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taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP3e2baf19 Income(p18)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP33c5ec0e Foreign-Source Income(p18)

You must report unearned income, such as interest, dividends, and pensions, from sources outside the United States unless exempt by law or a tax treaty. You must also report earned income, such as wages and tips, from sources outside the United States.

If you worked abroad, you may be able to exclude part or all of your earned income. For details, see Pub. 54 and Form 2555 or 2555-EZ.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP180c4428 Foreign retirement plans.(p18)

If you were a beneficiary of a foreign retirement plan, you may have to report the undistributed income earned in your plan. However, if you were the beneficiary of a Canadian registered retirement plan, see Form 8891 to find out if you can elect to defer tax on the undistributed income.

Report distributions from foreign pension plans on lines 16a and 16b.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP6ebb4e35 Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases(p18)

If you are a debtor in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case that was filed on or after October 17, 2005, income taxable to the bankruptcy estate and reported on the estate's income tax return includes:

• Earnings from services you performed after the beginning of the case (both wages and self-employment income), and
• Income from property described in section 541 of title 11 of the U.S. Code that you either owned when the case began or that you acquired after the case began and before the case was closed, dismissed, or converted to a case under a different chapter.

Because this income is taxable to the estate, do not include this income on your own individual income tax return. The only exception is for purposes of figuring your self-employment tax. For that purpose, you must take into account all your self-employment income for the year from services performed both before and after the beginning of the case. Also, you (or the trustee, if one is appointed) must allocate between you and the bankruptcy estate the wages, salary, or other compensation and withheld income tax reported to you on Form W-2. A similar allocation is required for income and withheld income tax reported to you on Forms 1099. You must also attach a statement to your tax return that indicates you filed a chapter 11 case and that explains how income and withheld income tax reported to you on Forms W-2 and 1099 are allocated between you and the estate. For more details, including acceptable allocation methods, see Notice 2006-83, 2006-40 I.R.B. 596, available at 
www.irs.gov/irb/2006-40_IRB/ar12.html.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP60efeb32 Community Property States(p18)

Community property states are Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. If you and your spouse lived in a community property state, you must usually follow state law to determine what is community income and what is separate income. For details, see Pub. 555.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP21d01b58 California domestic partners.(p18)

A registered domestic partner in California must report all wages, salaries, and other compensation received for his or her personal services on his or her own return. Therefore, a registered domestic partner cannot report half the combined income earned by the individual and his or her domestic partner as a married person filing separately does in California.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP3dfb185c Rounding Off to Whole Dollars(p18)

You can round off cents to whole dollars on your return and schedules. If you do round to whole dollars, you must round all amounts. To round, drop amounts under 50 cents and increase amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the next dollar. For example, $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.50 becomes $3.

If you have to add two or more amounts to figure the amount to enter on a line, include cents when adding the amounts and round off only the total.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP1c7641df Line 7(p18)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP4441af95 Wages, Salaries, Tips, etc.(p18)

Enter the total of your wages, salaries, tips, etc. If a joint return, also include your spouse's income. For most people, the amount to enter on this line should be shown in box 1 of their Form(s) W-2. But the following types of income must also be included in the total on line 7.

• Wages received as a household employee for which you did not receive a Form W-2 because your employer paid you less than $1,500 in 2007. Also, enter "HSH" and the amount not reported on Form W-2 on the dotted line next to line 7.
• Tip income you did not report to your employer. Also include allocated tips shown on your Form(s) W-2 unless you can prove that you received less. Allocated tips should be shown in box 8 of your Form(s) W-2. They are not included as income in box 1. See Pub. 531 for more details.

You may owe social security and Medicare tax on unreported or allocated tips. See the instructions for line 59 on   page 41.

