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           Publication 525
           Cat. No. 15047D                                                     Contents
                                                                               Future Developments           . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Department 
of the     Taxable and                                                         What's New        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Treasury
Internal                                                                       Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Revenue    Nontaxable
Service                                                                        Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
           Income                                                              Employee Compensation . . . . . . . . . . 3
                                                                               Special Rules for Certain 
                                                                               Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               15
           For use in preparing                                                Business and Investment Income . . . .                17

                        Returns                                                Sickness and Injury Benefits . . . . . . .            18
           2022
                                                                               Miscellaneous Income          . . . . . . . . . . .   20
                                                                               Repayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          37
                                                                               How To Get Tax Help           . . . . . . . . . . .   38
                                                                               Index       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

                                                                               Future Developments
                                                                               For  the  latest  information  about  developments 
                                                                               related to Pub. 525, such as legislation enacted 
                                                                               after it was published, go to IRS.gov/Pub525.

                                                                               What's New
                                                                               Deferred  compensation  contribution  limit 
                                                                               increased.      If  you  participate  in  a  401(k), 
                                                                               403(b), or the federal government's Thrift Sav-
                                                                               ings  Plan  (TSP),  the  total  annual  amount  you 
                                                                               can contribute is increased to $20,500 ($27,000 
                                                                               if age 50 or older). This also applies to most 457 
                                                                               plans.
                                                                               Health  flexible  spending  arrangements 
                                                                               (health FSAs) under cafeteria plans.              For tax 
                                                                               years beginning in 2022, the dollar limitation un-
                                                                               der section 125(i) on voluntary employee salary 
                                                                               reductions  for  contributions  to  health  FSAs  is 
                                                                               $2,850.

                                                                               Reminders
                                                                               Temporary  Allowance  of  100%  Business 
                                                                               Meal Deduction.         Section 210 of the Taxpayer 
                                                                               Certainty  and  Disaster  Tax  Relief  Act  of  2020 
                                                                               provides for the temporary allowance of a 100% 
                                                                               business meal deduction for food or beverages 
                                                                               provided  by  a  restaurant  and  paid  or  incurred 
                                                                               after  December  31,  2020,  and  before  January 
                                                                               1, 2023.
                                                                               Paycheck Protection Program loan forgive-
                                                                               ness.       Gross  income  doesn’t  include  any 
                                                                               amount  arising  from  the  forgiveness  of  a  Pay-
                                                                               check Protection Program (PPP) loan, effective 
              Get forms and other information faster and easier at:            for taxable years ending after March 27, 2020. 
              IRS.gov (English)         IRS.gov/Korean (한국어)               (See  P.L.  116-136.)  Likewise,  gross  income 
              IRS.gov/Spanish (Español) IRS.gov/Russian (Pусский)          does  not  include  any  amount  arising  from  the 
              IRS.gov/Chinese (中文)      IRS.gov/Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)    forgiveness  of  Second  Draw  PPP  loans, 
                                                                               effective  December  27,  2020.  (See  P.L. 

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116-260.) When a taxpayer who does not factu-            Account. You can view the amount you owe, re-             Other  Income,  later.  Also,  see  Pub.  590-A  for 
ally  satisfy  the  conditions  for  a  qualifying  for- view 18 months of payment history, access on-             more information.
giveness  causes  its  lender  to  forgive  the  PPP     line payment options, and create or modify an             Taxpayer identification number (TIN). A TIN 
loan  by  inaccurately  representing  that  the  tax-    online  payment  agreement.  You  can  also  ac-          is your social security number (SSN), individual 
payer satisfies them, the taxpayer may not ex-           cess your tax records online.                             taxpayer  identification  number  (ITIN),  adoption 
clude  the  amount  of  the  forgiven  loan  from        Achieving  a  Better  Life  Experience  (ABLE)            taxpayer  identification  number  (ATIN),  or  em-
gross income under 15 U.S.C. section 636m(i)             account. This is a type of savings account for            ployer identification number (EIN).
or  section  276(b)(1)  of  the  COVID-related  Tax      individuals  with  disabilities  and  their  families.    Terrorist  attacks. You  can  exclude  from  in-
Relief Act of 2020.                                      Distributions are tax free if used to pay the ben-        come certain disaster assistance, disability, and 
Emergency  financial  aid  grants.   Certain             eficiary's qualified disability expenses. See Pub.        death payments received as a result of a terro-
emergency  financial  aid  grants  under  the            907 for more information.                                 rist or military action. For more information, see 
CARES  Act  are  excluded  from  the  income  of                                                                   Sickness and Injury Benefits, later; Pub. 3920, 
college  and  university  students,  effective  for      Certain amounts received by wrongfully in-
grants  made  after  March  26,  2020.  (See  P.L.       carcerated individuals.   Certain amounts you             Tax Relief for Victims of Terrorist Attacks; and 
116-136 and P.L. 116-260.)                               receive due to a wrongful incarceration may be            Pub. 907, Tax Highlights for Persons With Disa-
                                                         excluded  from  gross  income.  See       IRS.gov/        bilities.
Other  loan  forgiveness  under  the  CARES              Individuals/Wrongful-Incarceration-FAQs   for             Photographs of missing children.     The Inter-
Act. Gross  income  does  not  include  any              more information.                                         nal Revenue Service is a proud partner with the 
amount  arising  from  the  forgiveness  of  certain                                                               National  Center  for  Missing  &  Exploited 
loans,  emergency  Economic  Injury  Disaster            Foreign income.   If you're a U.S. citizen or res-        Children®  (NCMEC).  Photographs  of  missing 
Loan (EIDL) grants, and certain loan repayment           ident alien, you must report income from sour-            children selected by the Center may appear in 
assistance,  each  as  provided  by  the  CARES          ces outside the United States (foreign income)            this publication on pages that would otherwise 
Act,  effective  for  tax  years  ending  after  March   on  your  tax  return  unless  it’s  exempt  by  U.S.     be  blank.  You  can  help  bring  these  children 
27, 2020. (See P.L. 116-136 and P.L. 116-260.)           law.  This  is  true  whether  you  reside  inside  or    home by looking at the photographs and calling 
Exclusion of income for volunteer firefight-             outside  the  United  States  and  whether  or  not       1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) if  you rec-
ers  and  emergency  medical  responders.   If           you receive a Form W-2, Wage and Tax State-               ognize a child.
you  are  a  volunteer  firefighter  or  emergency       ment, or Form 1099 from the foreign payer. This 
medical responder, you may be able to exclude            applies to earned income (such as wages and 
from gross income certain rebates or reductions          tips) as well as unearned income (such as inter-          Introduction
of  state  or  local  property  or  income  taxes  and   est,  dividends,  capital  gains,  pensions,  rents,      You can receive income in the form of money, 
up to $50 per month provided by a state or local         and royalties).                                           property,  or  services.  This  publication  dis-
government.  For  more  information,  see Volun-         If you reside outside the United States, you              cusses  many  kinds  of  income  and  explains 
teer  firefighters  and  emergency  medical  res-        may  be  able  to  exclude  part  or  all  of  your  for- whether  they  are  taxable  or  nontaxable.  It  in-
ponders.                                                 eign  source  earned  income.  For  details,  see         cludes  discussions  on  employee  wages  and 
                                                         Pub. 54, Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resi-            fringe benefits, and income from bartering, part-
Repeal of deduction for alimony payments                 dent Aliens Abroad.                                       nerships,  S  corporations,  and  royalties.  It  also 
and  corresponding  inclusion  in  gross  in-
come.  Alimony received will no longer be in-            Olympic and Paralympic medals and United                  includes information on disability pensions, life 
cluded in your income if you entered into a di-          States  Olympic  Committee  (USOC)  prize                 insurance  proceeds,  and  welfare  and  other 
vorce  or  separation  agreement  on  or  before         money. If you receive Olympic and Paralympic              public assistance benefits. Check the index for 
December  31,  2018,  and  the  agreement  is            medals  and  USOC  prize  money,  the  value  of          the location of a specific subject.
