Symbols

1231 property sale, Sale of property interest.

401(k) plans, Elective Deferrals

401(k) plans:

Excess contributions, Excess Contributions

403(b) plans, Elective Deferrals

403(b) plans:

Limit for, Limit for tax-sheltered annuities.

457 plans, Elective Deferrals

457 plans:

Limit for deferrals under, Limit for deferrals under section 457 plans.

501(c)(18)(D) plans, Elective Deferrals

501(c)(18)(D) plans:

Contributions, Section 501(c)(18)(D) contributions.

501(c)(3) organizations, Student loans.

529 program, Qualified tuition program (QTP).

83(b) election, How to make the choice.

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, Deduction for costs involved in unlawful discrimination suits.

A

Academic health centers:

Meals and lodging when teaching and research organization, Academic health center.

Accelerated death benefits, Accelerated Death Benefits

Accident insurance, Accident or Health Plan

Accidental death benefits, Accidental death benefits.

Accrual method taxpayers, Prepaid income.

Accrued leave payment:

At time of retirement or resignation, Accrued leave payment.

Disability retirement and, Accrued leave payment.

Activity not for profit, Activity not for profit.

Adoption:

Employer assistance, Adoption Assistance

Advance commissions, Miscellaneous Compensation

Aircraft, Flights on employer-provided aircraft.

Airlines:

No-additional-cost services, No-Additional-Cost Services

Valuation of flights on employer-provided aircraft, Flights on employer-provided aircraft.

Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, Alaska Permanent Fund dividend.

Alien status, waiver of, Waiver of alien status.

Alimony, Alimony.

Alternative minimum tax (AMT):

Recoveries, refiguring of, Subject to alternative minimum tax.

Stock options, Alternative minimum tax (AMT).

Annuities:

Charitable gift, Charitable gift annuities.

Railroad retirement, Railroad retirement annuities.

Tax-sheltered, Limit for tax-sheltered annuities.

Archer MSAs, Archer MSA contributions., Medical savings accounts (Archer MSAs and Medicare+Choice MSAs).

Armed forces, Military

Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship, Tuition Reduction

Armed forces:

Disability, Disability.

Disability pensions, Military and Government Disability Pensions

Military action as cause of disability injuries, Terrorist attack or military action.

Rehabilitative program payments, Rehabilitative program payments.

Retirement pay, Military retirement pay.

Veterans' benefits, Veterans' benefits.

Assistance (see Tax help)

Astronauts, Reminders

Athletic facilities, employer-provided, Athletic Facilities

Automobile (see Vehicle, employer-provided)

Awards (see Damages from lawsuits) (see Prizes and awards)

B

Baby-sitting, Baby-sitting.

Back pay, award for, Back pay awards.

Backup withholding:

Barter exchange transactions, Backup withholding.

Bankruptcy:

Canceled debt not deemed to be income, Excluded debt.

Barter income, Bartering

Below-market loans, Below-market loans.

Bequest for services, Bequest for services.

Black lung benefit payments, Black lung benefit payments.

Bonuses, Bonuses and awards., Employee awards or bonuses.

Breach of contract:

Damages as income, Court awards and damages.

Bribes, Bribes.

Business expenses:

Reimbursements, Allowances and reimbursements.

Business income, Business and Investment Income, More information.

C

Cafeteria plans, Cafeteria plans.

Campaign contributions, Campaign contributions.

Campus lodging, Qualified campus lodging., Moving Expense Reimbursements

Cancellation of debt, Canceled Debts

Cancellation of sales contracts, Canceled sales contract.

Capital gains or losses:

Employee stock option plans (ESOPs), Option granted at a discount.

Incentive stock options (ISOs), Incentive stock options (ISOs).

Sale of personal property, Sale of personal items.

Car (see Vehicle, employer-provided)

Car pools, Car pools.

Cash or deferred arrangements (CODAs), Elective Deferrals

Cash rebates, Cash rebates.

Casualty insurance:

Reimbursements from, Casualty insurance and other reimbursements.

Catch-up contributions, Catch-up contributions., Catch-up contributions.

