Publication 505 |
2000 Tax Year |
Withholding
If you had income tax withheld during 2000, you should receive a
statement by January 31, 2001, showing your income and the tax
withheld. Depending on the source of your income, you will receive:
- Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement,
- Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings, or
- A form in the 1099 series.
Forms W-2 and W-2G.
You file Form W-2 with your income tax return. File Form
W-2G with your return if it shows any federal income tax
withheld from your winnings.
You should get at least two copies of each form you receive. Attach
one copy to the front of your federal income tax return. Keep one copy
for your records. You should also receive copies to file with your
state and local returns.
Form W-2
Your employer should give you a Form W-2 for 2000 by January
31, 2001. You should receive a separate Form W-2 from each
employer you worked for.
If you stop working before the end of the year, your employer can
give you your Form W-2 at any time after you leave your job.
However, your employer must give it to you by January 31 of the
following year (or the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
holiday if January 31 is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday). If you ask
for the form, your employer must give it to you within 30 days after
receiving your written request or within 30 days after your final wage
payment, whichever is later.
If you have not received your Form W-2 by February 1, 2001,
you should ask your employer for it. If you do not receive it by
February 15, call the IRS. The number is listed in the Form 1040, Form
1040A, and Form 1040EZ instructions. You will be asked to give your
employer's name, address, and telephone number, and, if known, your
employer's identification number. You will also be asked for your
address, social security number, daytime telephone number, dates of
employment, and your best estimate of your total wages and federal
income tax withheld.
Form W-2 shows your total pay and other compensation and the
income tax, social security tax, and Medicare tax that was withheld
during the year. Take credit for the federal income tax withheld on:
- Line 58, if you file Form 1040,
- Line 36, if you file Form 1040A, or
- Line 7, if you file Form 1040EZ.
Form W-2 is also used to report any taxable sick pay you
received and any income tax withheld from your sick pay.
Form W-2G
If you had gambling winnings, the payer may have withheld 28% as
income tax. If tax was withheld, the payer will give you a Form
W-2G showing the amount you won and the amount of tax withheld.
Report the amounts you won on line 21 of Form 1040. Take credit for
the tax withheld on line 58 of Form 1040. If you had gambling
winnings, you must use Form 1040; you cannot use Form 1040A or Form
1040EZ.
Gambling losses can be deducted on Schedule A (Form 1040) as a
miscellaneous itemized deduction. However, you cannot deduct more than
the gambling winnings you report on line 21.
The 1099 Series
Most forms in the 1099 series are not filed with your return. You
should receive these forms by February 1, 2001. Keep these forms for
your records. There are several different forms in this series,
including:
- Form 1099-B, Proceeds From Broker and Barter
Exchange Transactions,
- Form 1099-DIV, Dividends and
Distributions,
- Form 1099-G, Certain Government and Qualified
State Tuition Program Payments,
- Form 1099-INT, Interest Income,
- Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous
Income,
- Form 1099-OID, Original Issue
Discount,
- Form 1099-R, Distributions from Pensions,
Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance
Contracts, etc.,
- Form SSA-1099, Social Security Benefit Statement,
and
- Form RRB-1099, Payments by the Railroad
Retirement Board.
For some types of income reported on forms in the 1099 series, you
may not be able to use Form 1040A or Form 1040EZ. See the instructions
to these forms for details.
Form 1099-R.
Attach Form 1099-R to your return if federal income tax
withholding is shown in box 4. Include the amount withheld in the
total on line 58 of Form 1040, or on line 36 of Form 1040A. You cannot
use Form 1040EZ if you received payments reported on Form
1099-R.
Backup withholding.
If you were subject to backup withholding on income you received
during 2000, include the amount withheld, as shown on your Form 1099,
in the total on line 58 of Form 1040, or line 36 of Form 1040A.
Form Not Correct
If you receive a form with incorrect information on it, you should
ask the payer for a corrected form. Call the telephone number or write
to the address given for the payer on the form. The corrected Form
W-2G or Form 1099 you receive will be marked "CORRECTED." A
special form, Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement,
is used to correct a Form W-2.
Form Received After Filing
If you file your return and you later receive a form for income
that you did not include on your return, you should report the income
and take credit for any income tax withheld by filing Form 1040X.
Separate Returns
If you are married but file a separate return, you can take credit
only for the tax withheld from your own income. Do not include any
amount withheld from your spouse's income. However, different rules
may apply if you live in a community property state.
Community property states.
Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas,
Washington, and Wisconsin are community property states. If you live
in a community property state and file a separate return, you and your
spouse must each report half of all community income in addition to
your own separate income. Each of you takes credit for half of all
taxes withheld on the community income. If you were divorced during
the year, each of you generally must report half the community income
and can take credit for half the withholding on that community income
for the period before the divorce.
For more information on these rules, and some exceptions, see
Publication 555,
Community Property.
Fiscal Years
If you file your tax return on the basis of a fiscal year (a
12-month period ending on the last day of any month except December),
you must follow special rules, described below, to determine your
credit for federal income tax withholding.
Normal withholding.
During your fiscal year, one calendar year will end and another
will begin. You can claim credit on your tax return only for the tax
withheld during the calendar year ending in your fiscal year. You
cannot claim credit for any of the tax withheld during the calendar
year beginning in your fiscal year. You will be able to claim credit
for that withholding on your return for next year.
The Form W-2 or 1099-R you receive for the calendar
year that ends during your fiscal year will show the tax withheld and
the income you received during that calendar year. Although you take
credit for all the withheld tax shown on the form, report only the
part of the income shown on the form that you received during your
fiscal year. Add to that the income you received during the rest of
your fiscal year.
Example 3.1.
Miles Hanson files his return for a fiscal year ending June 30. In
January 2001, he received a Form W-2 that showed that his wages
for 2000 were $15,600 and that his income tax withheld was $1,409.40.
His records show that he had received $7,500 of the wages by June 30,
2000, and $8,100 from July 1 through December 31, 2000.
On his return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, Miles will
report the $8,100 he was paid in July through December of 2000, plus
whatever he was paid during the rest of the fiscal year --
January 1, 2001, to June 30, 2001. However, he takes credit for all
$1,409.40 that was withheld during 2000. He takes credit for none of
the income tax withheld during 2001. He cannot split the credit and
claim a part of it in each fiscal year.
Backup withholding.
If income tax has been withheld from your income under the backup
withholding rule, take credit for it on your tax return for the fiscal
year in which you received the payment.
Example 3.2.
Emily Smith's records show that she received income in February
2001 from which $50 was withheld under the backup withholding rule. On
her tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, Emily takes
credit for withheld income tax of $50.
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