- File your income taxes electronically free at this IRS sponsored site: http://www.irs.gov/app/freeFile/welcome.jsp
- Individual W-2 Forms are downloadable from Web PBS beginning Jan 14th. W-2 Forms will be mailed during the third week of January.
- 1042S forms will be mailed in February to those non US citizens who had an unqualified scholarship or any amount paid as exempt under a tax treaty. See link to view who is getting a 1042S form for compensation and wages. (List does not yet include those 1042S forms from other administrative systems at WSU): 2009 1042S Recipients
- W-2 Forms are forwardable if you have a mail forward on file within the last six months at the United States Postal Service.
- The values in Box 1 and Box 2 are the figures used in reporting income to the Internal Revenue Service.
- Box 12:
| 12a will be for D 401K - | GTN 080: Thrift Savings Plan (Reductive) | |
| GTN 087: Catchup Thrift Savings Plan (Reductive) | ||
| GTN 238: Addl TSP (Reductive) | ||
| 12b will be for E 403B - | GTN 008: TIAA CREF (Reductive) only if age
50 or older and contribution is 10% (this is the optional amount between 7.5% and 10% times your YTD Retirement Gross Wages) |
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| GTN 106: SRA TIAA CREF (Reductive) | ||
| 12c will be for G 457 - | GTN 108: State Deferred Comp (Reductive) | |
| 12d will be for P | Moving Expenses |
- Box 14 Other includes the personal use of leased vehicles.
- The Social Security maximum wage in 2008 is $102,000. In 2009 the maximum wage increases to $106,800.
- The amount of supplemental pension / Worker’s Compensation that employees may claim on IRS Schedule A for 2008 is $75.07.
- The personal exemption amount for 2008 is $3,500. For 2009 it is $3,650.
- The standard deduction amounts for 2008 are $10,900 for married couples
filing jointly or surviving spouses, $8,000 for heads of households, $5,450 for single taxpayers, and $5,450 for married taxpayers filing separately.
- The standard deduction amounts for 2009 are $11,400 for married couples filing jointly or surviving spouses, $8,350 for heads of households, $5,700 for single taxpayers, and $5,700 for married taxpayers filing separately.
- If you have not received a W-2 Form by January 31, 2009, call Payroll Services at 335-9577 and request a replacement copy or consider using Web PBS and use your browser print key to print a copy. It takes 24 to 36 hours for replacement forms to be produced.
- If you use proprietary software (like Turbo-Tax) to complete your personal income taxes, you may use any control number value you wish.
NEW IRS SERVICE PROVIDES ONLINE REFUND INFORMATION
Taxpayers can quickly go online this year and check the status of their individual federal income tax refunds. Where’s My Refund? - at www.irs.gov - is the first IRS web-based service giving taxpayers direct access to their personal tax account information.
Non-web-enabled taxpayers can get the same information by calling IRS’s new refund hotline at 1-800-829-1954 or using IRS’ automated refund service at 1-800-829-4477.
IRS Announces Pension Plan Limits for 2009
IRS Inflation Adjustments Widen Tax Brackets for 2009
IRS Tax Law Changes for Individuals
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Frequently Asked Questions for Non-resident Alien Tax Purposes Only
2008 IRS Forms & Instructions for
- Form 1040NR (PDF format)
- Instructions 1040NR (PDF format)
- Form 1040NR-EZ (PDF format)
- Instructions 1040NR-EZ (PDF format)
- Form 8843 (PDF format)
Print Tax Forms
- W4 - 2009 Federal Withholding Tax Form, PDF format, 2 pages 68KB
- W5 - 2009 Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Certificate, PDF format, 3 pages 261KB