| Instructions for Form 1040A |
2006 Tax Year |
This is archived information that pertains only to the 2006 Tax Year. If you
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- Capital gain distributions, Capital Gain Distributions, Form 8615, Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet
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- Nominee, Capital Gain Distributions
- Child and dependent care expenses, credit for, Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses
- Child tax credits, Dependents and Qualifying Child for Child Tax Credit, , , Additional Child Tax Credit What Is the Additional Child Tax Credit?
- Commissioner's message, A Message From the Commissioner
- Common mistakes, how to avoid, How to avoid common mistakes.
- Community property states, Community Property States
- Credit for federal telephone excise tax paid, Credit for federal telephone excise tax paid., Line 42
- Credit for the elderly or the disabled, Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled
- Customer service standards,
D
- Death of a taxpayer, Death of a taxpayer.
- Death of spouse, Death of your spouse., Claiming a refund for a deceased taxpayer.
- Debt held by the public, gift to reduce, How do you make a gift to reduce debt held by the public?
- Deductions for contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Line 17, , Married persons filing separately.
- Dependent care benefits, Dependent care benefits.
- Dependents:
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- Exemptions for, Dependents and Qualifying Child for Child Tax Credit
- Standard deduction for, Standard Deduction, Standard Deduction Worksheet for Dependents—Line 24
- Direct deposit of refund, Lines 45a Through 45d
- Disclosure, Privacy, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
- Dividends
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- Nominee, Ordinary Dividends, Qualified Dividends
- Ordinary dividends, Ordinary Dividends
- Qualified dividends, Qualified Dividends
- Dual-status aliens, Nonresident aliens and dual-status aliens.
- Dual-Status Aliens, Nonresident aliens and dual-status aliens.
E
- Earned Income Credit (EIC), Earned income credit (EIC).
- Earned income credit (EIC), Earned income credit (EIC)., What is the EIC?, Tax, Credits, and Payments
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- Combat pay, nontaxable, Combat pay, nontaxable.
- Education credits, Education Credits
- Elderly persons:
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- Credit for, Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled
- Standard deduction for, Line 23a, Standard Deduction Worksheet for Dependents—Line 24
- Electronic filing (e-file), , Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms, Introduction, Private delivery services., Line Instructions for Form 1040A, Lines 45a Through 45d, Amount You Owe, Sign Your Return
- Estimated tax payments, 2006 Estimated Tax Payments, Income tax withholding and estimated tax payments for 2007.
- Everyday tax solutions, Everyday tax solutions.
- Excess social security and tier 1 RRTA tax withheld, Excess social security and tier 1 railroad retirement (RRTA) tax withheld.
- Exemptions, Exemptions, Student., Deduction for Exemptions Worksheet—Line 26
- Extensions of time to file, Where Do You File?, Line 43
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- Filing information, Do You Have To File?, When Must You Use Form 1040?
- Filing instructions
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- When to file, When Should You File?
- Filing status—which box to check, Filing Status, Qualifying Widow(er) With Dependent Child
- Foreign bank account, When Must You Use Form 1040?
- Foreign retirement plans, Foreign Retirement Plans
- Form 1040A or Form 1040?, Who Can Use Form 1040A?
- Form W-2, Wages, Salaries, Tips, etc., Missing or incorrect Form W-2?
- Forms W-2, 1098, and 1099, where to report certain items from, Private delivery services.
- Forms, how to get, Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms, Order Blank for Forms and Publications
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- Head of household, Head of Household
- Help (free), , Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms, Other Ways To Get Help
- Help with unresolved tax issues,
- How to comment on forms, We welcome comments on forms.
- Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, Head of Household, Qualifying Widow(er) With Dependent Child, Exemptions, Dependents and Qualifying Child for Child Tax Credit, IRA Distributions, Pensions and Annuities, Taxpayers housing individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina., What is the EIC?
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- Identity theft, Identity theft.
- Income tax withheld (federal), Federal Income Tax Withheld
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA):
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- Contributions to, Line 17, IRA Deduction, Married persons filing separately.
- Distributions from, IRA Distributions, Exception 3.