• Dependent care benefits, which should be shown in box 10 of your Form(s) W-2. But first complete Form 2441 to see if you can exclude part or all of the benefits.
• Employer-provided adoption benefits, which should be shown in box 12 of your Form(s) W-2 with code T. But see the Instructions for Form 8839 to find out if you can exclude part or all of the benefits. You may also be able to exclude amounts if you adopted a child with special needs and the adoption became final in 2007.
• Scholarship and fellowship grants not reported on Form W-2. Also, enter SCH and the amount on the dotted line next to line 7. However, if you were a degree candidate, include on line 7 only the amounts you used for expenses other than tuition and course-related expenses. For example, amounts used for room, board, and travel must be reported on line 7.
• Excess salary deferrals. The amount deferred should be shown in box 12 of your Form W-2, and the Retirement plan box in box 13 should be checked. If the total amount you (or your spouse if filing jointly) deferred for 2007 under all plans was more than $15,500 (excluding catch-up contributions as explained below), include the excess on line 7. This limit is (a) $10,500 if you only have SIMPLE plans, or (b) $18,500 for section 403(b) plans if you qualify for the 15-year rule in Pub. 571. Although designated Roth contributions are subject to this limit, do not include the excess attributable to such contributions on line 7. They are already included as income in box 1 of your Form W-2.

A higher limit may apply to participants in section 457(b) deferred compensation plans for the 3 years before retirement age. Contact your plan administrator for more information.

If you were age 50 or older at the end of 2007, your employer may have allowed an additional deferral (catch-up contributions) of up to $5,000 ($2,500 for section 401(k)(11) and SIMPLE plans). This additional deferral amount is not subject to the overall limit on elective deferrals.

You cannot deduct the amount deferred. It is not included as income in box 1 of your Form W-2.

• Disability pensions shown on Form 1099-R if you have not reached the minimum retirement age set by your employer. Disability pensions received after you reach that age and other payments shown on Form 1099-R (other than payments from an IRA*) are reported on lines 16a and 16b. Payments from an IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b.
• Corrective distributions from a retirement plan shown on Form 1099-R of ex cess salary deferrals and excess contributions (plus earnings). But do not include distributions from an IRA* on line 7. Instead, report distributions from an IRA on lines 15a and 15b.
• Wages from Form 8919, line 6.

*This includes a Roth, SEP, or SIMPLE IRA.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP3d24b442 Were You a Statutory Employee?(p19)

If you were, the Statutory employee box in box 13 of your Form W-2 should be checked. Statutory employees include full-time life insurance salespeople, certain agent or commission drivers and traveling salespeople, and certain homeworkers. If you have related business expenses to deduct, report the amount shown in box 1 of your Form W-2 on Schedule C or C-EZ along with your expenses.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP2534cde9 Missing or Incorrect Form W-2?(p19)

Your employer is required to provide or send Form W-2 to you no later than  
January 31, 2008. If you do not receive it by early February, use TeleTax topic 154 (see page 79) to find out what to do. Even if you do not get a Form W-2, you must still report your earnings on line 7. If you lose your Form W-2 or it is incorrect, ask your employer for a new one.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP795f1b88 Line 8a(p19)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP7721d37f Taxable Interest(p19)

Each payer should send you a Form 1099-INT or Form 1099-OID. Enter your total taxable interest income on line 8a. But you must fill in and attach Schedule B if the total is over $1,500 or any of the other conditions listed at the beginning of the Schedule B instructions (see page B-1) apply to you.

Interest credited in 2007 on deposits that you could not withdraw because of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the financial institution may not have to be included in your 2007 income. For details, see  
Pub. 550.

If you get a 2007 Form 1099-INT for U.S. savings bond interest that includes amounts you reported before 2007, see Pub. 550.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP1fa9b5ce Line 8b(p19)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP5133a2f5 Tax-Exempt Interest(p19)

If you received any tax-exempt interest, such as from municipal bonds, each payer should send you a Form 1099-INT. Your tax-exempt interest, plus any exempt-interest dividends from a mutual fund or other regulated investment company, should be included in box 8 of Form 1099-INT. Enter the total on line 8b. Do not include interest earned on your IRA or Coverdell education savings account.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP60442ac9 Line 9a(p19)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP2d8a7b11 Ordinary Dividends(p19)

Each payer should send you a Form 1099-DIV. Enter your total ordinary dividends on line 9a. This amount should be shown in box 1a of Form(s) 1099-DIV.

