1040EZ Tips for Line 1

Part of the Video Series How to Complete a 1040EZ Tax Form

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Tax help! Filling out the line 1 of a 1040EZ tax form in this free video on tax help and personal finance.

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1040EZ Tips for Line 1
I'm going to talk now about the income section, line one, wages, salaries and tips. For most people box one on your W-2 will include all of the wages and salaries that you earn from that particular employer. But there also are different types of income that need to be included on type one if you have that type of income. If you worked as a household employee, and did not receive a W-2 form because your employer paid you less than $1,500, you need to include what you did receive as wages on line one. If you had tip income and did not report the tip income to your employer, you must add this to your line one unless you received tips of $20.00 or more in any one month and did not report the full amount to your employer. And also, you have to use form 1040 if your W-2 shows allocated tips in box eight. If you had income from scholarship and fellowship grants not reported on a form W-2, you need to include this in line one. If you're filing a joint return, you want to make sure that you add box one from your W-2's together, and include the total on line one.

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