Charitable gift annuities, Charitable gift annuities.

Child and Adult Care Food Program:

Payments to daycare providers, Food program payments to daycare providers.

Child support payments, Child support payments.

Childcare providers, Childcare providers., Food program payments to daycare providers.

Chronic illness, Chronically ill individual.

Chronic illness:

Accelerated death benefits paid to, Exclusion for chronic illness.

Citizens outside U.S.:

Exclusion of foreign income, Reminders

Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII:

Back pay and damages for emotional distress under, Court awards and damages.

Clergy, Clergy

Coal, Coal and iron ore.

Colleges and universities:

Faculty lodging, Faculty lodging.

Scholarships and fellowships, Scholarships and fellowships.

Comments on publication, Comments and suggestions.

Commissions:

Advance, Miscellaneous Compensation

Commuter highway vehicles, Transportation

Compensation:

Employee, Employee Compensation

Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Compensation

Unemployment, Unemployment compensation.

Workers', Workers' Compensation

Compensatory damages, Other compensation., Court awards and damages.

Constructive receipt of income, Constructively received income.

Copyrights:

Infringement damages, Court awards and damages.

Royalties, Copyrights and patents.

Corporate directors, Corporate director.

Cost-of-living allowances, Government cost-of-living allowances.

Court awards, Court awards and damages.

Court awards:, Court awards and damages.

(see also Damages from lawsuits)

Credit card Insurance, Credit card insurance.

Credits:

Recoveries, refiguring of unused credits, Unused tax credits., Unused tax credits.

Currency transactions, foreign, Foreign currency transactions.

D

Damages from lawsuits, Court awards and damages.

Damages from lawsuits:

Back pay awards, Back pay awards.

Breach of contract, Court awards and damages.

Compensatory damages, Other compensation., Court awards and damages.

Emotional distress under Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Court awards and damages.

Punitive damages, Court awards and damages.

Daycare providers:, Childcare providers.

(see also Childcare providers)

Food program payments to, Food program payments to daycare providers.

De minimis benefits, De Minimis (Minimal) Benefits, Meals and Lodging

Death benefits:, Proceeds not received in installments.

(see also Life insurance)

Accelerated, Accelerated Death Benefits

Debts:

Canceled, Canceled Debts

Excluded debt, Excluded debt.

Nonrecourse debts, Mortgage relief upon sale or other disposition.

Recourse, Mortgage relief upon sale or other disposition.

Stockholder's, Stockholder debt.

Deduction

Costs of discrimination suits, Deduction for costs involved in unlawful discrimination suits.

Dependent care benefits, Dependent Care Benefits

Depletion allowance, Depletion.

Directors' fees, Corporate director.

Disability:

Military, Disability.

Pensions, Disability Pensions

Pensions:

Workers' compensation, Disability pension.

Person with, Persons with disabilities.

Unemployment compensation, paid as substitute for, Types of unemployment compensation.

Disaster relief:

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act:

Grants, Disaster relief grants.

Unemployment benefits, Types of unemployment compensation.

Payments, Disaster relief payments.

Discounts:

Employee discounts, Employee Discounts

Employee stock purchase plans, Option granted at a discount.

Mortgage loan for early payment, Discounted mortgage loan.

Dividends:

Restricted stock, Dividends received on restricted stock.

Divorced taxpayers:

Stock options exercised incident to divorce, Tax form.

E

Educational assistance:

Employer-provided, Educational Assistance

Scholarships and fellowships, Scholarships and fellowships.

Educational institutions:

Faculty lodging, Faculty lodging.

Elderly persons:

Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Nutrition Program for the Elderly.

Tax Counseling for the Elderly, Volunteer tax counseling.

Election precinct officials, Election precinct official.

Elective deferrals, Elective Deferrals

Elective deferrals:

Catch-up contributions, Catch-up contributions., Catch-up contributions.

Excess annual additions, Excess Annual Additions

Excess contributions, Excess Contributions

Excess deferrals, Excess deferrals.

Increased limit for last 3 years prior to retirement age, Increased limit.

Limit on, Overall limit on deferrals.