changed after December 31, 2018, to expressly            the medals and the amount of the prize money              In  most  cases,  an  amount  included  in  your 
provide  that  alimony  received  isn't  included  in    may  be  nontaxable.  See  the  Instructions  for         income  is  taxable  unless  it  is  specifically  ex-
your income. Alimony received will also not be           Schedule  1  (Form  1040),  line  8m,  at IRS.gov/        empted by law. Income that is taxable must be 
included  in  income  if  a  divorce  or  separation     Form1040 for more information.                            reported on your return and is subject to tax. In-
                                                                                                                   come that is nontaxable may have to be shown 
agreement  is  entered  into  after  December  31,       Public  safety  officers. A  spouse,  former              on your tax return but isn’t taxable.
2018. For more information, see Pub. 504.                spouse, and child of a public safety officer killed 
Forms 1040A and 1040EZ no longer availa-                 in  the  line  of  duty  can  exclude  from  gross  in-   Constructively  received  income.    You  are 
ble. Forms 1040A and 1040EZ aren't available             come survivor benefits received from a govern-            generally  taxed  on  income  that  is  available  to 
to file your 2022 taxes. If you used one of these        mental section 401(a) plan attributable to the of-        you, regardless of whether it is actually in your 
forms in the past, you’ll now file Form 1040 or          ficer's service. See section 101(h).                      possession.
1040-SR.                                                 A  public  safety  officer  that's  permanently           A valid check that you received or that was 
Qualified equity grants. For tax years begin-            and totally disabled or killed in the line of duty        made available to you before the end of the tax 
ning after 2017, certain qualified employees can         and  a  surviving  spouse  or  child  can  exclude        year  is  considered  income  constructively  re-
make  a  new  election  to  defer  income  taxation      from  income  death  or  disability  benefits  re-        ceived in that year, even if you don’t cash the 
for  up  to  5  years  for  the  qualified  stocks  re-  ceived from the federal Bureau of Justice Assis-          check or deposit it to your account until the next 
ceived. See Qualified Equity Grants under Em-            tance or death benefits paid by a state program.          year. For example, if the postal service tries to 
ployee Compensation, later.                              See section 104(a)(6).                                    deliver a check to you on the last day of the tax 
Suspension of qualified bicycle commuting                Qualified  Medicaid  waiver  payments.    Cer-            year  but  you  aren’t  at  home  to  receive  it,  you 
reimbursement exclusion.    For tax years be-            tain payments you receive for providing care to           must include the amount in your income for that 
ginning after 2017, reimbursement you receive            an  eligible  individual  in  your  home  under  a        tax  year.  If  the  check  was  mailed  so  that  it 
from your employer for the purchase, repair, or          state's Medicaid waiver program may be exclu-             couldn’t possibly reach you until after the end of 
storage of a bicycle you regularly use for travel        ded  from  your  income  under  Notice  2014-7.           the tax year, and you otherwise couldn’t get the 
between  your  residence  and  place  of  employ-        See  also  Instructions  for  Schedule  1  (Form          funds  before  the  end  of  the  year,  you  include 
ment must be included in your gross income.              1040), line 8s.                                           the amount in your income for the next tax year.
Unemployment  compensation.  If  you  re-                Qualified  settlement  income.       If  you're  a        Assignment  of  income.     Income  received 
ceived  unemployment  compensation  but  did             qualified taxpayer, you can contribute all or part        by an agent for you is income you constructively 
not receive Form 1099-G, Certain Government              of  your  qualified  settlement  income,  up  to          received in the year the agent received it. If you 
Payments,  through  the  mail,  you  may  need  to       $100,000, to an eligible retirement plan, includ-         agree by contract that a third party is to receive 
access  your  information  through  your  state’s        ing an IRA. Contributions to eligible retirement          income for you, you must include the amount in 
website to get your electronic Form 1099-G.              plans,  other  than  a  Roth  IRA  or  a  designated      your income when the third party receives it.
Access your online account.  You must au-                Roth  contribution,  reduce  the  qualified  settle-
thenticate  your  identity.  To  securely  log  in  to   ment income that you must include in income.              Example  1.    You and your  employer agree 
your  federal  tax  account,  go  to IRS.gov/            See Exxon  Valdez  settlement  income  under              that part of your salary is to be paid directly to 
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one  of  your  creditors.  You  must  include  that    915 915 Social Security and Equivalent                                       Self-employment tax.        Whether you're an 
amount  in  your  income  when  your  creditor  re-        Railroad Retirement Benefits                                             employee  or  self-employed  person,  your  in-
                                                                                                                                    come could be subject to self-employment tax. 
ceives it.                                             970 970 Tax Benefits for Education                                           See  the  Instructions  for  Schedule  C  (Form 
Prepaid  income.      In  most  cases,  prepaid  in-   4681        4681 Canceled Debts, Foreclosures,                               1040)  and  the  Instructions  for  Schedule  SE 
come,  such  as  compensation  for  future  serv-          Repossessions, and Abandonments                                          (Form  1040)  if  you're  self-employed.  Also  see 
ices, is included in your income in the year you                                                                                    Pub. 926 for more information.
receive  it.  However,  if  you  use  an  accrual    Form (and Instructions)
method of accounting, you can defer prepaid in-                                                                                     Bankruptcy.  If you filed for bankruptcy under 
come you receive for services to be performed          1040        1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return                           chapter  11  of  the  Bankruptcy  Code,  you  must 
before the end of the next tax year. In this case,     1040-NR                         1040-NR U.S. Nonresident Alien Income        allocate  your  wages  and  withheld  income  tax. 
you include the payment in your income as you              Tax Return                                                               Your Form W-2 will show your total wages and 
earn it by performing the services.                                                                                                 withheld income tax for the year. On your tax re-
                                                       1040-SR                 1040-SR U.S. Tax Return for Seniors                  turn, you report the wages and withheld income 
                                                                                                                                    tax  for  the  period  before  you  filed  for  bank-
your comments about this publication and sug-
Comments  and  suggestions.          We  welcome       1099-R           1099-R Distributions From Pensions,                         ruptcy. Your bankruptcy estate reports the wa-
gestions for future editions.                              Annuities, Retirement or                                                 ges and withheld income tax for the period after 
You  can  send  us  comments  through                      Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance                                    you filed for bankruptcy. If you receive other in-
IRS.gov/FormComments.  Or,  you  can  write  to            Contracts, etc.                                                          formation  returns  (such  as  Form  1099-DIV  or 
the  Internal  Revenue  Service,  Tax  Forms  and      W-2     W-2 Wage and Tax Statement                                           Form  1099-INT)  that  report  gross  income  to 
Publications,  1111  Constitution  Ave.  NW,                                                                                        you,  rather  than  to  the  bankruptcy  estate,  you 
IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224.                       See How  To  Get  Tax  Help  at  the  end  of  this                            must allocate that income.