- Individual taxpayer identification number, IRS individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) for aliens.
- Injured spouse claim, Injured spouse claim.
- Innocent spouse relief, Innocent spouse relief.
- Installment payments, What If You Cannot Pay?
- Interest income:
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- Tax-exempt, Tax-Exempt Interest
- Taxable, Taxable Interest
- Interest—late payment of tax, What If You Cannot Pay?, Interest and Penalties
- Itemized deductions, Private delivery services.
N
- Name change, Name change., Do both the name and social security number (SSN) on your tax forms agree with your social security card?
- Name, address, and social security number, Name and Address, Nonresident alien spouse.
- Nonresident alien, Nonresident aliens and dual-status aliens., IRS individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) for aliens., Nonresident alien spouse.
- Nonresident Alien, Nonresident aliens and dual-status aliens.
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- Payments, amount you owe, Amount You Owe
- Penalty
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- Early withdrawal of savings, Penalty on Early Withdrawal of Savings
- Estimated tax, Estimated Tax Penalty, Figuring the penalty.
- Late filing, Interest and Penalties
- Late payment, Interest and Penalties
- Other, Interest and Penalties
- Pensions and annuities, Pensions and Annuities
- Preparer, tax return, Third Party Designee, Paid preparer must sign your return.
- Presidential election—$3 check-off, Presidential Election Campaign Fund
- Private delivery services, Private delivery services.
- Public debt, gift to reduce the, How do you make a gift to reduce debt held by the public?
- Publications
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- How to get, Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms, Order Blank for Forms and Publications
R
- Railroad retirement benefits
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- Treated as a pension, Pensions and Annuities
- Treated as social security, Social Security Benefits
- Recordkeeping, How long should records be kept?
- Refund information, Refund Information
- Refund of tax, Refund, Amount Applied to Your 2007 Estimated Tax
- Refund offset, Refund offset.
- Refunds of state and local income taxes, Refunds of State or Local Income Taxes
- Resident aliens, Resident aliens.
- Retirement savings contributions credit, Retirement Savings Contributions Credit
- Rights of taxpayers, What are your rights as a taxpayer?
- Rollovers, Exception 1., Rollovers.
- Rounding off to whole dollars, Rounding Off to Whole Dollars
S
- Salaries, Wages, Salaries, Tips, etc., Missing or incorrect Form W-2?
- Scholarship and fellowship grants, Wages, Salaries, Tips, etc.
- Sign your return, Sign Your Return
- Single person, Single
- Social security benefits, Social Security Benefits, Exception., Social Security Benefits Worksheet—Lines 14a and 14b
- Social security number, Social Security Number (SSN), Do both the name and social security number (SSN) on your tax forms agree with your social security card?
- Standard deduction, Standard Deduction, Standard Deduction Worksheet for Dependents—Line 24
- State and local income taxes, refunds of, Refunds of State or Local Income Taxes
- Student loan interest deduction, Student Loan Interest Deduction
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- Tax assistance, Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms, Other Ways To Get Help
- Tax figured by the IRS, Tax
- Tax table, 1040A - Main Contents
- Tax-exempt interest, Tax-Exempt Interest
- Taxpayer advocate,
- Telephone assistance—federal tax information, What Is TeleTax?, Before You Hang Up
- Telephone excise tax paid, credit for federal, Line 42
- TeleTax, Quick and Easy Access to Tax Help and Forms, What Is TeleTax?, TeleTax Topics, Tax Information for Puerto Rico Residents (in Spanish only)
- Third party designee, Third Party Designee
- Tip income, Wages, Salaries, Tips, etc.
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- Wages, Wages, Salaries, Tips, etc., Missing or incorrect Form W-2?
- What's new, What's New for 2006
- When to file, When Should You File?
- Where to file, 1040A (2006)
- Who can use Form 1040A, Who Can Use Form 1040A?
- Who must file, Do You Have To File?, Private delivery services.
- Who must use Form 1040, When Must You Use Form 1040?
- Widows and widowers, qualifying, Qualifying Widow(er) With Dependent Child
- Withholding and estimated tax payments for 2007, Income tax withholding and estimated tax payments for 2007.
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