You must fill in and attach Schedule B if the total is over $1,500 or you received, as a nominee, ordinary dividends that actually belong to someone else.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP5caef747 Nondividend Distributions(p19)

Some distributions are a return of your cost (or other basis). They will not be taxed until you recover your cost (or other basis). You must reduce your cost (or other basis) by these distributions. After you get back all of your cost (or other basis), you must report these distributions as capital gains on Schedule D. For details, see Pub. 550.

Dividends on insurance policies are a partial return of the premiums you paid. Do not report them as dividends. Include them in income on line 21 only if they exceed the total of all net premiums you paid for the contract.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP06b2848d Line 9b(p19)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP655f48de Qualified Dividends(p19)

Enter your total qualified dividends on  
line 9b. Qualified dividends are eligible for a lower tax rate than other ordinary income. Generally, these dividends are shown in box 1b of Form(s) 1099-DIV. See Pub. 550 for the definition of qualified dividends if you received dividends not reported on Form 1099-DIV.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP40f0ad82 Exception.(p19)

Some dividends may be reported as qualified dividends in box 1b of Form 1099-DIV but are not qualified dividends. These include:

• Dividends you received as a nominee. See the Instructions for Schedule B.
• Dividends you received on any share of stock that you held for less than 61 days during the 121-day period that began 60 days before the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is the first date following the declaration of a dividend on which the purchaser of a stock is not entitled to receive the next dividend payment. When counting the number of days you held the stock, include the day you disposed of the stock but not the day you acquired it. See the examples on this page. Also, when counting the number of days you held the stock, you cannot count certain days during which your risk of loss was diminished. See Pub. 550 for more details.
• Dividends attributable to periods totaling more than 366 days that you received on any share of preferred stock held for less than 91 days during the 181-day period that began 90 days before the ex-dividend date. When counting the number of days you held the stock, you cannot count certain days during which your risk of loss was diminished. See Pub. 550 for more details. Preferred dividends attributable to periods totaling less than 367 days are subject to the 61-day holding period rule on this page.
• Dividends on any share of stock to the extent that you are under an obligation (including a short sale) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property.
• Payments in lieu of dividends, but only if you know or have reason to know that the payments are not qualified dividends.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP7ca27057 Example 1.(p19)

You bought 5,000 shares of XYZ Corp. common stock on June 28, 2007. XYZ Corp. paid a cash dividend of 10 cents per share. The ex-dividend date was July 6, 2007. Your Form 1099-DIV from XYZ Corp. shows $500 in box 1a (ordinary dividends) and in box 1b (qualified dividends). However, you sold the 5,000 shares on August 1, 2007. You held your shares of XYZ Corp. for only 34 days of the 121-day period (from June 29, 2007, through August 1, 2007). The 121-day period began on May 7, 2007 (60 days before the ex-dividend date), and ended on September 4, 2007. You have no qualified dividends from XYZ Corp. because you held the XYZ stock for less than 61 days.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP578f2396 Example 2.(p19)

Assume the same facts as in Example 1 except that you bought the stock on July 5, 2007 (the day before the ex-dividend date), and you sold the stock on September 6, 2007. You held the stock for 63 days (from July 6, 2007, through September 6, 2007). The $500 of qualified dividends shown in box 1b of Form 1099-DIV are all qualified dividends because you held the stock for 61 days of the 121-day period (from July 6, 2007, through September 4, 2007).

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP4e9412d5 Example 3.(p19)

You bought 10,000 shares of ABC Mutual Fund common stock on June 28, 2007. ABC Mutual Fund paid a cash dividend of 10 cents a share. The ex-dividend date was July 6, 2007. The ABC Mutual Fund advises you that the portion of the dividend eligible to be treated as qualified dividends equals 2 cents per share. Your Form 1099-DIV from ABC Mutual Fund shows total ordinary dividends of $1,000 and qualified dividends of $200. However, you sold the 10,000 shares on August 1, 2007. You have no qualified dividends from ABC Mutual Fund because you held the ABC Mutual Fund stock for less than 61 days.