Reporting by employer, Reporting by employer.

Emotional distress damages, Emotional distress.

Employee achievement awards, Employee achievement award.

Employee awards or bonuses, Employee awards or bonuses.

Employee compensation, Employee Compensation

Employee compensation:

Fringe benefits, Fringe Benefits, Special valuation rules.

Restricted property, Restricted Property, Inherited property not substantially vested.

Retirement plan contributions, Retirement Plan Contributions, Excess Annual Additions

Stock options, Stock Options, Statutory Stock Options

Employee discounts, Employee Discounts

Employee stock purchase plans, Statutory Stock Options, Employee stock purchase plan.

Employer, foreign, Foreign Employer

Employer-provided educational assistance, Educational Assistance

Employer-provided vehicles, Employer-provided vehicles.

Employment:

Abroad, Employment abroad.

Agency fees, Employment agency fees.

Contracts

Severance pay for cancellation of, Severance pay.

Endowment proceeds, Endowment Contract Proceeds

Energy:

Assistance, Payments to reduce cost of winter energy.

Conservation

Utility rebates, Utility rebates.

Conservation:

Subsidies, Energy conservation subsidies.

Estate income, Estate and trust income.

Estimated tax:

Unemployment compensation, Tax withholding.

Excess:

Annual additions, Excess Annual Additions

Contributions, Excess Contributions

Deferrals, Excess deferrals.

Expected inheritance, Expected inheritance.

Expenses paid by another, Expenses paid by another.

F

Faculty lodging, Faculty lodging.

Fair market value (FMV), Fair market value.

Fair market value (FMV):

Stock options, Nonstatutory Stock Options

Farming:

Qualified farm debt, cancellation of, Excluded debt.

Federal employees:

Accrued leave payment, Accrued leave payment.

Cost-of-living allowances, Government cost-of-living allowances.

Disability pensions, Military and Government Disability Pensions

Thrift Savings Plan for, Elective Deferrals

Federal Employees:

Compensation Act (FECA) payments, Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA).

Federal income tax:

Refunds, Federal income tax refund.

Fees for services, Fees for services.

Fees for services:

Financial counseling fees, Financial Counseling Fees

Fellowships, Scholarships and fellowships.

FICA withholding:

Foreign employers, U.S. citizens working for in U.S., Social security and Medicare taxes.

Paid by employer, Social security and Medicare taxes paid by employer.

Fiduciaries:

Fees for services, Fees for services., Personal representatives.

Financial counseling fees, Financial Counseling Fees

Financial counseling fees:, Financial Counseling Fees

(see also Retirement planning services)

Fitness programs:

Employer-provided, Athletic Facilities

Flights:

Employer-provided aircraft, Flights on employer-provided aircraft.

No-additional-cost services, No-Additional-Cost Services

Food benefits:

Daycare providers, food program payments to, Food program payments to daycare providers.

Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Nutrition Program for the Elderly.

Foreign:

Currency transactions, Foreign currency transactions.

Employment, Foreign Employer

Governments, employees of, Employees of international organizations or foreign governments.

Income, Reminders

Service, Service-connected disability.

Form 1040, Schedule A:

Outplacement services, deduction for, Outplacement services.

Repayment of commissions paid in advance, Advance commissions and other earnings.

Form 1040, Schedule B:

Restricted stock dividends, Stock you chose to include in your income.

Form 1040, Schedule C-EZ:

Bartering, Bartering

Personal property rental, reporting income from, Reporting business income and expenses.

Royalties, Royalties

Form 1040, Schedule C:

Bartering, Bartering

Childcare providers to use, Childcare providers.

Personal property rental, reporting income from, Reporting business income and expenses.

Royalties, Royalties

Form 1040, Schedule C–EZ:

Childcare providers to use, Childcare providers.

Form 1040, Schedule D:

Stock options reported on, Statutory Stock Options

Form 1040, Schedule E:

Partner's return, Partner's return.

Royalties, Royalties

Form 1040:

Excess contributions to elective deferrals, Excess Contributions

Recoveries, Where to report.

