Instructions For Form 1040 - U.s. Individual Income Tax Return - 2016 Page 10

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Chart C—Other Situations When You Must File
You must file a return if any of the six conditions below apply for 2017.
1.
You owe any special taxes, including any of the following.
a. Alternative minimum tax.
b. Additional tax on a qualified plan, including an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), or other tax-favored account.
But if you are filing a return only because you owe this tax, you can file Form 5329 by itself.
c. Household employment taxes. But if you are filing a return only because you owe this tax, you can file Schedule H by
itself.
d. Social security and Medicare tax on tips you didn't report to your employer or on wages you received from an employer
who didn't withhold these taxes.
e. Recapture of first-time homebuyer credit. See the instructions for line 60b.
f. Write-in taxes, including uncollected social security and Medicare or RRTA tax on tips you reported to your employer or
on group-term life insurance and additional taxes on health savings accounts. See the instructions for line 62.
g. Recapture taxes. See the instructions for lines 44, 60b, and 62.
2.
You (or your spouse, if filing jointly) received health savings account, Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA
distributions.
3.
You had net earnings from self-employment of at least $400.
4.
You had wages of $108.28 or more from a church or qualified church-controlled organization that is exempt from
employer social security and Medicare taxes.
5.
Advance payments of the premium tax credit were made for you, your spouse, or a dependent who enrolled in coverage
through the Marketplace. You or whoever enrolled you should have received Form(s) 1095-A showing the amount of the
advance payments.
6.
Advance payments of the health coverage tax credit were made for you, your spouse, or a dependent. You or whoever
enrolled you should have received Form(s) 1099-H showing the amount of the advance payments.
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