Although  we  can’t  respond  individually  to       publication  for  information  about  getting  these                           The only exception is for purposes of figur-
each comment received, we do appreciate your         publications.                                                                  ing your self-employment tax if you're self-em-
feedback and will consider your comments and                                                                                        ployed. For that purpose, you must take into ac-
suggestions as we revise our tax forms, instruc-                                                                                    count  all  your  self-employment  income  for  the 
tions,  and  publications.  Don’t  send  tax  ques-  Employee                                                                       year  from  services  performed  both  before  and 
tions, tax returns, or payments to the above ad-                                                                                    after the beginning of the case.
dress.                                               Compensation                                                                   You must file a statement with your income 
                                                                                                                                    tax  return  stating  you  filed  a  chapter  11  bank-
Getting  answers  to  your  tax  questions.          In  most  cases,  you  must  include  in  gross  in-                           ruptcy case. The statement must show the allo-
If you have a tax question not answered by this      come  everything  you  receive  in  payment  for                               cation and describe the method used to make 
publication or the    How To Get Tax Help section    personal  services.  In  addition  to  wages,  salar-                          the  allocation.  For  a  sample  of  this  statement 
at the end of this publication, go to the IRS In-    ies,  commissions,  fees,  and  tips,  this  includes                          and  other  information,  see  Notice  2006-83, 
teractive  Tax  Assistant  page  at        IRS.gov/  other  forms  of  compensation  such  as  fringe                               2006-40  I.R.B.  596,  available  at IRS.gov/irb/
Help/ITA where you can find topics by using the      benefits and stock options.                                                    2006-40_IRB#NOT-2006-83.
search feature or viewing the categories listed.
                                                     You  should  receive  a  Form  W-2  from  your 
Getting tax forms, instructions, and pub-            employer  or  former  employer  showing  the  pay                              Miscellaneous 
lications.     Go  to IRS.gov/Forms  to  download    you received for your services. Include all your                               Compensation
current  and  prior-year  forms,  instructions,  and pay on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1a, even if 
publications.                                        you  don’t  receive  Form  W-2,  or  you  receive  a 
Ordering  tax  forms,  instructions,  and            Form  W-2  that  doesn’t  include  all  pay  that                              This section discusses many types of employee 
publications.  Go  to   IRS.gov/OrderForms  to       should be included on the Form W-2.                                            compensation. The subjects are arranged in al-
                                                                                                                                    phabetical order.
order  current  forms,  instructions,  and  publica- If you performed services, other than as an 
tions;  call  800-829-3676  to  order  prior-year    independent  contractor,  and  your  employer                                  Advance commissions and other earnings. 
forms  and  instructions.  The  IRS  will  process   didn’t  withhold  social  security  and  Medicare                              If  you  receive  advance  commissions  or  other 
your  order  for  forms  and  publications  as  soon taxes  from  your  pay,  you  must  file  Form  8919                           amounts for services to be performed in the fu-
as possible. Don’t resubmit requests you’ve al-      with your Form 1040 or 1040-SR. These wages                                    ture  and  you're  a  cash-method  taxpayer,  you 
ready sent us. You can get forms and publica-        must  be  included  on  Form  1040  or  1040-SR,                               must include these amounts in your income in 
tions faster online.                                 line 1g. See Form 8919 for more information.                                   the year you receive them.
                                                                                                                                    If you repay unearned commissions or other 
                                                     Fair market value (FMV).                  The FMV of an                        amounts in the same year you receive them, re-
Useful Items                                         item  of  property  is  the  price  at  which  the  item                       duce the amount of unearned commissions in-
You may want to see:
                                                     would  change  hands  between  a  willing  buyer                               cluded in your income by the repayment. If you 
                                                     and  a  willing  seller,  neither  being  required  to                         repay them in a later tax year, you can deduct 
Publication                                          buy or sell and both having reasonable knowl-                                  the  repayment  as  an  itemized  deduction  on 
  334      334 Tax Guide for Small Business          edge of the relevant facts.                                                    your  Schedule  A  (Form  1040),  Other  Itemized 
                                                                                                                                    Deductions, line 16, or you may be able to take 
  523      523 Selling Your Home                     Childcare providers.                      If you provide childcare,            a credit for that year. See Repayments, later.
  527      527 Residential Rental Property           either  in  the  child's  home  or  in  your  home  or 
                                                     other  place  of  business,  the  pay  you  receive                            Allowances  and  reimbursements.     If  you  re-
  541      541 Partnerships                          must  be  included  in  your  income.  If  you're  not                         ceive  travel,  transportation,  or  other  business 
  544      544 Sales and Other Dispositions of       an  employee,  you're  probably  self-employed                                 expense  allowances  or  reimbursements  from 
           Assets                                    and must include payments for your services on                                 your  employer,  see  Pub.  463.  If  you're  reim-
                                                     Schedule  C  (Form  1040),  Profit  or  Loss  From                             bursed for moving expenses, see Pub. 521.
  550      550 Investment Income and Expenses        Business. You generally aren’t an employee un-
  554      554 Tax Guide for Seniors                 less you're subject to the will and control of the                             Back pay awards. Include in income amounts 
                                                     person  who  employs  you  as  to  what  you're  to                            you're awarded in a settlement or judgment for 
  559      559 Survivors, Executors, and             do, and how you're to do it.                                                   back pay. These include payments made to you 
           Administrators
  575      575 Pension and Annuity Income            Babysitting.                              If  you  babysit  for  relatives  or for  damages,  unpaid  life  insurance  premiums, 
                                                     neighborhood  children,  whether  on  a  regular                               and  unpaid  health  insurance  premiums.  They 
  907      907 Tax Highlights for Persons With       basis or only periodically, the rules for childcare                            should be reported to you by your employer on 
           Disabilities                              providers apply to you.                                                        Form W-2.

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Bonuses  and  awards. Bonuses  or  awards                amount  of  deferrals  for  the  year  under  a  non-      or resign, this amount will be included as wages 
you receive for outstanding work are included in         qualified  deferred  compensation  plan.  This             on your Form W-2.
your  income  and  should  be  shown  on  your           amount  is  shown  in  Form  W-2,  box  12,  using             If you resign from one agency and are reem-
Form W-2. These include prizes such as vaca-             code  Y.  This  amount  isn’t  included  in  your  in-     ployed by another agency, you may have to re-
tion trips for meeting sales goals. If the prize or      come.                                                      pay  part  of  your  lump-sum  annual  leave  pay-
award  you  receive  is  goods  or  services,  you       However, if at any time during the tax year,               ment  to  the  second  agency.  You  can  reduce 
must include the FMV of the goods or services            the  plan  fails  to  meet  certain  requirements,  or     gross  wages  by  the  amount  you  repaid  in  the 
in  your  income.  However,  if  your  employer          isn’t  operated  under  those  requirements,  all          same tax year in which you received it. Attach 
merely promises to pay you a bonus or award at           amounts  deferred  under  the  plan  for  the  tax         to your tax return a copy of the receipt or state-
some  future  time,  it  isn’t  taxable  until  you  re- year and all preceding tax years are included in           ment given to you by the agency you repaid to 
ceive it or it’s made available to you.                  your income for the current year. This amount is           explain  the  difference  between  the  wages  on 
                                                         included  in  your  wages  shown  in  Form  W-2,           your return and the wages on your Forms W-2.