Be sure you use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet or the   Schedule D Tax Worksheet, whichever applies, to figure your tax. Your tax may be less if you use the worksheet that applies. See the instructions for line 44 that begin on page 33 for details.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP4b0e3e5d Line 10(p20)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP7ced2d4e Taxable Refunds, Credits, or Offsets of State and Local Income Taxes(p20)

None of your refund is taxable if, in the year you paid the tax, you either (a) did not itemize deductions, or (b) elected to deduct state and local general sales taxes instead of state and local income taxes.

If you received a refund, credit, or offset of state or local income taxes in 2007, you may receive a Form 1099-G. If you chose to apply part or all of the refund to your 2007 estimated state or local income tax, the amount applied is treated as received in 2007. If the refund was for a tax you paid in 2006 and you deducted state and local income taxes on line 5 of your 2006 Schedule A, use the worksheet below to see if any of your refund is taxable.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP06adf557 Exception.(p20)

See Itemized Deduction Recoveries in Pub. 525 instead of using the worksheet below if any of the following applies.

1. You received a refund in 2007 that is for a tax year other than 2006.
2. You received a refund other than an income tax refund, such as a general sales tax or real property tax refund, in 2007 of an amount deducted or credit claimed in an earlier year.
3. The amount on your 2006 Form 1040, line 42, was more than the amount on your 2006 Form 1040, line 41.
4. Your 2006 state and local income tax refund is more than your 2006 state and local income tax deduction minus the amount you could have deducted as your 2006 state and local general sales taxes.
5. You made your last payment of 2006 estimated state or local income tax in 2007.
6. You owed alternative minimum tax in 2006.
7. You could not deduct the full amount of credits you were entitled to in 2006 because the total credits exceeded the amount shown on your 2006 Form 1040, line 46.
8. You could be claimed as a dependent by someone else in 2006.
9. You had to use the Itemized Deductions Worksheet in the 2006 Instructions for Schedules A&B because your 2006 adjusted gross income was over $150,500 ($75,250 if married filing separately) and both of the following apply.
   1. You could not deduct all of the amount on the 2006 Itemized Deductions Worksheet, line 1.
   2. The amount on line 8 of that 2006 worksheet would be more than the amount on line 4 of that worksheet if the amount on line 4 were reduced by 80% of the refund you received in 2007.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP3c090ecb Line 11(p21)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP2855dcf3 Alimony Received(p21)

Enter amounts received as alimony or separate maintenance. You must let the person who made the payments know your social security number. If you do not, you may have to pay a $50 penalty. For more details, see Pub. 504.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP5affa08f Line 12(p21)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP62c37f5b Business Income or (Loss)(p21)

If you operated a business or practiced your profession as a sole proprietor, report your income and expenses on Schedule C or C-EZ.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP2df89019 Line 13(p21)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP6a2f66f6 Capital Gain or (Loss)(p21)

If you had a capital gain or loss, including any capital gain distributions or a capital loss carryover from 2006, you must complete and attach Schedule D.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP0356ad3c Exception.(p21)

You do not have to file Schedule D if both of the following apply.

• The only amounts you have to report on Schedule D are capital gain distributions from Form(s) 1099-DIV, box 2a, or substitute statements.
• None of the Form(s) 1099-DIV or substitute statements have an amount in box 2b (unrecaptured section 1250 gain), box 2c (section 1202 gain), or box 2d (collectibles (28%) gain).

If both of the above apply, enter your total capital gain distributions (from box 2a of Form(s) 1099-DIV) on line 13 and check the box on that line. If you received capital gain distributions as a nominee (that is, they were paid to you but actually belong to someone else), report on line 13 only the amount that belongs to you. Attach a statement showing the full amount you received and the amount you received as a nominee. See the Instructions for Schedule B for filing requirements for Forms 1099-DIV and 1096.

If you do not have to file Schedule D, use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet on page 35 to figure your tax. Your tax is usually less if you use this worksheet.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP4c63fa46 Line 14(p21)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP7c2fe810 Other Gains or (Losses)(p21)

If you sold or exchanged assets used in a trade or business, see the Instructions for Form 4797.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP3f01cfbc Lines 15a and 15b(p21)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP79e0eb06 IRA Distributions(p21)

You should receive a Form 1099-R showing the amount of any distribution from your IRA. Unless otherwise noted in the line 15a and 15b instructions, an IRA includes a traditional IRA, Roth IRA, simplified employee pension (SEP) IRA, and a savings incentive match plan for employees (SIMPLE) IRA. Except as provided below, leave line 15a blank and enter the total distribution on line 15b.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP79e260a1 Exception 1.(p21)

Enter the total distribution on line 15a if you rolled over part or all of the distribution from one:

• IRA to another IRA of the same type (for example, from one traditional IRA to another traditional IRA), or
• SEP or SIMPLE IRA to a traditional IRA.