Unemployment compensation, Unemployment Benefits

Wages from Form W–2, Employee Compensation

Form 1040A, Schedule 1:

Restricted stock dividends, Stock you chose to include in your income.

Form 1040A, Schedule 2:

Child and dependent care expenses, Dependent Care Benefits

Form 1040A:

Recoveries, Where to report.

Unemployment compensation, Unemployment Benefits

Wages from Form W–2, Employee Compensation

Form 1040EZ:

Recoveries, Where to report.

Unemployment compensation, Unemployment Benefits

Wages from Form W–2, Employee Compensation

Form 1041, Schedule K-1:

Beneficiary's share of income, deductions, credits, etc., Estate and trust income.

Form 1041:

Estates and trusts, Estate and trust income.

Form 1065, Schedule K-1:

Partner's share of income, Schedule K-1 (Form 1065).

Form 1065, Schedule K–1:

Partner's share of income, Partnership Income

Form 1065:

Partnership return, Partnership return.

Form 1098:

Mortgage interest statement, Mortgage interest refund.

Form 1099-B:

Barter exchange transactions, Form 1099-B from barter exchange., Backup withholding.

Form 1099-C:

Cancellation of debt, Form 1099-C.

Form 1099-G:

Unemployment compensation, Unemployment Benefits

Form 1099-R:

Charitable gift annuities, Charitable gift annuities.

Excess deferral amounts, Excess distributed to you.

Surrender of life insurance policy for cash, Surrender of policy for cash.

Form 1099–DIV:

Restricted stock dividends, Stock you chose to include in your income.

Form 1099–G:

State income tax refunds, State income tax refund.

Form 1099–MISC:

Services totaling $600 or more, Fees for services.

Stock options exercised incident to divorce, Tax form.

Form 1099–R:

Excess annual additions, Excess Annual Additions

Excess contribution amounts, Excess Contributions

Form 1120-POL:

Political organizations, Campaign contributions.

Form 1120S, Schedule K-1:

Shareholder's share of income, credits, deductions, etc., Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S).

Form 1120S:

S corporation return, S corporation return.

Form 2441:

Child and dependent care expenses, Dependent Care Benefits

Form 4255:

Recapture of investment credit, Amounts Recovered for Credits

Form 6251:

Alternative minimum tax, Alternative minimum tax (AMT).

Form 8839:

Adoption assistance, Adoption Assistance

Form 8853:

Accelerated death benefits, Form 8853.

Archer MSAs and long-term care insurance contracts, Archer MSA contributions.

Form RRB-1099:

Railroad retirement board payments, Form RRB-1099.

Form SSA-1099:

Social security benefit statement, Form SSA-1099.

Form W-2:

Elective deferrals, reporting by employer, Reporting by employer.

Form W-4V:

Unemployment compensation, voluntary withholding request, Tax withholding.

Form W-9:

Request for taxpayer identification number, Backup withholding.

Form W–2:

501(c)(18)(D) contributions, Section 501(c)(18)(D) contributions.

Accrued leave payment at time of retirement or resignation, Accrued leave payment.

Back pay awards, Back pay awards.

Bonuses or awards, Bonuses and awards.

Fringe benefits reported on, Form W-2.

Stock options from employers, Tax form.

Wage and tax statement, Employee Compensation

Form W–2G:

Gambling winnings, Form W-2G.

Foster care, Foster-care providers.

Foster Grandparent Program, National Senior Service Corps programs.

Found property, Found property.

Free tax services, How To Get Tax Help

Fringe benefits, Fringe Benefits

Moving expenses (see Moving expenses)

Retirement planning (see Retirement planning services)

Fringe benefits:

Accident and health insurance, Accident or Health Plan

Adoption, employer assistance, Adoption Assistance

Athletic facilities, Athletic Facilities

Commuter highway vehicles, Transportation

De minimis benefits, De Minimis (Minimal) Benefits, Meals and Lodging

Dependent care benefits, Dependent Care Benefits

Educational assistance, Educational Assistance

Employee discounts, Employee Discounts

Faculty lodging, Faculty lodging.

