Instructions For Wisconsin Income Tax Form 1a/wi-Z

Line Instructions

Form WI-Z

Note If you qualify for the earned

If you are not required to file a federal

income credit and request that the

return, contact any Department of

department compute your credit (see

Revenue office to see if you qualify.

Instructions for Form WI-Z are

line 26 instructions), you may not claim

on the back of the form.

a Quick Refund.

If your federal filing status is qualifying

widow(er) with dependent child, use

If you receive a Quick Refund and you

the head of household filing status for

Form 1A

have an error in computation, an addi-

Wisconsin.

Follow these line instructions to com-

tional refund or billing, with interest if

plete your Form 1A. Prepare one

appropriate, will be sent to you after

Note If you are married and qualify to

copy of Form 1A for your records and

processing of your return is completed.

use the head of household filing status,

another copy to be filed with the De-

you should get Publication 109, Tax

partment of Revenue.

An alternative to the Quick Re-

Information for Married Persons Filing

fund procedure is to file electronically.

Separate Returns and Persons

Name and Address

You may be able to get your refund

Divorced in 1998, from any Department

If your booklet has a mailing label with

even faster by filing electronically. See

of Revenue office for information on

your name on the front cover, remove

page 3 for more information.

reporting your marital income.

the label and place it in the name and

address area of the tax return you file.

Filing Status

Tax District

If your name or address is wrong,

Check one of the boxes to indicate

Check the proper box and fill in the

correct the label by drawing a line

your filing status for 1998. If more than

city, village, or town and the county in

through the incorrect information and

one filing status applies to you, choose

which you lived on December 31,

printing the correct information clearly

the one that will give you the lowest

1998.

on the label. Do not use the label if

tax.

your name is not on it.

School District Number

Single You are considered single if,

Refer to page 15 in this booklet. Fill in

If you did not receive a booklet with a

on December 31, 1998:

the number of the school district in

label, print or type your name and ad-

which you lived on December 31,

dress in the spaces provided on Form

• You were never married, or

1998.

1A.

• You were legally separated under a

final decree of divorce or separate

State Election Campaign Fund

Social Security Number

maintenance, or

You may designate $1 to this fund by

Fill in your social security number in

checking the box on Form 1A. If you

the space provided on Form 1A. Also

• You were widowed before January

are married, your spouse may also

fill in your spouse's social security

1, 1998, and did not remarry in 1998.

designate $1 to this fund. Checking

number if married filing a joint return.

the box will neither change your tax

Married filing joint return You and

nor reduce your refund.

Note You must fill in your social secu-

your spouse may file a joint return if:

rity number even though you may be

• You were married as of December

Rounding Off to Whole Dollars

using the mailing label from the cover

31, 1998, or

On your Form 1A you may round off

of your tax booklet.

cents to the nearest dollar. You can

• Your spouse died in 1998 and you

Quick Refund

drop amounts under 50¢ and in-

did not remarry in 1998, or

To receive your refund check in as

crease amounts from 50¢ through

• Your spouse died in 1999 before

little as two weeks, you must use an

99¢ to the next dollar. For example,

unaltered and current label. You

filing a 1998 return.

$1.39 becomes $1 and $2.69 be-

also must:

comes $3.

A husband and wife may file a joint

(1) have a Wisconsin address,

return even if only one had income or

Wages Earned in Illinois

if they did not live together all year.

Under the reciprocity agreement that

(2) not claim homestead credit,

Both spouses must sign the return.

Wisconsin has with Illinois, a Wiscon-

(3) not owe delinquent taxes, delin-

sin resident is not subject to the Illi-

quent child support, or have debts

Head of household To use this filing

nois income tax for compensation

to other state agencies, munici-

status for Wisconsin purposes, you

earned as an employe in Illinois. The

palities, or counties,

must qualify to file your federal income

section above line 1 on Form 1A and

tax return using the head of household

Form WI-Z relates to compensation

(4) fill in the amount of your refund

filing status. Use of this filing status is

covered under this agreement. The

(using dollars and cents) from line

generally restricted to unmarried

30 (line 13 of Form WI-Z) in the

information is needed so that the two

individuals, but certain married

states can measure the revenue im-

Quick Refund box,

persons who lived apart from their

pact of the reciprocity agreement.

(5) file by April 1, 1999, and

spouses for the last 6 months of 1998

The information that you provide will

may also qualify. See the instructions

(6) mail your return to: Quick Refund,

not affect your tax.

for your federal return for complete

P.O. Box 38, Madison, WI 53787-

details.

0001.

Instructions For Wisconsin Income Tax Form 1a/wi-Z - 1998 Page 4

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