Instructions For Form 1040-A - U.s. Individual Income Tax Return - 2016 Page 65
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92to expand the designee's authorization, see Pub. 947. The au-
visit IRS.gov/Transcript. (If you filed electronically last year,
thorization will automatically end no later than the due date
you may use your prior year PIN to verify your identity instead
(not counting extensions) for filing your 2018 tax return. This
of your prior year AGI. The prior year PIN is the five-digit PIN
is April 15, 2019, for most people.
you used to electronically sign your 2016 return.) You also will
be prompted to enter your date of birth (DOB).
You can't use the Self-Select PIN method if you are a
Sign Your Return
!
first-time filer under age 16 at the end of 2017.
CAUTION
Form 1040A isn't considered a valid return unless you sign it.
Practitioner PIN. The Practitioner PIN method allows you to
If you are filing a joint return, your spouse also must sign. If
authorize your tax practitioner to enter or generate your PIN.
your spouse can't sign the return, see Pub. 501. Be sure to date
The practitioner can provide you with details.
your return and enter your occupation(s). If you have someone
prepare your return, you are still responsible for the correctness
Form 8453. You must send in a paper Form 8453 if you have
of the return. If your return is signed by a representative for
to attach certain forms or other documents that can't be elec-
you, you must have a power of attorney attached that specifi-
tronically filed. See Form 8453.
cally authorizes the representative to sign your return. To do
Identity Protection PIN. For 2017, if you received an Identi-
this, you can use Form 2848. If you are filing a joint return as a
ty Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) from the
surviving spouse, see
Death of a
taxpayer, later.
IRS, enter it in the IP PIN spaces provided below your daytime
Court-appointed conservator, guardian, or other fiduciary.
phone number. You must correctly enter all six numbers of
If you are a court-appointed conservator, guardian, or other fi-
your IP PIN. If you didn't receive an IP PIN, leave these spaces
duciary for a mentally or physically incompetent individual
blank.
who has to file Form 1040A, sign your name for the individual
New IP PINs are issued every year. Enter the latest IP
and file Form 56.
!
PIN you received. IP PINs for 2017 tax returns gener-
Child's return. If your child can't sign his or her return, either
ally were sent in December 2017.
CAUTION
parent can sign the child's name in the space provided. Then,
enter “By (your signature), parent for minor child.”
If you are filing a joint return and both taxpayers receive an
IP PIN, only the taxpayer whose social security number (SSN)
Daytime phone number. Providing your daytime phone num-
appears first on the tax return should enter his or her IP PIN.
ber may help speed the processing of your return. We may
However, if you are filing electronically, both taxpayers must
have questions about items on your return, such as the earned
enter their IP PINs. If you need more information, go to
income credit, or the credit for child and dependent care expen-
IRS.gov/CP01a. If you received an IP PIN but misplaced it,
ses. If you answer our questions over the phone, we may be
call 1-800-908-4490.
able to continue processing your return without mailing you a
letter. If you are filing a joint return, you can enter either your
Paid preparer must sign your return. Generally, anyone you
or your spouse's daytime phone number.
pay to prepare your return must sign it and include their Pre-
Electronic Return Signatures! To file your return electroni-
parer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) in the space provided.
cally, you must sign the return electronically using a personal
The preparer must give you a copy of the return for your re-
identification number (PIN). If you are filing online using soft-
cords. Someone who prepares your return but doesn't charge
ware, you must use a Self-Select PIN. If you are filing elec-
you shouldn't sign your return.
tronically using a tax practitioner, you can use a Self-Select
PIN or a Practitioner PIN.
Assemble Your Return
Self-Select PIN. The Self-Select PIN method allows you to
create your own PIN. If you are married filing jointly, you and
your spouse will each need to create a PIN and enter these
Assemble any schedules and forms behind Form 1040A in or-
PINs as your electronic signatures.
der of the “Attachment Sequence No.” shown in the upper right
corner of the schedule or form. If you have supporting state-
A PIN is any combination of five digits you choose except
ments, arrange them in the same order as the schedules or
five zeros. If you use a PIN, there is nothing to sign and noth-
forms they support and attach them last. Do not attach corre-
ing to mail—not even your Forms W-2.
spondence or other items unless required to do so. Attach
To verify your identity, you will be prompted to enter your
Form(s) W-2 to the front of Form 1040A. If you received a
adjusted gross income (AGI) from your originally filed 2016
Form W-2c (a corrected Form W-2), attach your original
federal income tax return, if applicable. Don't use your AGI
Form(s) W-2 and any Form(s) W-2c.
from an amended return (Form 1040X) or a math error correc-
tion made by the IRS. AGI is the amount shown on your 2016
If you received a 2017 Form 1099-R showing federal
Form 1040, line 38; Form 1040A, line 22; or Form 1040EZ,
income tax withheld, attach the form to the front of
TIP
line 4. If you don't have your 2016 income tax return, call the
Form 1040A.
IRS at 1-800-908-9946 to get a free transcript of your return or
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Need more information or forms? Visit IRS.gov.
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