Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _________________________
Go to the www.irs.gov
Find 1040EZ Instructions for 2008
Answer the questions below. The page number for each question is provided.
1. What is the IRS Mission? (cover page)
2. What did U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. say about the IRS? (page 2)
3. What is the date that you should file? (Page 5)
4. What may happen if you file after this date? (Page 5)
5. What is one requirement for using the form 1040EZ? (Page 5)
6. What happens if you do not meet all of the requirements for filing a form 1040EZ? (page 6)
7. What form must you file if you have student loan interest? (Page 8)
8. What might happen if you have an incorrect or missing social security number? (page 9)
9. To what government agency can you apply for a social security number? (page 9)
10. How long does it take to get a social security number? (page 9)
11. How do you round dollars and cents when completing your tax return? (Page 10)
12. What do you enter on line 1 of the 1040EZ form? (Page 10)
13. What do you enter on line 2? (Page 10)
14. What do you enter on line 6? (Page 11)
15. What is one of the most common errors on Form 1040EZ? (page 11)
16. What do you report on line 7? (page 12)
17. What do you report on line 11? (page 18)
18. What do you report on line 13? (page 19)
19. What if you do not have enough money to pay your income taxes? (page 20)
20. What is one item on the Return Checklist? (Page 22)
21. List three ways in which you can get tax help? (Page 25 and 26)
22. What is Tele Tax topic #301? (Page 27)
23. If you are Single and make $8,000 what amount of tax do you owe? (Page 28)
24. If you are Married, filing jointly, and make $32,775 what amount of tax do you owe? (Page 30)
25. What form must you use if you make over $100,000? (Page 36)
26. What is the average Total Time it takes to complete form 1040EZ (Page 37)
27. What is the average Total Time it takes to complete form 1040? (Page 37)
28. What percent of government income comes from personal income taxes? (Page 38)
29. What percent of government outlay goes to social security, medicare and other retirement? (Page 38)
30. If you live in PA, to what city and state do you send your tax return? (last page)