If you and your spouse filed a joint tax return, you both signed it. It must be signed by both parties to be accepted by IRS. This being the case IRS will hold both parties responsible for any mistakes or "planned errors" (read cheating) even though one of the parties may not know that the other is trying to cheat on their taxes. While this may seem unfair to the party that is being honest, rest assured that the IRS doesn't care about fair. They will bring the full wrath of "IRS" to bear on anyone they perceive as a tax cheat.
No, when filing for the federal income tax return, you do not attach the Schedule A for the state income tax return.
No. Your gross income is reported on your federal 1040 income tax return. The federal garnish amount that was paid would not be a deduction from your gross income on your income tax return.
No reportable taxable income to be entered on a income tax return would be a good start of not being required to file a federal income tax return.
In the U.S., your federal income tax refund does not count as taxable income for the next year. If you receive a refund from your state, and you itemized your deductions on the federal return, then the state refund will count as income on your federal return. (If you didn't itemize, then your state refund won't count as income.)
No you do not send a copy of the state income tax return with the federal income tax return.
Federal income taxes would be filed using 1 1040 federal income tax return combining all of the different states income on the 1 1040 income tax return.
You have only the Federal income tax return and Maine state income tax return. The due date for the Federal income tax return and amount due is April 15 2010. The Maine state income tax return and any amount that is due is also April 15 2010.
You can file a income tax return if you WANT to if the only worldwide income that you have is the welfare income amount. IF you do NOT have any other worldwide income to be reported on the 1040 federal income tax return you would NOT be required to file a 1040 federal income tax return.
You cannot deduct withheld federal taxes on your federal income tax return. There are some states that allow the deduction of withheld federal taxes on the state income tax return.
Yes on your federal 1040 income tax return ALL of your gross worldwide income is REPORTED on the only1 federal income tax return that would be ALLOWED to file for the tax year.
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No. Not any year. And Federal Tax, even income tax, is not deductible on a return.