Instructions For Arizona Form 140a - Resident Personal Income Tax Return (Short Form) - 2014 Page 2

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Arizona Form 140A
Do You Have to File if You Are in the
Nonresidents
Military?
If you are a nonresident, you must file Form 140NR,
Nonresident Personal Income Tax Return.
You must file if you meet the Arizona filing requirements
unless all the following apply to you.
What if a Taxpayer Died?
You are an active duty member of the United States
armed forces.
If a taxpayer died before filing a return for 2014, the
Your only income for the taxable year is pay received for
taxpayer's spouse or personal representative may have to file
active duty military service.
and sign a return for that taxpayer. A personal representative
can be an executor, administrator, or anyone who is in charge
There was no Arizona tax withheld from your active duty
of the deceased taxpayer’s property.
military pay.
If the deceased taxpayer did not have to file a return but had
If Arizona tax was withheld from your active duty military
tax withheld, a return must be filed to get a refund.
pay, you must file an Arizona income tax return to claim any
The person who files the return should use the form the
refund you may be due from that withholding.
taxpayer would have used. The person who files the return
You must also file an Arizona income tax return if you have
should print the word "deceased" after the decedent's name in
any other income besides pay received for active duty
the address section of the form. Also, enter the date of death
military service.
after the decedent's name.
If you are an Arizona resident and you have to file an Arizona
If your spouse died in 2014 and you did not remarry in 2014,
or if your spouse died in 2015 before filing a return for 2014,
return, you should file using Form 140. If you were an Arizona
you may file a joint return. If your spouse died in 2014, the
resident when you entered the service, you remain an Arizona
joint return should show your spouse's 2014 income before
resident, no matter where stationed, until you establish a new
death and your income for all of 2014. If your spouse died in
domicile. As an Arizona resident, you must report all of your
2015, before filing the 2014 return, the joint return should
income, no matter where stationed. You must include your
show all of your income and all of your spouse's income for
military pay, but using Form 140, you may subtract all pay
2014. Print "Filing as surviving spouse" in the area where you
received for active duty military service; to the extent it is
sign the return. If someone else is the personal representative,
included in your federal adjusted gross income.
he or she must also sign the return.
If you are not an Arizona resident, but stationed in Arizona,
Are Any Other Returns Required?
the following applies to you.
You may also have to file a fiduciary income tax return (Form
141AZ). For details about filing a fiduciary income tax return,
You are not subject to Arizona income tax on your
call the department at (602) 255-3381.
military pay.
Claiming a Refund for a Deceased Taxpayer
You must report any other income you earn in Arizona.
Use Form 140NR, Nonresident Personal Income Tax
If you are claiming a refund for a deceased taxpayer, you
Return, to report this income.
must complete Arizona Form 131, Claim for Refund on
To find out more, see our brochure, Pub 704, Taxpayers in
Behalf of Deceased Taxpayer. Place this form on top of the
the Military.
return.
Residency Status
What Are the Filing Dates and Penalties?
If you are not sure if you are an Arizona resident for state
When Should You File?
income tax purposes, we may be able to help. The department
issued Income Tax Procedure ITP 92-1 on determining
Your 2014 calendar year tax return is due no later than
midnight, April 15, 2015. File your return as soon as you can
residency status.
after January 1, but no later than April 15, 2015.
Residents
What if You Cannot File on Time?
You are a resident of Arizona if your domicile is in Arizona.
You may request an extension if you know you will not be
Domicile is the place where you have your permanent home.
able to file on time.
It is where you intend to return if you are living or working
temporarily in another state or country.
NOTE: An extension does not extend the time to pay your income
If you leave Arizona for a temporary period, you are still an
tax. For details, see the instructions for Arizona Form 204.
Arizona resident while gone. A resident is subject to tax on
To get a filing extension, you can either:
all income no matter where the resident earns the income.
Part-Year Residents
1. Apply for a state extension. To apply for a state
extension, file Arizona Form 204 by April 15. See Form
If you are a part-year resident, you must file Form 140PY,
204 for details. You do not have to include a copy of the
Part-Year Resident Personal Income Tax Return.
extension with your return when you file, but make sure
You are a part-year resident if you did either of the following
that you check box 82F on page 1 of the return. If you
during 2014.
must make a payment, use Arizona Form 204, or visit
You moved into Arizona with the intent of becoming a
to make an electronic payment.
resident.
2.
Use your federal extension (federal Form 4868). File your
You moved out of Arizona with the intent of giving up
Arizona return by the same due date. You do not have to
your Arizona residency.
include a copy of your federal extension with your
Arizona return, but make sure that you check box 82F on
page 1 of the return.
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