Employee achievement award.             If you re-       box 1. It’s also shown in Form W-2, box 12, us-
ceive  tangible  personal  property  (other  than        ing code Z.                                                    Outplacement  services.  If  you  choose  to 
cash, a gift certificate, or an equivalent item) as                                                                 accept a reduced amount of severance pay so 
an award for length of service or safety achieve-        Nonqualified  deferred  compensation  plans                that  you  can  receive  outplacement  services 
ment, you must generally exclude its value from          of  nonqualified  entities. In  most  cases,  any          (such  as  training  in  résumé  writing  and  inter-
your income. However, the amount you can ex-             compensation  deferred  under  a  nonqualified             view  techniques),  you  must  include  the  unre-
clude  is  limited  to  your  employer's  cost  and      deferred  compensation  plan  of  a  nonqualified          duced amount of the severance pay in income.
can’t  be  more  than  $1,600  ($400  for  awards        entity is included in gross income when there is 
that  aren’t  qualified  plan  awards)  for  all  such   no  substantial  risk  of  forfeiture  of  the  rights  to Sick pay.   Pay you receive from your employer 
awards  you  receive  during  the  year.  Your  em-      such  compensation.  For  this  purpose,  a  non-          while you're sick or injured is part of your salary 
ployer  can  tell  you  whether  your  award  is  a      qualified entity is one of the following.                  or wages. In addition, you must include in your 
qualified plan award. Your employer must make                                                                       income sick pay benefits received from any of 
the award as part of a meaningful presentation,          1. A foreign corporation, unless substantially             the following payers.
under  conditions  and  circumstances  that  don’t            all of its income is:                                   A welfare fund.
create  a  significant  likelihood  of  it  being  dis-       a. Effectively connected with the con-                  A state sickness or disability fund.
guised pay.                                                    duct of a trade or business in the Uni-                An association of employers or employees.
However, the exclusion doesn’t apply to the                    ted States, or                                         An insurance company, if your employer 
following awards.                                                                                                       paid for the plan.
A length-of-service award if you received it                b. Subject to a comprehensive foreign 
  for less than 5 years of service or if you re-               income tax.                                          However, if you paid the premiums on an acci-
                                                                                                                    dent or health insurance policy, the benefits you 
  ceived another length-of-service award                 2. A partnership, unless substantially all of its          receive  under  the  policy  aren’t  taxable.  For 
  during the year or the previous 4 years.                    income is allocated to persons other than:            more  information,  see Other  Sickness  and  In-
A safety achievement award if you're a                                                                            jury  Benefits  under Sickness  and  Injury  Bene-
  manager, administrator, clerical employee,                  a. Foreign persons for whom the income 
  or other professional employee or if more                    isn’t subject to a comprehensive for-                fits, later.
  than 10% of eligible employees previously                    eign income tax, and
                                                                                                                    Social security and Medicare taxes paid by 
  received safety achievement awards dur-                     b. Tax-exempt organizations.                          employer.   If  you  and  your  employer  have  an 
  ing the year.                                                                                                     agreement that your employer pays your social 
                                                         Note received for services. If your employer               security and Medicare taxes without deducting 
Example 2.      You received three employee              gives you a secured note as payment for your               them  from  your  gross  wages,  you  must  report 
achievement awards during the year: a nonqua-            services, you must include the FMV (usually the            the amount of tax paid for you as taxable wages 
lified plan award of a watch valued at $250, and         discount  value)  of  the  note  in  your  income  for     on your tax return. The payment is also treated 
two qualified plan awards of a stereo valued at          the year you receive it. When you later receive            as  wages  for  figuring  your  social  security  and 
$1,000 and a set of golf clubs valued at $500.           payments  on  the  note,  a  proportionate  part  of       Medicare  taxes  and  your  social  security  and 
Assuming  that  the  requirements  for  qualified        each payment is the recovery of the FMV that               Medicare  benefits.  However,  these  payments 
plan  awards  are  otherwise  satisfied,  each           you  previously  included  in  your  income.  Don’t        aren’t  treated  as  social  security  and  Medicare 
award by itself would be excluded from income.           include that part again in your income. Include            wages  if  you're  a  household  worker  or  a  farm 
However, because the $1,750 total value of the           the  rest  of  the  payment  in  your  income  in  the     worker.
awards is more than $1,600, you must include             year of payment.
$150 ($1,750 − $1,600) in your income.                   If your employer gives you a nonnegotiable                 Stock  appreciation  rights. Don’t  include  a 
                                                         unsecured  note  as  payment  for  your  services,         stock  appreciation  right  granted  by  your  em-
Differential wage payments.  This is any pay-            payments on the note that are credited toward              ployer  in  income  until  you  exercise  (use)  the 
ment made by an employer to an individual for            the principal amount of the note are compensa-             right. When you use the right, you're entitled to 
any period during which the individual is, for a         tion income when you receive them.                         a cash payment equal to the FMV of the corpo-
period  of  more  than  30  days,  an  active  duty                                                                 ration's stock on the date of use minus the FMV 
member  of  the  uniformed  services  and  repre-        Severance  pay. You  must  include  in  income             on the date the right was granted. You include 
sents all or a portion of the wages the individual       amounts you receive as severance pay and any               the cash payment in income in the year you use 
would have received from the employer for that           payment  for  the  cancellation  of  your  employ-         the right.
period. These  payments  are  treated as wages           ment contract.
and are subject to income tax withholding, but                                                                      Virtual  currency. If  your  employer  gives  you 
not FICA or FUTA taxes. The payments are re-             Severance  payments  are  subject  to  social              virtual  currency  (such  as  Bitcoin)  as  payment 
ported as wages on Form W-2.                             security  and  Medicare  taxes,  income  tax               for your services, you must include the FMV of 
                                                         withholding, and FUTA tax.  Severance pay-                 the currency in your income. The FMV of virtual 
Government  cost-of-living   allowances.                 ments are wages subject to social security and             currency paid as wages is subject to federal in-
Most  payments  received  by  U.S.  Government           Medicare taxes. As noted in section 15 of Pub.             come tax withholding, Federal Insurance Contri-
civilian employees for working abroad are taxa-          15, Special Rules for Various Types of Service             bution  Act  (FICA)  tax,  and  Federal  Unemploy-
ble.  However,  certain  cost-of-living  allowances      and  Payments,  severance  payments  are  also             ment Tax Act (FUTA) tax and must be reported 
are tax free. Pub. 516 explains the tax treatment        subject  to  income  tax  withholding  and  FUTA           on  Form  W-2.  Notice  2014-21,  2014-16  I.R.B. 
of  allowances,  differentials,  and  other  special     tax.                                                       938,  describes  how  virtual  currency  is  treated 
pay you receive for employment abroad.                                                                              for  federal  tax  purposes  and  is  available  at 
                                                         Accrued  leave  payment.    If  you're  a  fed-            IRS.gov/irb/2014-16_IRB#NOT-2014-21.    For 
Nonqualified deferred compensation plans.                eral  employee  and  receive  a  lump-sum  pay-            further information, see IRS.gov/virtualcurrency.
Your  employer  will  report  to  you  the  total        ment for accrued annual leave when you retire 
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Fringe Benefits                                           rately report this value to you in box 14 (or on a      rendered  are  treated  as  guaranteed  payments 
                                                          separate statement).                                    and  are  includible  in  the  shareholder-employ-
Fringe benefits received in connection with the                                                                   ee's  gross  income.  The  shareholder-employee 
performance  of  your  services  are  included  in        Accident or Health Plan                                 can deduct the contribution made to the share-
your  income  as  compensation  unless  you  pay                                                                  holder-employee's HSA.