Financial counseling fees, Financial Counseling Fees

Holiday gifts, Holiday gifts.

Meals and lodging, Meals and Lodging

No-additional-cost services, No-Additional-Cost Services

Parking, Transportation

Transit pass, Transportation, Transit pass.

Tuition reduction, Tuition Reduction

Valuation of, Valuation of Fringe Benefits, Special valuation rules.

Working condition benefits, Working Condition Benefits

Frozen deposits:

Interest on, Interest on frozen deposits.

G

Gambling winnings and losses, Gambling winnings.

Gas:

Royalties from, Oil, gas, and minerals.

Gifts, Gifts and inheritances.

Gifts:

Holiday gifts from employer, Holiday gifts.

Government employees (see Federal employees) (see State employees)

Grantor trusts, Grantor trust.

Group-term life insurance:

Worksheets, Figuring the taxable cost., Worksheet 1. Figuring the Cost of Group-Term Life Insurance To Include in Income—Illustrated

H

Health:

Flexible spending arrangement, Health flexible spending arrangement (health FSA).

Insurance, Accident or Health Plan

Reimbursement arrangement, Health reimbursement arrangement (HRA).

Savings account, What's New

Help (see Tax help)

Highly compensated employees:

Excess contributions to elective deferrals, Excess Contributions

Historic preservation grants, Historic preservation grants.

Hobby losses, Hobby losses.

Holiday gifts, Holiday gifts.

Holocaust victims restitution, Holocaust victims restitution.

Home, sale of, Sale of home.

Hotels:

No-additional-cost services, No-Additional-Cost Services

Housing (see Lodging)

I

Illegal income, Illegal income.

Important changes and reminders:

Astronauts, Reminders

Elective deferrals, What's New

Foreign income, reporting of, Reminders

Health savings accounts, What's New

Smallpox vaccine injuries, What's New

Terrorist attacks, assistance or payments due to, Reminders

Incentive stock options (ISOs), Statutory Stock Options, Incentive stock options (ISOs).

Income:

Assigned, Assignment of income.

Business and investment, Business and Investment Income, More information.

Constructive receipt of, Constructively received income.

Estate and trust, Estate and trust income.

Foreign employers, Foreign Employer

Illegal, Illegal income.

Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Income

Other, Other Income

Partnership, Partnership Income

Prepaid, Prepaid income.

S corporation, S Corporation Income

Indian fishing rights, Indian fishing rights.

Individual retirement arrangements (IRAs):

Deduction, Benefits may affect your IRA deduction.

Inherited IRA, Inherited pension or IRA.

Inheritance, Gifts and inheritances.

Inheritance:

IRA, Inherited pension or IRA.

Property not substantially vested, Inherited property not substantially vested.

Injury benefits, Sickness and Injury Benefits, Reimbursement for medical care.

Insurance

Life (see Life insurance)

Long-term care (see Long-term care insurance)

Insurance:

Credit card, Credit card insurance.

Health, Accident or Health Plan

Interest:

Canceled debt including, Interest included in canceled debt.

Frozen deposits, Interest on frozen deposits.

Mortgage refunds, Mortgage interest refund.

Option on insurance, Interest option on insurance.

Recovery amounts, Interest on recovery.

Savings bond, Interest on qualified savings bonds.

State and local government obligations, Interest on state and local government obligations.

Interference with business operations:

Damages as income, Court awards and damages.

International organizations, employees of, Foreign Employer

Interview expenses, Job interview expenses.

Investment counseling fees, Financial Counseling Fees

Investment counseling fees:, Financial Counseling Fees

(see also Retirement planning services)

Investment income, Business and Investment Income, More information.

IRAs (see Individual retirement arrangements (IRAs))

Iron ore, Coal and iron ore.

Itemized deductions:

Limited, Itemized deductions limited.

Recoveries, Recoveries, Itemized Deduction Recoveries

J

Job interview expenses, Job interview expenses.

Joint returns:

Social security benefits or railroad retirement payments, Joint return.

Jury duty pay, Jury duty.

K

Kickbacks, Kickbacks.

