Form It-40 - Indiana Full-Year Resident Individual Income Tax Booklet - 2012 Page 6
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64Military address
Increase amounts of $0.50 or more to the next higher dollar.
Example. $432.50 rounds up to $433.00.
Overseas military addresses must contain the APO, FPO designa-
tion in the “city field” along with a two-character “state” abbreviation
Losses or negative entries
of AE, AP, or AA and the zip code. Place these two- and three-letter
designations in the city name area.
When reporting a loss or negative entry, use a negative sign. Example.
Write a $125 loss as -125.
Zip/Postal code
Commas
Enter your five or nine digit zip code (do not use a dash). For example,
enter 46217 or 462174540.
Do not use commas when entering amounts. For instance, express
1,000 as 1000.
If filing with a foreign address, enter the associated postal code.
Enclosing schedules, W-2s, etc.
Foreign country code
You will find an enclosure sequence number in the upper right-hand
Complete this area if the address you are using is located in a foreign
corner of each schedule. Make sure to put your completed schedules
country. Enter the 2-character foreign country code, which may be
in sequential order behind the IT-40 when assembling your tax return.
found online at
Do not staple or paper clip your enclosures. If you have a schedule on
which you’ve made no entry, do not enclose it unless you have com-
School corporation number
pleted information on the back of it.
Enter the four-digit school corporation number (found on pages 59
Also, enclose:
and 60) for where the primary taxpayer lived on Jan. 1, 2012. The pri-
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All W-2s and 1099s on which Indiana state and/or county tax
mary taxpayer is the first name listed at the top of the tax return. If the
withholding amounts appear,
primary taxpayer did not live in Indiana on Jan. 1, 2012, enter the code
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Any 1099G showing unemployment compensation, and
number “9999”. Contact a local school or your county auditor’s office if
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A check/money order, if applicable.
you’re not sure which school corporation you live in.
A note about your W-2s. It is important that your W-2 form is read-
It is important that you enter the correct school corporation number.
able. The income and state and county tax amounts withheld are
This information is used for statistical tracking purposes to determine
verified on every W-2 form that comes in with your tax return. We
possible school funding needs and changes.
encourage you to enclose the best copy available when you file.
Note. If the school corporation number is not entered, the processing
of your return will be delayed.
Who Should File?
County information
You may need to file an Indiana income tax return if:
Enter the two-digit code numbers for the county(s) where you and
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You lived in Indiana and received income, or
your spouse, if filing joint, lived and worked on Jan. 1, 2012. You
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You lived outside Indiana and had any income from Indiana.
can find these code numbers on the chart found on the back of the
Schedule CT-40. See the instructions beginning on page 52 for more
Note. If you and your spouse file a joint federal tax return, you must
information, including the definitions of the county where you live
file a joint tax return with Indiana. If you and your spouse file separate
and work, details for military personnel, retired individuals, home-
federal tax returns, you must file separate tax returns with Indiana.
makers, unemployed individuals, out-of-state filers, etc.
There are four types of Indiana tax returns available. The type you
Refund check address
need to file is generally based on your residency status. Read the fol-
Your refund check will be issued in the name(s), address and Social
lowing to decide if you are a full-year resident, part-year resident, or
Security number(s) shown on your tax return. It is very important that
nonresident of Indiana, and which type of return you should file.
this information is correct and legible. Any wrong information will
delay your refund.
Full-year residents
If you were a full-year resident of Indiana and your gross income (the
Rounding required
total of all your income before deductions) was greater than your total
Each line on which an amount can be entered has “.00” already filled-
exemptions, you must file an Indiana tax return.
in. This is to remind you that rounding is required when completing
your tax return.
Full-year residents must file Form IT-40, Indiana Full-Year Resident
Individual Income Tax Return or Form IT-40EZ for Full-Year Indiana
You must round your amounts to the nearest whole dollar.
Resident Filers with No Dependents. If you filed a 2012 federal Form
1040EZ, were a full-year resident of Indiana, claim only the renter’s
To do this, drop amounts of less than $0.50.
deduction and/or unemployment compensation deduction, and have
Example. $432.49 rounds down to $432.00.
only Indiana state and county tax withholding credits and/or the
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IT-40 Booklet 2012
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