IT 511
Nathan Deal
Douglas J. MacGinnitie
Governor
Revenue Commissioner
State of Georgia
Department of Revenue
2013
Individual Income Tax
500 and 500EZ
Forms and General Instructions
What’s Inside?
ELECTRONIC FILING
1
Message From Commissioner MacGinnitie......................
Where Do You File? ........................................................... 2
Return Filing Tips............................................................ 2
New Developments .......................................................... 3-4
Free Electronic Filing ......................................................... 5
Over 3.3 million taxpayers filed electronically last
Where’s My Refund ............................................................ 5
year!
Two-Dimensional Barcode Returns.................................... 5
Qualified taxpayers can file electronically for free!
Requesting an Extension ................................................... 5
Receive your refund by direct deposit!
Credit Card Payments ........................................................ 5
File fast and securely from your home PC!
Electronic Payments........................................................5
Filing Requirements.........................................................
6
Federal Tax Changes ...................................................... 7-8
General Information ............................................................ 9
DOR Contact Information .................................................. 10
CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS
Form 500 Instructions.................................................11-13
Low Income Tax Credit Worksheet ................................... 14
Retirement Income Exclusion Worksheet ......................... 14
Other State’s Tax Credit Worksheet ................................. 15
The Georgia Department of Revenue accepts Visa,
Tax Credits....................................................................16
American Express, MasterCard, and Discover credit cards
Part-year Resident and Nonresident Instructions .............. 17
for payment of:
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Tax Tables................................................................ 20-22
Current-year individual and corporate tax payments;
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Tax Deductible Donations................................................23
Liabilities on Department of Revenue-issued assessment
Schedule For Estimating Georgia Income Taxes............... 24
notices;
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Georgia Tax Rate........................................................... 24
Individual and corporate estimated tax payments.
Penalty and Interest ......................................................... 26
Forms (included in tax booklet):
Form 500, Form 500EZ, IT560, 500ES, 525TV, Form IND CR
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