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pate an increase in income, you may change
If you are due a refund or have no amount
To check the status of your current year return
your Form MO W-4 to “exempt” so your
due, mail your return and all required
24 hours a day, please visit our web site:
employer will not withhold Missouri tax.
or
attachments to:
Department of Revenue
call our automated individual income tax
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inquiry line (573) 526-8299. To obtain the
P.O. Box 500
Calendar year taxpayers must file no later
Jefferson City, MO 65106-0500.
status of your return, you must know the fol l ow-
than April 17, 2012. Late filing will subject
ing information: 1) the first social security
If you have a balance due, mail your return,
taxpayers to charges for interest and addi-
number on the return; 2) the filing status shown
payment, and all re q uired attachments to:
tion to tax. Fiscal year filers must file no
on your return; and 3) the exact amount of
Department of Revenue
later than the 15th day of the fourth month
the refund or balance due in whole dollars.
P.O. Box 329
following the close of their taxable year.
Jefferson City, MO 65107-0329.
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2-D barcode returns, see page 2.
A resident is an individual who either 1) main-
You are not required to file an extension
tained a domicile in Missouri or 2) did not
if you do not expect to owe additional
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maintain a domicile in Missouri but did have
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income tax or if you anticipate re ceiv ing
permanent living quarters and spent more
Rounding is required on your tax return.
a refund. If you wish to file a Missouri
than 183 days of the taxable year in Missouri.
Zeros have been placed in the cents columns
extension, and do not expect to owe
Exception: An individual domiciled in
on your return. For 1 cent through 49 cents,
Missouri income tax, you may file an
Missouri who did not maintain permanent
round down to the previous whole dollar
extension by filing Form MO-60, Appli-
living quarters in Missouri, did maintain
amount. For 50 cents through 99 cents,
ca t ion for Extension of Time to File. An
per m a n ent living quarters elsewhere, and
round up to the next whole dollar amount.
auto m atic extension of time to file will be
spent 30 days or less of the taxable year in
Example: Round $32.49 down to $32.00
granted until October 15, 2012.
Missouri is not a resident.
Round $32.50 up to $33.00
Domicile: The place an individual intends
If you receive an extension of time to file
to be his/her permanent home; a place that
your federal income tax return, you will
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he/she intends to return to when absent. A
automatically be granted an extension
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domicile, once established, continues until
of time to file your Missouri income tax
the individual moves to a new location with
When your federal taxable income or
return, provided you do not expect to
the true intention of making his/her perma-
federal tax liability is changed as a result
owe any additional Missouri income tax.
nent home there. An individual can have
Attach a copy of your federal extension
of an audit or notification by the Internal
only one domicile at a time.
(Federal Form 4868) with your Missouri
Revenue Ser v ice, or if you file an amended
income tax return when you file.
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federal in c ome tax return, you must report
onResident
such change by filing an amended Missouri
If you expect to owe Missouri income tax,
A nonresident is an individual who does not
income tax return with the Department of
meet the definition of resident. If required
file Form MO-60 with your payment by
Revenue within 90 days of the change.
the original due date of the return.
to file, nonresidents with income from
Failure to notify the Department of Revenue
an o ther state must use Form MO-NRI to
Remember: An extension of time to file
within the 90 day period extends the
determine income percentages.
does not extend the time to pay. A 5
statute of limitations to one year after the
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percent addition to tax will apply if the
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Department of Revenue be c omes aware
tax is not paid by the original return’s due
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nstRuctions
of such determination. You will be subject
date.
If you do not have a social security number,
to interest and addition to tax if you owe
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enter your identifying number in the social
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additional tax to Missouri.
security number space provided.
Simple interest is charged on all delin-
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quent taxes. The rate will be updated
Enter on Form MO-1040, Line 1 the amount
To file an amended individual income
annually and can be found on our web site
from Federal Form 1040NR, Line 36 or Fed-
tax return, use Form MO-1040. Check the
at .
eral Form 1040NR-EZ, Line 10.
box at the top of the form. Complete Forms
For timely filed returns, an addition to tax
Filing Status
MO-1040 and MO-A, pages 1 and 2, using
of 5 per c ent (of the unpaid tax) is added if
If you marked Box 1 or 2 on the Federal Form
corrected figures. Attach all schedules
the tax is not paid by the return’s due date.
1040NR; or Box 1 on Federal Form 1040NR-
along with a copy of your federal changes
For returns not filed by the due date, an
EZ, check Box A on Form MO-1040.
and your Federal Form 1040X. If you
addition to tax of 5 percent per month (of
If you marked Box 3, 4, or 5, and did not
are due a refund, mail to: Department of
the unpaid tax) is added for each month
claim your spouse as an exemption on Fed-
Revenue, P.O. Box 500, Jefferson City, MO
the return is not filed. The addition to tax
eral Form 1040NR, or if you marked Box 2
65106-0500. If you have an amount due,
cannot exceed 25 percent.
on Federal Form 1040NR-EZ, check Box D
mail to Department of Revenue, P.O. Box
If you are unable to pay the tax owed
on Form MO-1040.
329, Jefferson City, MO 65107-0329.
in full on the due date, please visit the
If you marked Box 3, 4, or 5 and claimed your
Department of Revenue’s web site at
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spouse as an exemption on Federal Form
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1040NR, check Box E on Form MO-1040.
Go to
for your payment options. If you are
If you marked Box 6 on Federal Form 1040NR,
to enter your tax information and let us do
mailing a partial payment, please use the
check Box G on Form MO-1040.
the math for you. No calculation errors
form MO-1040V found on page 40.
means faster processing. Just print, sign,
Itemized Deductions
and mail the return. These forms contain
Nonresident aliens who are required to item-
a 2-D barcode at the top right portion of
ize their deductions for federal purposes must
the form. This allows quicker processing of
also itemize deductions on their Missouri
your return.
return. For more detailed information, visit the
Frequently Asked Questions at
gov/personal/individual/.
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