L

Labor unions:

Convention expenses, reimbursed, Reimbursed union convention expenses.

Dues, Union benefits and dues.

Strike and lockout benefits, Strike and lockout benefits.

Unemployment benefits paid from, Payments by a union.

Last day of tax year, income received on, Constructively received income.

Leave (see Accrued leave payment)

Length-of-service awards, Employee achievement award.

Life insurance:

Proceeds, Life Insurance Proceeds

Surrender of policy for cash, Surrender of policy for cash.

Loans:, Discounted mortgage loan.

(see also Mortgage)

Below-market, Below-market loans.

Student, Student loans.

Lockout benefits, Strike and lockout benefits.

Lodging:

Campus lodging, Qualified campus lodging., Moving Expense Reimbursements

Clergy, Housing

Employer-paid or reimbursed, Meals and Lodging

Faculty lodging, Faculty lodging.

Replacement housing payments, Replacement housing payments.

Long-term care insurance, Long-term care coverage., Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts

Lotteries and raffles, Lotteries and raffles.

Lump-sum distributions:

Survivor benefits, Lump-sum payments.

M

Manufacturer incentive payments, Manufacturer incentive payments.

Meals:

Employer-paid or reimbursed, Meals and Lodging

Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Nutrition Program for the Elderly.

Medical:

Care reimbursements, Reimbursement for medical care.

Savings accounts, Medical savings accounts (Archer MSAs and Medicare+Choice MSAs).

Medicare

+Choice MSAs, Medical savings accounts (Archer MSAs and Medicare+Choice MSAs).

Medicare tax (see Social security and Medicare taxes)

Medicare:

Benefits, Medicare.

Tax paid by employer, Social security and Medicare taxes paid by employer.

Military (see Armed forces)

Minerals:

Royalties from, Oil, gas, and minerals.

Miscellaneous:

Compensation, Miscellaneous Compensation

Income, Miscellaneous Income

Missing children, photographs of, Reminders

More information (see Tax help)

Mortgage:

Assistance payment, Mortgage assistance payments.

Discounted loan, Discounted mortgage loan.

Interest refund, Mortgage interest refund.

Relief, Mortgage relief upon sale or other disposition.

Motor vehicle, employer-provided, Employer-provided vehicles.

Moving expenses:

Reimbursements, Allowances and reimbursements., Moving expense reimbursements.

MSAs (Medical savings accounts), Medical savings accounts (Archer MSAs and Medicare+Choice MSAs).

N

National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, Tuition Reduction

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Service-connected disability.

National Senior Service Corps, National Senior Service Corps programs.

No-additional-cost services, No-Additional-Cost Services

No-fault car insurance:

Disability benefits under, Other compensation.

Nobel prize, Pulitzer, Nobel, and similar prizes.

Nonrecourse debt, Mortgage relief upon sale or other disposition.

Nonstatutory stock options, Nonstatutory Stock Options

Nontaxable income, Introduction

Not-for-profit activities, Activity not for profit.

Notary fees, Notary public.

Notes received for services, Note received for services.

Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Nutrition Program for the Elderly.

O

Oil:

Royalties from, Oil, gas, and minerals.

Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (OASDI), Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (OASDI).

Options, stock, Stock Options, Statutory Stock Options

Outplacement services, Outplacement services.

Overseas work, Reminders

P

Parking fees:

Employer-paid or reimbursed, Transportation, Qualified parking.

Partner and partnership income, Partnership Income

Patents:

Infringement damages, Court awards and damages.

Royalties, Copyrights and patents.

Peace Corps, Peace Corps.

Pensions:

Clergy, Pension.

Disability pensions, Disability Pensions

Inherited pensions, Inherited pension or IRA.

Military, Military retirement pay.

Personal property:

Rental income and expense, Rents From Personal Property

Sale of, Sale of personal items.

Personal representatives (see Fiduciaries)

Prepaid income, Prepaid income.

Price reduced after purchase, Price reduced after purchase.

Prizes and awards, Bonuses and awards., Prizes and awards.

Prizes and awards:

Achievement awards, Employee achievement award.