FMV for them or they’re specifically excluded by          In  most  cases,  the  value  of  accident  or  health  Qualified HSA funding distribution.  You 
law.  Refraining  from  the  performance  of  serv-       plan  coverage  provided  to  you  by  your  em-        can make a one-time distribution from your indi-
ices (for example, under a covenant not to com-           ployer  isn’t  included  in  your  income.  Benefits    vidual retirement arrangement (IRA) to an HSA 
pete) is treated as the performance of services           you  receive  from  the  plan  may  be  taxable,  as    and you generally won’t include any of the dis-
for purposes of these rules.                              explained  under Sickness  and  Injury  Benefits,       tribution in your income. See Pub. 590-B for the 
                                                          later.
See Valuation of Fringe Benefits, later in this                                                                   requirements  for  these  qualified  HSA  funding 
                                                                                                                  distributions.
discussion, for information on how to determine           For information on the items covered in this 
the amount to include in income.                          section,  other  than Long-term  care  coverage, 
                                                          see Pub. 969.                                           Adoption Assistance
Recipient of fringe benefit.  You're the recipi-
ent  of  a  fringe  benefit  if  you  perform  the  serv- Long-term  care  coverage.  Contributions  by           You may be able to exclude from your income 
ices  for  which  the  fringe  benefit  is  provided.     your  employer  to  provide  coverage  for              amounts paid or expenses incurred by your em-
You're considered to be the recipient even if it’s        long-term  care  services  generally  aren’t  inclu-    ployer  for  qualified  adoption  expenses  in  con-
given to another person, such as a member of              ded  in  your  income.  However,  contributions         nection  with  your  adoption  of  an  eligible  child. 
your family. An example is a car your employer            made through a flexible spending or similar ar-         See the Instructions for Form 8839 for more in-
gives to your spouse for services you perform.            rangement  (such  as  a  cafeteria  plan)  must  be     formation.
The car is considered to have been provided to            included in your income. This amount will be re-
you and not to your spouse.                               ported as wages in box 1 of Form W-2.                   Adoption benefits are reported by your em-
You  don’t  have  to  be  an  employee  of  the                                                                   ployer in box 12 of Form W-2 with code T. They 
provider to be a recipient of a fringe benefit. If        Archer  MSA  contributions. Contributions  by           are also included as social security and Medi-
you're a partner, a director, or an independent           your  employer  to  your  Archer  MSA  generally        care  wages  in  boxes  3  and  5.  However,  they 
contractor,  you  can  also  be  the  recipient  of  a    aren’t  included  in  your  income.  Their  total  will aren’t included as wages in box 1. To determine 
fringe benefit.                                           be reported in box 12 of Form W-2 with code R.          the taxable and nontaxable amounts, you must 
                                                          You  must  report  this  amount  on  Form  8853,        complete  Part  III  of  Form  8839.  File  the  form 
Provider  of  benefit.   Your  employer  or  an-          Archer  MSAs  and  Long-Term  Care  Insurance           with your return.
other person for whom you perform services is             Contracts. File the form with your return.
the  provider  of  a  fringe  benefit  regardless  of                                                             Athletic Facilities
whether that person actually provides the fringe          Health  flexible  spending  arrangement 
benefit to you. The provider can be a client or           (health  FSA). If  your  employer  provides  a          If  your  employer  provides  you  with  the  free  or 
customer of an independent contractor.                    health  FSA  that  qualifies  as  an  accident  or      low-cost  use  of  an  employer-operated  gym  or 
                                                          health  plan,  the  amount  of  your  salary  reduc-    other athletic club on your employer's premises, 
Accounting period.  You must use the same                 tion, and reimbursements of your medical care           the  value  isn’t  included  in  your  compensation. 
accounting period your employer uses to report            expenses, in most cases aren’t included in your         The gym must be used primarily by employees, 
your taxable noncash fringe benefits. Your em-            income.                                                 their spouses, and their dependent children.
ployer has the option to report taxable noncash           For  2022,  health  FSAs  are  subject  to  a 
fringe  benefits  by  using  either  of  the  following   $2,850 limit on a salary reduction contribution.        If your employer pays for a fitness program 
rules.                                                                                                            provided to you at an off-site resort hotel or ath-
The general rule: benefits are reported for             Health  reimbursement  arrangement  (HRA).              letic club, the value of the program is included 
  a full calendar year (January 1–December                If your employer provides an HRA that qualifies         in your compensation.
  31).                                                    as an accident or health plan, coverage and re-
The special accounting period rule: bene-               imbursements  of  your  medical  care  expenses         De Minimis (Minimal) Benefits
  fits provided during the last 2 months of the           generally aren’t included in your income.
  calendar year (or any shorter period) are                                                                       If your employer provides you with a product or 
  treated as paid during the following calen-             Health  savings  account  (HSA).    If  you’re  an      service and the cost of it is so small that it would 
  dar year. For example, each year your em-               eligible individual, you and any other person, in-      be  unreasonable  for  the  employer  to  account 
  ployer reports the value of benefits provi-             cluding your employer or a family member, can           for it, the value isn’t included in your income. In 
  ded during the last 2 months of the prior               make contributions to your HSA. Contributions,          most cases, the value of benefits such as dis-
  year and the first 10 months of the current             other than employer contributions, are deducti-         counts at company cafeterias, cab fares home 
  year.                                                   ble  on  your  return  whether  or  not  you  itemize   when  working  overtime,  occasional  personal 
Your  employer  doesn’t  have  to  use  the  same         deductions.  Contributions  made  by  your  em-         use of an employer’s copying machine (where 
accounting  period  for  each  fringe  benefit,  but      ployer aren’t included in your income. Distribu-        at  least  85%  of  the  use  of  the  machine  is  for 
must  use  the  same  period  for  all  employees         tions from your HSA that are used to pay quali-         business), and company picnics aren’t included 
who receive a particular benefit.                         fied  medical  expenses  aren’t  included  in  your     in your income. Also, see Employee Discounts, 
You  must  use  the  same  accounting  period             income.  Distributions  not  used  for  qualified       later.
that  you  use  to  report  the  benefit  to  claim  an   medical expenses are included in your income. 
employee  business  deduction  (for  example,             See Pub. 969 for the requirements of an HSA.            Holiday gifts. If your employer gives you a tur-
use of a car).                                            Contributions by a partnership to a bona fide           key,  ham,  or  other  item  of  nominal  value  at 
                                                          partner's  HSA  aren’t  contributions  by  an  em-      Christmas  or  other  holidays,  don’t  include  the 
Form W-2. Your employer must include all tax-             ployer. The contributions are treated as a distri-      value of the gift in your income. However, if your 
able fringe benefits in box 1 of Form W-2 as wa-          bution of money and aren’t included in the part-        employer gives you cash, a gift certificate, or a 
ges, tips, and other compensation, and, if appli-         ner's  gross  income.  Contributions  by  a             similar  item  that  you  can  easily  exchange  for 
cable, in boxes 3 and 5 as social security and            partnership to a partner's HSA for services ren-        cash, you include the value of that gift as extra 
Medicare  wages.  Although  not  required,  your          dered are treated as guaranteed payments that           salary  or  wages  regardless  of  the  amount  in-
employer  may  include  the  total  value  of  fringe     are includible in the partner's gross income. In        volved.
benefits in box 14 (or on a separate statement).          both situations, the partner can deduct the con-
However, if your employer provided you with a             tribution made to the partner's HSA.
vehicle and included 100% of its annual lease             Contributions  by  an  S  corporation  to  a 
value in your income, the employer must sepa-             2%-shareholder-employee's  HSA  for  services 
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Dependent Care Benefits                                 your income. For more information, see Retire-        ported in box 1, and report the total on your re-
                                                        ment Planning Services, later.                        turn.
