount when you file. Do not attach the
following applies.
payment to your return. Do not send cash. Write “2004 Form
1. You had no tax liability for 2003 and you were a U.S. citizen
1040EZ” and your name, address, daytime phone number, and
or resident for all of 2003, or
social security number (SSN) on your payment. If you are filing a
joint return, enter the SSN shown first on your return.
2. Line 7 on your 2004 return is at least as much as the tax
liability shown on your 2003 return.
To help process your payment, enter the amount on the right side
of the check like this: $ XXX.XX. Do not use dashes or lines (for
XX
example, do not enter “XXX – ” or “XXX
”).
100
Third Party Designee
To pay by credit card.
You may use your American Express
Card, Discover Card, MasterCard card, or Visa card. To pay
If you want to allow a friend, family member, or any other person
by credit card, call toll free or visit the website of either service
you choose to discuss your 2004 tax return with the IRS, check the
provider listed on this page and follow the instructions. A conve-
“Yes” box in the “Third party designee” area of your return. Also,
nience fee will be charged by the service provider based on the
enter the designee’s name, phone number, and any five digits the
amount you are paying. Fees may vary between the providers. You
designee chooses as his or her personal identification number
will be told what the fee is during the transaction and you will have
(PIN). But if you want to allow the paid preparer who signed your
the option to either continue or cancel the transaction. You can also
return to discuss it with the IRS, just enter “Preparer” in the space
find out what the fee will be by calling the provider’s toll-free
for the designee’s name. You do not have to provide the other
automated customer service number or visiting the provider’s web-
information requested.
site shown on this page.
If you check the “Yes” box, you, and your spouse if filing a joint
Paying before you file. If you pay by credit card before filing
return, are authorizing the IRS to call the designee to answer any
your return, please enter on page 1 of Form 1040EZ in the upper left
questions that may arise during the processing of your return. You
corner the confirmation number you were given at the end of the
are also authorizing the designee to:
transaction and the amount you charged (not including the conve-
nience fee).
Give the IRS any information that is missing from your return,
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