8959
Additional Medicare Tax
OMB No. 1545-0074
2017
Form
If any line does not apply to you, leave it blank. See separate instructions.
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Attach to Form 1040, 1040NR, 1040-PR, or 1040-SS.
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Department of the Treasury
Attachment
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Internal Revenue Service
Sequence No.
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Name(s) shown on return
Your social security number
Part I
Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare Wages
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Medicare wages and tips from Form W-2, box 5. If you have
more than one Form W-2, enter the total of the amounts
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from box 5
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Unreported tips from Form 4137, line 6 .
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Wages from Form 8919, line 6 .
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Add lines 1 through 3 .
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Enter the following amount for your filing status:
Married filing jointly
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. $250,000
Married filing separately .
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. $125,000
Single, Head of household, or Qualifying widow(er) $200,000
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Subtract line 5 from line 4. If zero or less, enter -0- .
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Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages. Multiply line 6 by 0.9% (0.009). Enter here and
go to Part II .
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Part II
Additional Medicare Tax on Self-Employment Income
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Self-employment income from Schedule SE (Form 1040),
Section A, line 4, or Section B, line 6. If you had a loss, enter
-0- (Form 1040-PR and Form 1040-SS filers, see instructions.)
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Enter the following amount for your filing status:
Married filing jointly .
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. $250,000
Married filing separately .
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Single, Head of household, or Qualifying widow(er) $200,000
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Enter the amount from line 4
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Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0- .
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Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income. Multiply line 12 by 0.9% (0.009). Enter
here and go to Part III .
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Part III
Additional Medicare Tax on Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) Compensation
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Railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation and tips from
Form(s) W-2, box 14 (see instructions)
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Enter the following amount for your filing status:
Married filing jointly .
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. $250,000
Married filing separately .
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Single, Head of household, or Qualifying widow(er) $200,000
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Subtract line 15 from line 14. If zero or less, enter -0-
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Additional Medicare Tax on railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation. Multiply line 16 by
0.9% (0.009). Enter here and go to Part IV .
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Part IV
Total Additional Medicare Tax
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Add lines 7, 13, and 17. Also include this amount on Form 1040, line 62, (Form 1040NR,
1040-PR, and 1040-SS filers, see instructions) and go to Part V .
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Part V
Withholding Reconciliation
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Medicare tax withheld from Form W-2, box 6. If you have
more than one Form W-2, enter the total of the amounts
from box 6
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Enter the amount from line 1
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Multiply line 20 by 1.45% (0.0145). This is your regular
Medicare tax withholding on Medicare wages .
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Subtract line 21 from line 19. If zero or less, enter -0-. This is your Additional Medicare Tax
withholding on Medicare wages
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Additional Medicare Tax withholding on railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation from Form
W-2, box 14 (see instructions) .
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Total Additional Medicare Tax withholding. Add lines 22 and 23. Also include this amount
with federal income tax withholding on Form 1040, line 64 (Form 1040NR, 1040-PR, and
1040-SS filers, see instructions)
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8959
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Form
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