If your employer provides dependent care ben-
efits  under  a  dependent  care  assistance  plan,     Employer-Provided Group-Term                          Figuring  the  taxable  cost. Use  the  following 
you may be able to exclude these benefits from          Life Insurance                                        worksheet  to  figure  the  amount  to  include  in 
your income. Dependent care benefits include:                                                                 your income.
Amounts your employer pays directly to ei-            In  most  cases,  the  cost  of  up  to  $50,000  of  If you pay any part of the cost of the insur-
  ther you or your care provider for the care           group-term life insurance coverage provided to        ance,  your  entire  payment  reduces,  dollar  for 
  of your qualifying person while you work,             you by your employer (or former employer) isn’t       dollar, the amount you would otherwise include 
The FMV of care in a daycare facility provi-          included in your income. However, you must in-        in your income. However, you can’t reduce the 
  ded or sponsored by your employer, and                clude in income the cost of employer-provided         amount to include in your income by:
Pre-tax contributions you made under a                insurance that is more than the cost of $50,000          Payments for coverage in a different tax 
  dependent care FSA.                                   of coverage reduced by any amount you pay to-              year;
                                                        ward the purchase of the insurance.                      Payments for coverage through a cafeteria 
The amount you can exclude is limited to the                                                                       plan, unless the payments are after-tax 
lesser of:                                              For  exceptions  to  this  rule,  see Entire  cost         contributions; or
The total amount of dependent care bene-              excluded and Entire cost taxed, later.                   Payments for coverage not taxed to you 
  fits you received during the year,                                                                               because of the exceptions discussed later 
The total amount of qualified expenses you            If  your  employer  provided  more  than                   under Entire cost excluded.
  incurred during the year,                             $50,000  of  coverage,  the  amount  included  in 
Your earned income,                                   your income is reported as part of your wages in 
Your spouse's earned income, or                       box 1 of Form W-2. Also, it's shown separately 
$5,000 ($2,500 if married filing separately).         in box 12 with code C.
Your employer must show the total amount                Group-term life insurance.     This insurance is 
of dependent care benefits provided to you dur-         term  life  insurance  protection  (insurance  for  a 
ing the year under a dependent care assistance          fixed period of time) that:
plan in box 10 of Form W-2. Any amount over             Provides a general death benefit,
your  employer’s  plan  limit  is  also  included  in   Is provided to a group of employees,
box 1. See Form 2441.                                   Is provided under a policy carried by the 
                                                          employer, and
To claim the exclusion, you must complete               Provides an amount of insurance to each 
Part  III  of  Form  2441.  See  the  Instructions  for   employee based on a formula that pre-
Form 2441 for more information.                           vents individual selection.
                                                        Permanent  benefits.       If  your  group-term 
Educational Assistance                                  life insurance policy includes permanent bene-
                                                        fits, such as a paid-up or cash surrender value, 
You can exclude from your income up to $5,250           you must include in your income, as wages, the 
of  qualified  employer-provided  educational  as-      cost  of  the  permanent  benefits  minus  the 
sistance. For more information, see Pub. 970.           amount  you  pay  for  them.  Your  employer 
                                                        should be able to tell you the amount to include 
Employee Discounts                                      in your income.
If your employer sells you property or services         Accidental death benefits.     Insurance that 
at a discount, you may be able to exclude the           provides accidental or other death benefits but 
amount of the discount from your income. The            doesn't provide general death benefits (for ex-
exclusion  applies  to  discounts  on  property  or     ample, travel insurance) isn’t group-term life in-
services  offered  to  customers  in  the  ordinary     surance.
course  of  the  line  of  business  in  which  you     Former  employer.     If  your  former  employer 
work. However, it doesn’t apply to discounts on         provided more than $50,000 of group-term life 
real property or property commonly held for in-         insurance coverage during the year, the amount 
vestment (such as stocks or bonds).                     included in your income is reported as wages in 
                                                        box 1 of Form W-2. Also, it's shown separately 
The exclusion is limited to the price charged           in box 12 with code C. Box 12 will also show the 
nonemployee  customers  multiplied  by  the  fol-       amount of uncollected social security and Medi-
lowing percentage.                                      care taxes on the excess coverage, with codes 
For a discount on property, your employ-              M and N. You must pay these taxes with your 
  er's gross profit percentage (gross profit            income tax return. Include them on Schedule 2 
  divided by gross sales) on all property sold          (Form 1040), line 13. For more information, see 
  during the employer's previous tax year.              the Instructions for Forms 1040 and 1040-SR.
  (Ask your employer for this percentage.)
For a discount on services, 20% (0.20).               Two or more employers.     Your exclusion for 
                                                        employer-provided  group-term  life  insurance 
Financial Counseling Fees                               coverage  can’t  exceed  the  cost  of  $50,000  of 
                                                        coverage, whether the insurance is provided by 
Financial counseling fees paid for you by your          a single employer or multiple employers. If two 
employer are included in your income and must           or more employers provide insurance coverage 
be reported as part of wages. Fees for tax or in-       that totals more than $50,000, the amounts re-
vestment  counseling  are  miscellaneous  item-         ported as wages on your Forms W-2 won’t be 
ized deductions and are no longer deductible.           correct. You must figure how much to include in 
                                                        your income. Reduce the amount you figure by 
Qualified  retirement  planning  services  paid         any amount reported with code C in box 12 of 
for you by your employer may be excluded from           your Forms W-2, add the result to the wages re-
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                                                      Table 1. Cost of $1,000 of 
Worksheet 1. Figuring the                             Group-Term Life Insurance for 1                      Worksheet 1. Figuring the 
Cost of Group-Term Life                               Month                                                Cost of Group-Term Life 
Insurance To Include in                               Age                                        Cost      Insurance To Include in 
Income                                                Under 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .05     Income—Illustrated
Keep for Your Records                                 25 through 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .06       Keep for Your Records
1.  Enter the total amount of                         30 through 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .08       1.  Enter the total amount of 
    your insurance coverage                           35 through 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .09           your insurance coverage 
    from your                                                                                                  from your 
    employer(s) . . . . . . . . . . .      1.         40 through 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .10           employer(s) . . . . . . . . . . . .      1.  80,000
                                                      45 through 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .15       2.  Limit on exclusion for 
2.  Limit on exclusion for                            50 through 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .23           employer-provided 
    employer-provided                                 55 through 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .43           group-term life insurance 
    group-term life insurance                                                                                  coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     2.  50,000
    coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . .     2.  50,000 60 through 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .66       3.  Subtract line 2 from 
                                                      65 through 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1.27          line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.  30,000
3.  Subtract line 2 from                                                                                   4.  Divide line 3 by $1,000. 