Employee awards or bonuses, Employee awards or bonuses.

Length-of-service awards, Employee achievement award.

Pulitzer, Nobel, and similar prizes, Pulitzer, Nobel, and similar prizes.

Safety achievement, Employee achievement award.

Scholarship prizes, Prizes.

Profit-sharing plan, Retirement and profit-sharing plans.

Public assistance benefits, Welfare and Other Public Assistance Benefits

Public Health Service, Service-connected disability.

Public safety officers killed in line of duty, Public safety officer killed in the line of duty.

Public transportation passes, employer-provided, Transportation, Transit pass.

Publications (see Tax help)

Pulitzer prize, Pulitzer, Nobel, and similar prizes.

Punitive damages, Court awards and damages.

Q

Qualified tuition program (QTP), Qualified tuition program (QTP).

R

Raffles, Lotteries and raffles.

Railroads:

Retirement annuities, Railroad retirement annuities.

Retirement benefits, Social security and equivalent railroad retirement benefits.

Sick pay, Railroad sick pay.

Unemployment compensation benefits, Types of unemployment compensation.

Real estate:

Qualified real property business debt, cancellation of, Excluded debt.

Rebates:

Cash, Cash rebates.

Utility, Utility rebates.

Recovery of amounts previously deducted, Recoveries

Recovery of amounts previously deducted:

Itemized deductions, Recoveries, Itemized Deduction Recoveries

Non-itemized deductions, Non-Itemized Deduction Recoveries

Unused tax credits, refiguring of, Unused tax credits., Unused tax credits.

Worksheet of itemized deductions, Itemized Deduction Recoveries

Refunds:

Federal income tax, Federal income tax refund.

Mortgage interest, Mortgage interest refund.

State income tax, State income tax refund.

Rehabilitative program payments, Rehabilitative program payments.

Reimbursements:

Business expenses, Allowances and reimbursements.

Casualty losses, Casualty insurance and other reimbursements.

Meals and lodging, Meals and Lodging

Medical expenses, Reimbursement for medical care.

Moving expenses, Allowances and reimbursements., Moving expense reimbursements.

Related party transactions:

Stock option transfer, Related person.

Religious order members, Members of Religious Orders

Rental income and expenses:

Personal property rental, Rents From Personal Property

Reporting of, Reporting business income and expenses.

Repayments, Repayments, Year of deduction (or credit).

Repossession, Canceled sales contract.

Restricted property, Restricted Property, Inherited property not substantially vested.

Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), National Senior Service Corps programs.

Retirement planning services, Financial Counseling Fees, Retirement Planning Services

Retirement plans

Elective deferrals (see Elective deferrals)

Retirement plans:, Military retirement pay.

(see also Pensions)

Contributions, Retirement Plan Contributions, Excess Annual Additions

Rewards, Rewards.

Royalties, Royalties

S

S corporations, S Corporation Income

Safety achievement awards, Employee achievement award.

Salary reduction simplified employee pension plans (see SARSEPs)

Sale of home, Sale of home.

Sales contracts:

Cancellation of, Canceled sales contract.

SARSEPs, Elective Deferrals

SARSEPs:

Excess contributions, Excess Contributions

Savings bonds, Interest on qualified savings bonds.

Savings incentive match plans for employees (see SIMPLE plans)

Scholarships and fellowships, Scholarships and fellowships.

Self-employed persons:

U.S. citizens working for foreign employers in U.S. treated as, Social security and Medicare taxes.

Senior Companion Program, National Senior Service Corps programs.

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE).

Severance pay, Severance pay.

Severance pay:

Outplacement services, Outplacement services.

Sick pay, Sick pay.

Sickness and injury benefits, Sickness and Injury Benefits, Reimbursement for medical care.

SIMPLE plans, Elective Deferrals

SIMPLE plans:

Limit for deferrals under, Limit for deferrals under SIMPLE plans.

Social security and Medicare taxes:

Foreign employers, U.S. citizens working for in U.S., Social security and Medicare taxes.

Paid by employer, Social security and Medicare taxes paid by employer.

Social security benefits, Social security and equivalent railroad retirement benefits.