Also, enter Rollover next to line 15b. If the total distribution was rolled over in a qualified rollover, enter -0- on line 15b. If the total distribution was not rolled over in a qualified rollover, enter the part not rolled over on line 15b unless Exception 2 applies to the part not rolled over. Generally, a qualified rollover must be made within 60 days after the day you received the distribution. For more details on rollovers, see  
Pub. 590.

If you rolled over the distribution into a qualified plan other than an IRA or you made the rollover in 2008, attach a statement explaining what you did.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP52cf3364 Exception 2.(p21)

If any of the following apply, enter the total distribution on line 15a and see Form 8606 and its instructions to figure the amount to enter on line 15b.

1. You received a distribution from an IRA (other than a Roth IRA) and you made nondeductible contributions to any of your traditional or SEP IRAs for 2007 or an earlier year. If you made nondeductible contributions to these IRAs for 2007, also see Pub. 590.
2. You received a distribution from a Roth IRA. But if either (a) or (b) below applies, enter -0- on line 15b; you do not have to see Form 8606 or its instructions.
   1. Distribution code T is shown in box 7 of Form 1099-R and you made a contribution (including a conversion) to a Roth IRA for 2002 or an earlier year.
   2. Distribution code Q is shown in box 7 of Form 1099-R.
3. You converted part or all of a traditional, SEP, or SIMPLE IRA to a Roth IRA in 2007.
4. You had a 2006 or 2007 IRA contribution returned to you, with the related earnings or less any loss, by the due date (including extensions) of your tax return for that year.
5. You made excess contributions to your IRA for an earlier year and had them returned to you in 2007.
6. You recharacterized part or all of a contribution to a Roth IRA as a traditional IRA contribution, or vice versa.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP4bd40223 Exception 3.(p21)

If the distribution is a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), enter the total distribution on line 15a. If the total amount distributed is a QCD, enter -0- on line 15b. If only part of the distribution is a QCD, enter the part that is not a QCD on line 15b unless Exception 2 applies to that part. Enter QCD next to line 15b.

A QCD is a distribution made directly by the trustee of your IRA (other than a SEP or SIMPLE IRA) to an organization eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (with certain exceptions). You must have been at least age 70 when the distribution was made. Your total QCDs for the year cannot be more than $100,000. (On a joint return, your spouse can also have a QCD of up to $100,000.) The amount of the QCD is limited to the amount that would otherwise be included in your income. If your IRA includes nondeductible contributions, the distribution is first considered to be paid out of otherwise taxable income. See Pub. 590 for details.

You cannot claim a charitable contribution deduction for any QCD not included in your income.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP049594e6 Exception 4.(p21)

If the distribution is a qualified health savings account (HSA) funding distribution (HFD), enter the total distribution on line 15a. If the total amount distributed is an HFD and you elect to exclude it from income, enter -0- on line 15b. If only part of the distribution is an HFD and you elect to exclude that part from income, enter the part that is not an HFD on line 15b unless Exception 2 applies to that part. Enter HFD next to line 15b.

An HFD is a distribution made directly by the trustee of your IRA (other than a SEP or SIMPLE IRA) to your HSA. If eligible, you generally can elect to exclude an HFD from your income once in your lifetime. You cannot exclude more than the limit on HSA contributions or more than the amount that would otherwise be included in your income. If your IRA includes nondeductible contributions, the HFD is first considered to be paid out of otherwise taxable income. See Pub. 590 for details.