    line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.         70 and above . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2.06
                                                                                                               Figure to the nearest 
4.  Divide line 3 by $1,000.                          Example 3.    You're 51 years old and work               tenth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.  30.0
    Figure to the nearest                             for employers A and B. Both employers provide        5.  Go to Table 1. Using your 
    tenth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4.         group-term  life  insurance  coverage  for  you  for     age on the last day of the tax 
                                                      the entire year. Your coverage is $35,000 with           year, find your age group in 
5.  Go to Table 1. Using your                         employer A and $45,000 with employer B. You              the left column, and enter the 
    age on the last day of the                        pay premiums of $4.15 a month under the em-              cost from the column on the 
    tax year, find your age                           ployer B group plan. You figure the amount to            right for your age 
    group in the left column,                         include in your income as follows.                       group  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5.  .23
    and enter the cost from the                                                                            6.  Multiply line 4 by 
    column on the right for your                                                                               line 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.  6.90
    age group  . . . . . . . . . . . .     5.                                                              7.  Enter the number of full 
                                                                                                               months of coverage at this 
6.  Multiply line 4 by                                                                                         cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.  12
    line 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.                                                              8.  Multiply line 6 by 
                                                                                                               line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.  82.80
7.  Enter the number of full                                                                               9.  Enter the 
    months of coverage at this                                                                                 premiums you paid 
    cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.                                                                  per month . . . . .  9.   4.15
                                                                                                           10. Enter the number 
8.  Multiply line 6 by                                                                                         of months you paid 
    line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.                                                                  the 
                                                                                                               premiums . . . . .   10.   12
9.  Enter the                                                                                              11. Multiply line 9 by 
    premiums you                                                                                               line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11. 49.80
    paid per                                                                                               12. Subtract line 11 from line 8. 
    month . . . . . . . . 9.  
                                                                                                               Include this amount in 
                                                                                                               your income as 
10. Enter the number                                                                                           wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      12. 33.00
    of months you 
    paid the                                                                                               The total amount to include in income for the 
    premiums . . . . .    10. 
                                                                                                           cost of excess group-term life insurance is $33. 
                                                                                                           Neither employer provided over $50,000 insur-
11. Multiply line 9 by                                                                                     ance  coverage,  so  the  wages  shown  on  your 
    line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11.                                                             Forms  W-2  don't  include  any  part  of  that  $33. 
                                                                                                           You  must  add  it  to  the  wages  shown  on  your 
12. Subtract line 11 from line 8.                                                                          Forms W-2 and include the total on your return.
    Include this amount in 
    your income as                                                                                         Entire  cost  excluded.   You  aren't  taxed  on 
    wages    . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   12.                                                             the  cost  of  group-term  life  insurance  if  any  of 
                                                                                                           the following circumstances apply.
                                                                                                           1. You’re permanently and totally disabled 
                                                                                                               and have ended your employment.
                                                                                                           2. Your employer is the beneficiary of the 
                                                                                                               policy for the entire period the insurance is 
                                                                                                               in force during the tax year.
                                                                                                           3. A charitable organization to which contri-
                                                                                                               butions are deductible is the only benefi-
                                                                                                               ciary of the policy for the entire period the 
                                                                                                               insurance is in force during the tax year. 
                                                                                                               (You aren’t entitled to a deduction for a 
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   charitable contribution for naming a chari-        spouse, or any of your dependents by, or on be-           Retirement Planning Services
   table organization as the beneficiary of           half  of,  the  institution  or  center  for  use  as  a 
   your policy.)                                      home. The lodging must be located on or near a            If your employer has a qualified retirement plan, 
4. The plan existed on January 1, 1984, and:          campus  of  the  educational  institution  or  aca-       qualified retirement planning services provided 
                                                      demic health center.                                      to  you  (and  your  spouse)  by  your  employer 
   a. You retired before January 2, 1984,                                                                       aren't  included  in  your  income.  Qualified  serv-
       and were covered by the plan when              Adequate  rent.      The  amount  of  rent  you           ices  include  retirement  planning  advice,  infor-
       you retired; or                                pay for the year for qualified campus lodging is          mation  about  your  employer's  retirement  plan, 
                                                      considered adequate if it's at least equal to the         and information about how the plan may fit into 
   b. You reached age 55 before January               lesser of:                                                your  overall  individual  retirement  income  plan. 
       2, 1984, and were employed by the              5% of the appraised value of the lodging,               You can't exclude the value of any tax prepara-
       employer or its predecessor in 1983.             or                                                      tion,  accounting,  legal,  or  brokerage  services 
                                                      The average of rentals paid by individuals              provided by your employer. Also, see     Financial 
Entire cost taxed.  You’re taxed on the entire          (other than employees or students) for                  Counseling Fees, earlier.
cost of group-term life insurance if either of the      comparable lodging held for rent by the ed-
following circumstances applies.                        ucational institution.
 The insurance is provided by your em-                                                                        Transportation
   ployer through a qualified employees' trust,       If the amount you pay is less than the lesser of 
   such as a pension trust or a qualified annu-       these amounts, you must include the difference            If  your  employer  provides  you  with  a  qualified 
   ity plan.                                          in your income.                                           transportation fringe benefit, it can be excluded 
 You’re a key employee and your employ-             The lodging must be appraised by an inde-                 from your income, up to certain limits. A quali-
   er's plan discriminates in favor of key em-        pendent  appraiser  and  the  appraisal  must  be         fied transportation fringe benefit is:
   ployees.                                           reviewed on an annual basis.                              Transportation in a commuter highway ve-
                                                                                                                  hicle (such as a van) between your home 
                                                      Example 4.      You are a sociology professor               and work place,
Meals and Lodging                                     for  State  University  and  rent  a  home  from  the     A transit pass, or
                                                      university that is qualified campus lodging. The          Qualified parking.
You  don't  include  in  your  income  the  value  of house  is  appraised  at  $200,000.  The  average 
meals  and  lodging  provided  to  you  and  your     rent  paid  for  comparable  university  lodging  by      Cash  reimbursement  by  your  employer  for 
family by your employer at no charge if the fol-      persons  other  than  employees  or  students  is         these  expenses  under  a  bona  fide  reimburse-
lowing conditions are met.                            $14,000  a  year.  You  pay  an  annual  rent  of         ment arrangement is also excludable. However, 
1. The meals are:                                     $11,000. You don’t include in your income any             cash reimbursement for a transit pass is exclud-
                                                      rental value because the rent you pay equals at           able only if a voucher or similar item that can be 
   a. Furnished on the business premises              least  5%  of  the  appraised  value  of  the  house      exchanged  only  for  a  transit  pass  isn't  readily 
       of your employer, and                          (5% × $200,000 = $10,000). If you paid annual             available for direct distribution to you.
   b. Furnished for the convenience of your           rent of only $8,000, you would have to include 
       employer.                                      $2,000 in your income ($10,000 − $8,000).                 Exclusion limit.  The exclusion for commuter 
                                                                                                                vehicle  transportation  and  transit  pass  fringe 
2. The lodging is:                                                                                              benefits can't be more than $280 a month.