Standard deduction:

Recoveries and, Standard deduction limit.

Recoveries and:

Tables (2003-2001), Itemized Deduction Recoveries

State employees:

Unemployment benefits paid to, State employees.

State or local governments:

Interest on obligations of, Interest on state and local government obligations.

State or local income taxes:

Refunds, State income tax refund.

Stock appreciation rights, Stock appreciation rights.

Stock options, Stock Options, Statutory Stock Options

Stockholder debts, Stockholder debt.

Stolen property, Stolen property.

Strike benefits, Strike and lockout benefits.

Student loans:

Cancellation of debt, Student loans.

Substantial risk of forfeiture, Substantial risk of forfeiture.

Substantially vested property, Substantially vested.

Suggestions for publication, Comments and suggestions.

Supplemental security income (SSI) payments, Social security and equivalent railroad retirement benefits.

Supplemental unemployment benefits, Supplemental unemployment benefits.

Surviving spouse:

Life insurance proceeds paid to, Surviving spouse.

Survivor benefits, Survivor Benefits

T

Tables and figures:

Group-term life insurance (Table 1), Group-Term Life Insurance

Standard deduction (Tables 2-4), Itemized Deduction Recoveries

Tax benefit rule, Tax benefit rule.

Tax Counseling for the Elderly, Volunteer tax counseling.

Tax help, How To Get Tax Help

Tax-sheltered annuity plans (403(b) plans), Elective Deferrals

Tax-sheltered annuity plans (403(b) plans):

Limit for, Limit for tax-sheltered annuities.

Taxpayer Advocate, Contacting your Taxpayer Advocate.

Terminal illness, Exclusion for terminal illness.

Terrorist attacks:

Disability payments for injuries from, Terrorist attack or military action.

Victims of, tax relief, Reminders

Thrift Savings Plan, Elective Deferrals

Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964:

Back pay and damages for emotional distress under, Court awards and damages.

Tour guides, free tours for, Free tour.

Trade Act of 1974:

Trade readjustment allowances under, Types of unemployment compensation., Repayment of benefits.

Transferable property, Transferable property.

Transit passes, Transportation, Transit pass.

Travel agencies:

Free tour to organizer of group of tourists, Free tour.

Travel and transportation expenses:

Free tours from travel agencies, Free tour.

Fringe benefits, Transportation

Reimbursements, Allowances and reimbursements.

School children, transporting of, Transporting school children.

Trusts:

Grantor trusts, Grantor trust.

Income, Estate and trust income.

TTY/TDD information, How To Get Tax Help

Tuition program, qualified (QTP), Qualified tuition program (QTP).

Tuition reduction, Tuition Reduction

U

Unemployment compensation, Unemployment Benefits

Unions (see Labor unions)

Unlawful discrimination suits

Deduction for costs, Deduction for costs involved in unlawful discrimination suits.

V

VA payments, VA payments.

Valuation:

Fringe benefits, Valuation of Fringe Benefits, Special valuation rules.

Stock options, Nonstatutory Stock Options

Vehicle:

Commuter highway, Commuter highway vehicle.

Employer-provided, Employer-provided vehicles.

Veterans' benefits, Veterans' benefits.

Veterans' benefits:

Disability compensation, Retroactive VA determination.

Viatical settlements, Viatical settlement.

Volunteer work, Volunteers

Volunteer work:

Tax counseling (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program), Volunteer tax counseling.

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA).

W

W-2 form (see Form W-2)

Welfare benefits, Welfare and Other Public Assistance Benefits

Winter energy payments, Payments to reduce cost of winter energy.

Withholding:

Barter exchange transactions, Backup withholding.

Unemployment compensation, Tax withholding.

Work-training programs, Work-training program.

Workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation

Working condition benefits, Working Condition Benefits

Worksheets:

Group-term life insurance (Worksheet 1), Figuring the taxable cost., Worksheet 1. Figuring the Cost of Group-Term Life Insurance To Include in Income—Illustrated

Recoveries of itemized deductions (Worksheet 2), Itemized Deduction Recoveries