The amount of an HFD reduces the amount you can contribute to your HSA for the year. If you fail to maintain eligibility for an HSA for the 12 months following the month of the HFD, you may have to report the HFD as income and pay an additional tax. See Form 8889, Part III.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP14faf8e7
Note.(p22). If you (or your spouse if filing jointly) received more than one distribution, figure the taxable amount of each distribution and enter the total of the taxable amounts on line 15b. Enter the total amount of those distributions on line 15a.

You may have to pay an additional tax if (a) you received an early distribution from your IRA and the total was not rolled over, or (b) you were born before July 1, 1936, and received less than the minimum required distribution from your traditional, SEP, and SIMPLE IRAs. See the instructions for line 60 that begin on page 41 for details.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP00e4d884 Lines 16a and 16b(p22)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP49d222f6 Pensions and Annuities(p22)

You should receive a Form 1099-R showing the amount of your pension and annuity payments, including distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. See this page and page 23 for details on rollovers and lump-sum distributions. Do not include the following payments on lines 16a and 16b. Instead, report them on line 7.

• Disability pensions received before you reach the minimum retirement age set by your employer.
• Corrective distributions (including any earnings) of excess salary deferrals or excess contributions to retirement plans. The plan must advise you of the year(s) the distributions are includible in income.

Attach Form(s) 1099-R to   Form 1040 if any federal  income tax was withheld.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP536a4cc3 Fully Taxable Pensions and Annuities(p22)

If your pension or annuity is fully taxable, enter it on line 16b; do not make an entry on line 16a. Your payments are fully taxable if (a) you did not contribute to the cost (see this page) of your pension or annuity, or (b) you got your entire cost back tax free before 2007. But see Insurance Premiums for Retired Public Safety Officers on this page.

Fully taxable pensions and annuities also include military retirement pay shown on Form 1099-R. For details on military disability pensions, see Pub. 525. If you received a Form RRB-1099-R, see  
Pub. 575 to find out how to report your benefits.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP1892a12e Partially Taxable Pensions and Annuities(p22)

Enter the total pension or annuity payments you received in 2007 on line 16a. If your Form 1099-R does not show the taxable amount, you must use the General Rule explained in Pub. 939 to figure the taxable part to enter on line 16b. But if your annuity starting date (defined below) was after July 1, 1986, see Simplified Method below to find out if you must use that method to figure the taxable part.

You can ask the IRS to figure the taxable part for you for a $380 fee. For details, see Pub. 939.

If your Form 1099-R shows a taxable amount, you can report that amount on  
line 16b. But you may be able to report a lower taxable amount by using the General Rule or the Simplified Method or if the exclusion for retired public safety officers, discussed next, applies.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP15bac580 Insurance Premiums for Retired Public Safety Officers(p22)

If you are an eligible retired public safety officer (law enforcement officer, firefighter, chaplain, or member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew), you can elect to exclude from income distributions made from your eligible retirement plan that are used to pay the premiums for accident or health insurance or long-term care insurance. The premiums can be for coverage for you, your spouse, or dependents. The distribution must be made directly from the plan to the insurance provider. You can exclude from income the smaller of the amount of the insurance premiums or $3,000. You can only make this election for amounts that would otherwise be included in your income.

An eligible retirement plan is a governmental plan that is:

• a qualified trust,
• a section 403(a) plan,
• a section 403(b) annuity, or
• a section 457(b) plan.

If you make this election, reduce the otherwise taxable amount of your pension or annuity by the amount excluded. The amount shown in box 2a of Form 1099-R does not reflect the exclusion. Report your total distributions on line 16a and the taxable amount on line 16b. Enter PSO next to line 16b.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP2465e86c Annuity Starting Date(p22)

Your annuity starting date is the later of the first day of the first period for which you received a payment or the date the plan's obligations became fixed.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP0e7bd2a4 Simplified Method(p22)

You must use the Simplified Method if either of the following applies.

1. Your annuity starting date (defined above) was after July 1, 1986, and you used this method last year to figure the taxable part.
2. Your annuity starting date was after November 18, 1996, and both of the following apply.
   1. The payments are from a qualified employee plan, a qualified employee annuity, or a tax-sheltered annuity.
   2. On your annuity starting date, either you were under age 75 or the number of years of guaranteed payments was fewer than 5. See Pub. 575 for the definition of guaranteed payments.

