1a, Wi-Z, & Telefile Wisconsin Income Tax Instructions (Page 16 of 32) in pdf

Line Instructions

reduce your refund or be added to tax due.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your

CAUTION For federal purposes only your

employer or other payer has provided

first two qualifying children are counted.

You can also send a check directly to:

withholding statements that:

For Wisconsin purposes all of your

Endangered Resources Fund, PO

qualifying children are counted.

Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.

1. Are clear and easy to read.

2. Show withholding was paid to

Step 2 Fill in the federal earned income

Line 28

Packers Football

Wisconsin.

credit from line 41a of federal Form 1040A

Stadium Donation

or line 66a of federal Form 1040.

If you do not have a withholding statement

If you wish, you may designate an amount

or need a corrected withholding

as a Packers football stadium donation.

Step 3 Fill in the percentage rate which

statement, contact your employer or

Your donation will be used for maintenance

applies to you.

other payer.

and operating costs of the professional

football stadium in Green Bay.

Number of

Fill in this

Line 33

2005 Estimated Tax

qualifying children

percentage

Fill in line 28 with the amount you wish to

Payments and Amount Applied

(see Step 1 above)

rate

donate. Your donation will either reduce

from 2004 Return

your refund or be added to tax due.

Fill in any payments you made on your

14%

estimated Wisconsin income tax

3 or more

43%

Line 29

Breast Cancer

(Form 1-ES) for 2005. Include any over-

Research Donation

payment from your 2004 return that you

Step 4 Multiply the amount of your federal

You may designate an amount as a breast

were allowed as credit to your 2005

credit (Step 2) by the percentage deter-

cancer research donation. Your donation

Wisconsin estimated tax.

mined in Step 3. Fill in the result on

will be divided equally between the

line 34. This is your Wisconsin credit.

Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., and

If you are married filing a joint return, fill

the University of Wisconsin Comprehen-

in the total of:

Attachment to Your Return Attach

sive Cancer Center for breast cancer

• any separate estimated tax payments

a copy of your federal Schedule EIC to

research projects.

made by each spouse,

Form 1A. The Schedule EIC requests

information for two qualifying children. If

Fill in line 29 with the amount you wish to

• any joint estimated tax payments, and

you have a third qualifying child, also

donate. Your donation will either reduce

• any overpayments from your 2004

attach a sheet giving the same informa-

your refund or be added to tax due.

returns that you and your spouse were

tion as requested on the Schedule EIC

allowed as credit to 2005 Wisconsin

for your third child. Failure to provide this

Line 30

Veterans Trust

estimated tax.

information may delay your refund.

Fund Donation

You may designate an amount as a

Follow these instructions even if your

Note If the IRS is computing your federal

Veterans Trust Fund donation. Your

spouse died in 2005 or in 2006 before

earned income credit and you want the

donation will be used by the Wisconsin

filing a 2005 return.

department to compute your Wisconsin

Department of Veterans Affairs for the

earned income credit for you, fill in the

benefit of veterans or their dependents.

Name Change If you changed your name

number of qualifying children in the space

because of marriage, divorce, etc., and

provided on line 34. Write EIC in the

Fill in line 30 with the amount you wish to

you made estimated tax payments using

space to the right of line 34. Complete

donate. Your donation will either reduce

your former name, attach a statement to

your return through line 36. Attach a copy

your refund or be added to tax due.

the front of Form 1A. On the statement,

of your federal return (Form 1040A or

explain all the payments you and your

Form 1040) to Form 1A.

Line 32

Wisconsin Income

spouse made for 2005 and the name(s)

Tax Withheld

and social security number(s) under which

Line 35

Homestead Credit

Add the Wisconsin income tax withheld

you made them.

If you are claiming homestead credit, fill

shown on your withholding statements.

in on line 35 the amount of your credit

Wisconsin tax withheld is shown in Box 17

Line 34

Earned Income Credit

from line 19 of Schedule H or line 14 of

of Form W-2 or Box 10 of Form 1099-R,

If you qualify for the federal earned

Schedule H-EZ, the homestead credit

but only if Wisconsin is the state identi-

income credit and you have at least one

claim form. Attach your completed Sched-

fied in Box 15 of Form W-2 or Box 11 of

qualifying child, you also qualify for the

ule H or H-EZ to Form 1A.

Form 1099-R. Fill in the total on line 32.

Wisconsin earned income credit. How-

Enclose readable copies of your withhold-

Note To see if you may qualify for home-

ever, you must have been a resident of

ing statements.

stead credit, see the Special Instructions

Wisconsin for the entire year.

on page 15.

DO NOT:

To claim the Wisconsin earned income

• claim credit for tax withheld for other

credit, complete the following steps and

Line 36

Eligible Veterans

states.

fill in the required information in the

and Surviving Spouses

• claim amounts marked social security

spaces provided on line 34.

Property Tax Credit

or Medicare tax withheld.

Who May Claim the Credit An eligible

Step 1 Fill in the number of children who

• claim credit for federal tax withheld.

unremarried surviving spouse or an

meet the requirements of a “qualifying

• include withholding statements from

eligible veteran may claim the veterans

child” for purposes of the federal earned

other tax years.

and surviving spouses property tax credit.

income credit (see the instructions for

• write on or change or attempt to correct

An “eligible unremarried surviving spouse”

earned income credit in your federal

the amounts on your withholding

means an unremarried surviving spouse

return for definition of a “qualifying child”).

statements.

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