If you must use the Simplified Method, complete the worksheet on page 23 to figure the taxable part of your pension or annuity. For more details on the Simplified Method, see Pub. 575 or Pub. 721 for U.S. Civil Service retirement benefits.

If you received U.S. Civil Service retirement benefits and you chose the alternative annuity option, see Pub. 721 to figure the taxable part of your annuity. Do not use the worksheet on page 23.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP66923446 Age (or Combined Ages) at Annuity Starting Date(p22)

If you are the retiree, use your age on the annuity starting date. If you are the survivor of a retiree, use the retiree's age on his or her annuity starting date. But if your annuity starting date was after 1997 and the payments are for your life and that of your beneficiary, use your combined ages on the annuity starting date.

If you are the beneficiary of an employee who died, see Pub. 575. If there is more than one beneficiary, see Pub. 575 or Pub. 721 to figure each beneficiary's taxable amount.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP56b85951 Cost(p22)

Your cost is generally your net investment in the plan as of the annuity starting date. It does not include pre-tax contributions. Your net investment should be shown in box 9b of Form 1099-R for the first year you received payments from the plan.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP587f1332 Rollovers(p22)

Generally, a qualified rollover is a tax-free distribution of cash or other assets from one retirement plan that is contributed to another plan within 60 days of receiving the distribution. Use lines 16a and 16b to report a qualified rollover, including a direct rollover, from one qualified employer's plan to another or to an IRA or SEP.

Enter on line 16a the total distribution before income tax or other deductions were withheld. This amount should be shown in box 1 of Form 1099-R. From the total on line 16a, subtract any contributions (usually shown in box 5) that were taxable to you when made. From that result, subtract the amount of the qualified rollover. Enter the remaining amount, even if zero, on  
line 16b. Also, enter "Rollover" next to line 16b.

Special rules apply to partial rollovers of property. For more details on rollovers, including distributions under qualified domestic relations orders, see Pub. 575.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP5f590d0c Lump-Sum Distributions(p23)

If you received a lump-sum distribution from a profit-sharing or retirement plan, your Form 1099-R should have the "Total distribution" box in box 2b checked. You may owe an additional tax if you received an early distribution from a qualified retirement plan and the total amount was not rolled over in a qualified rollover. For details, see the instructions for line 60 that begin on page 41.

Enter the total distribution on line 16a and the taxable part on line 16b.

You may be able to pay less tax on the distribution if you were born before January 2, 1936, or you are the beneficiary of a deceased employee who was born before January 2, 1936. For details, see Form 4972.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP32d286f9 Line 19(p24)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP07427cc8 Unemployment Compensation(p24)

You should receive a Form 1099-G showing in box 1 the total unemployment compensation paid to you in 2007. Report the amount in box 1 on line 19. However, if you made contributions to a governmental unemployment compensation program and you are not itemizing deductions, reduce the amount you report on line 19 by those contributions.

If you received an overpayment of unemployment compensation in 2007 and you repaid any of it in 2007, subtract the amount you repaid from the total amount you received. Enter the result on line 19. Also, enter Repaid and the amount you repaid on the dotted line next to line 19. If, in 2007, you repaid unemployment compensation that you included in gross income in an earlier year, you can deduct the amount repaid on Schedule A, line 23. But if you repaid more than $3,000, see Repayments in Pub. 525 for details on how to report the repayment.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP3ffb28e3 Lines 20a and 20b(p24)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP75a135e9 Social Security Benefits(p24)

You should receive a Form SSA-1099 showing in box 3 the total social security benefits paid to you. Box 4 will show the amount of any benefits you repaid in 2007. If you received railroad retirement benefits treated as social security, you should receive a Form RRB-1099.

Use the worksheet on page 25 to see if any of your benefits are taxable.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP070a19a2 Exception.(p24)

Do not use the worksheet on page 25 if any of the following applies.

• You made contributions to a traditional IRA for 2007 and you or your spouse were covered by a retirement plan at work or through self-employment. Instead, use the worksheets in Pub. 590 to see if any of your social security benefits are taxable and to figure your IRA deduction.
• You repaid any benefits in 2007 and your total repayments (box 4) were more than your total benefits for 2007 (box 3). None of your benefits are taxable for 2007. Also, you may be able to take an itemized deduction or a credit for part of the excess repayments if they were for benefits you included in gross income in an earlier year. For more details, see Pub. 915.
• You file Form 2555, 2555-EZ, 4563, or 8815, or you exclude employer-provided adoption benefits or income from sources within Puerto Rico. Instead, use the worksheet in Pub. 915.

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP17245d0a Line 21(p24)

taxmap/instr/i1040gi-010.htm#TXMP4f0f6031 Other Income(p24)

Do not report on this line any income from self-employment or fees received as a notary public. Instead, you must use Schedule C, C-EZ, or F, even if you do not have any business expenses. Also, do not report on line 21 any nonemployee compensation shown on Form 1099-MISC. Instead, see the chart on page 9 to find out where to report that income.

Use line 21 to report any income not reported elsewhere on your return or other schedules. See the examples below. List the type and amount of income. If necessary, show the required information on an attached statement. For more details, see Miscellaneous Income in Pub. 525.

Do not report any nontaxable amounts on line 21. Nontaxable amounts include:

• Child support.
• Life insurance proceeds received because of someone's death (other than from certain employer-owned life insurance contracts).
• Gifts and bequests. However, if you received a gift or bequest from a foreign person of more than $13,258, you may have to report information about it on Form 3520, Part IV. See the instructions for Form 3520.

Examples of income to report on line 21 are:

• Taxable distributions from a Coverdell education savings account (ESA) or a qualified tuition program (QTP). Distributions from these accounts may be taxable if (a) they are more than the qualified higher education expenses of the designated beneficiary in 2007, and (b) they were not included in a qualified rollover. Nontaxable distributions from these accounts, including rollovers, do not have to be reported on Form 1040. See Pub. 970.

You may have to pay an additional tax if you received a taxable distribution from a Coverdell ESA or a QTP. See the Instructions for Form 5329.

• Taxable distributions from a health savings account (HSA) or an Archer MSA. Distributions from these accounts may be taxable if (a) they are more than the unreimbursed qualified medical expenses of the account beneficiary or account holder in 2007, and (b) they were not included in a qualified rollover. See Pub. 969.

You may have to pay an additional tax if you received a taxable distribution from an HSA or an Archer MSA. See the Instructions for Form 8889 for HSAs or the Instructions for Form 8853 for Archer MSAs.

• Amounts deemed to be income from an HSA because you did not remain an eligible individual during the testing period. See Form 8889, Part III.
• Prizes and awards.
• Gambling winnings, including lotteries, raffles, a lump-sum payment from the sale of a right to receive future lottery payments, etc. For details on gambling losses, see the instructions for Schedule A, line 28, on page A-10.

Attach Form(s) W-2G to   Form 1040 if any federal income tax was withheld.

• Jury duty pay. Also, see the instructions for line 36 on page 31.
• Alaska Permanent Fund dividends.
• Alternative trade adjustment assistance payments. These payments should be shown in box 5 of Form 1099-G.
• Reimbursements or other amounts received for items deducted in an earlier year, such as medical expenses, real estate taxes, general sales taxes, or home mortgage interest. See in Pub. 525 for details on how to figure the amount to report.
• Income from the rental of personal property if you engaged in the rental for profit but were not in the business of renting such property. Also, see the instructions for line 36 on page 31.
• Income from an activity not engaged in for profit. See Pub. 535.
• Loss on certain corrective distributions of excess deferrals. See in Pub. 525.
• Dividends on insurance policies if they exceed the total of all net premiums you paid for the contract.
• Recapture of a charitable contribution deduction relating to the contribution of a fractional interest in tangible personal property. See in Pub. 526. Interest and an additional 10% tax apply to the amount of the recapture. See the instructions for line 44 on page 33.
• Recapture of a charitable contribution deduction if the charitable organization disposes of the donated property within 3 years of the contribution. See in Pub. 526.
• Canceled debts. These amounts may be shown in box 2 of Form 1099-C. See Pub. 525 or go to www.irs.gov and enter canceled debt or foreclosure in the search box.

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