                                                      Moving Expense Reimbursements
   a. Furnished on the business premises                                                                        The exclusion for the qualified parking fringe 
       of your employer,                              For  tax  years  2018  through  2025,  reimburse-         benefit can't be more than $280 a month.
   b. Furnished for the convenience of your           ments for certain moving expenses are no lon-             If the benefits have a value that is more than 
       employer, and                                  ger excluded from the gross income of nonmili-            these  limits,  the  excess  must  be  included  in 
                                                      tary taxpayers.                                           your income.
   c. A condition of your employment. (You 
       must accept it in order to be able to          No-Additional-Cost Services                               Commuter  highway  vehicle. This  is  a  high-
       properly perform your duties.)                                                                           way vehicle that seats at least six adults (not in-
                                                      The value of services you receive from your em-           cluding the driver). At least 80% of the vehicle's 
   You  also  don't  include  in  your  income  the   ployer  for  free,  at  cost,  or  for  a  reduced  price mileage must reasonably be expected to be:
value of meals or meal money that qualifies as a      isn't included in your income if your employer:           For transporting employees between their 
minimal  fringe  benefit.  See De  Minimis  (Mini-    Offers the same service for sale to custom-               homes and workplace, and
mal) Benefits, earlier.                                 ers in the ordinary course of the line of               On trips during which employees occupy at 
                                                        business in which you work, and                           least half of the vehicle's adult seating ca-
Faculty  lodging. If  you're  an  employee  of  an    Doesn’t have a substantial additional cost                pacity (not including the driver).
educational  institution  or  an  academic  health      (including any sales income given up) to 
center  and  you're  provided  with  lodging  that      provide you with the service (regardless of             Transit  pass. This  is  any  pass,  token,  fare-
doesn't meet the three conditions given earlier,        what you paid for the service).                         card, voucher, or similar item entitling a person 
you may still not have to include the value of the                                                              to ride mass transit (whether public or private) 
lodging  in  income.  However,  the  lodging  must    In  most  cases,  no-additional-cost  services            free  or  at  a  reduced  rate  or  to  ride  in  a  com-
be qualified campus lodging, and you must pay         are  excess  capacity  services,  such  as  airline,      muter highway vehicle operated by a person in 
an Adequate rent.                                     bus, or train tickets; hotel rooms; and telephone         the  business  of  transporting  persons  for  com-
   Academic health center.     This is an organ-      services.                                                 pensation.
ization that meets the following conditions.                                                                    Qualified parking. This is parking provided to 
 Its principal purpose or function is to pro-       Example 5.      You're employed as a flight at-
   vide medical or hospital care or medical           tendant for a company that owns both an airline           an employee at or near the employer's place of 
   education or research.                             and a hotel chain. Your employer allows you to            business.  It  also  includes  parking  provided  on 
 It receives payments for graduate medical          take personal flights (if there is an unoccupied          or  near  a  location  from  which  the  employee 
   education under the Social Security Act.           seat) and stay in any one of their hotels (if there       commutes  to  work  by  mass  transit,  in  a  com-
 One of its principal purposes or functions is      is an unoccupied room) at no cost to you. The             muter highway vehicle, or by car pool. It doesn't 
   to provide and teach basic and clinical            value of the personal flight isn't included in your       include  parking  at  or  near  the  employee's 
   medical science and research using its             income. However, the value of the hotel room is           home.
   own faculty.                                       included  in  your  income  because  you  don't 
                                                      work in the hotel business.
   Qualified campus lodging.   Qualified cam-
pus  lodging  is  lodging  furnished  to  you,  your 
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Tuition Reduction                                       you would have to pay a third party to lease the         you  whether  your  retirement  plan  is  qualified.) 
                                                        same or a similar vehicle on the same or com-            However, the cost of life insurance coverage in-
You  can  exclude  a  qualified  tuition  reduction     parable  terms  in  the  same  geographic  area          cluded in the plan may have to be included.
from  your  income.  This  is  the  amount  of  a  re-  where  you  use  the  vehicle.  An  example  of  a 
duction in tuition:                                     comparable  lease  term  is  the  amount  of  time       If  your  employer  pays  into  a  nonqualified 
  For education (below graduate level) fur-           the vehicle is available for your use, such as a         plan  for  you,  you  must  generally  include  the 
    nished by an educational institution to an          1-year period. The value can't be determined by          contributions  in  your  income  as  wages  for  the 
    employee, former employee who retired or            multiplying a cents-per-mile rate times the num-         tax  year  in  which  the  contributions  are  made. 
    became disabled, or his or her spouse and           ber of miles driven unless you prove the vehicle         However, if your interest in the plan isn't trans-
    dependent children;                                 could have been leased on a cents-per-mile ba-           ferable or is subject to a substantial risk of for-
  For education furnished to a graduate stu-          sis. See  Notice 2021-7 for more information on          feiture (you have a good chance of losing it) at 
    dent at an educational institution if the           temporary  relief  for  employers  and  employees        the time of the contribution, you don't have to in-
    graduate student is engaged in teaching or          using the automobile lease valuation rule to de-         clude the value of your interest in your income 
    research activities for that institution; or        termine the value of an employer-provided vehi-          until it's transferable or is no longer subject to a 
  Representing payment for teaching, re-              cle in 2020 or 2021. The special valuation rule          substantial risk of forfeiture.
    search, or other services if you receive the        used for 2021 under the Notice must continue                    For  information  on  distributions  from 
    amount under the National Health Service            to be used by the employer and the employee              TIP    retirement plans, see Pub. 575 (or Pub. 
    Corps Scholarship Program or the Armed              for  all  subsequent  years,  except  to  the  extent           721 if you’re a federal employee or re-
    Forces Health Professions Scholarship               the  employer  uses  the  commuting  valuation           tiree).
    and Financial Assistance program.                   rule. See Special valuation rules below.
For more information, see Pub. 970.                     Flights  on  employer-provided  aircraft. 
                                                        Under the general valuation rules, if your flight        Elective Deferrals
Working Condition Benefits                              on an employer-provided piloted aircraft is pri-
                                                        marily personal and you control the use of the           If you’re covered by certain kinds of retirement 
If your employer provides you with a product or         aircraft for the flight, the value is the amount it      plans,  you  can  choose  to  have  part  of  your 
service and the cost of it would have been al-          would  cost  to  charter  the  flight  from  a  third    compensation contributed by your employer to 
lowable  as  a  business  or  depreciation  deduc-      party.                                                   a  retirement  fund,  rather  than  have  it  paid  to 
tion if you paid for it yourself, the cost isn't inclu- If  there  is  more  than  one  employee  on  the        you. The amount you set aside (called an “elec-
ded in your income.                                     flight,  the  cost  to  charter  the  aircraft  must  be tive deferral”) is treated as an employer contri-
                                                        divided  among  those  employees.  The  division         bution to a qualified plan. An elective deferral, 
Example 6.     You work as an engineer and              must be based on all the facts, including which          other than a designated Roth contribution (dis-
your employer provides you with a subscription          employee or employees control the use of the             cussed later), isn't included in wages subject to 
to an engineering trade magazine. The cost of           aircraft.                                                income  tax  at  the  time  contributed.  However, 
                                                                                                                 it’s included in wages subject to social security 
the  subscription  isn't  included  in  your  income    Special  valuation  rules.   Generally,  you  can        and Medicare taxes.
because the cost would have been allowable to           use a special valuation rule for a fringe benefit 
you as a business deduction if you had paid for         only if your employer uses the rule. If your em-         Elective  deferrals  include  elective  contribu-
the subscription yourself.                              ployer  uses  a  special  valuation  rule,  you  can't   tions to the following retirement plans.
                                                        use a different special rule to value that benefit.      1. Cash or deferred arrangements (section 
Valuation of Fringe Benefits                            You can always use the general valuation rule              401(k) plans).
                                                        discussed  earlier,  based  on  facts  and  circum-
If a fringe benefit is included in your income, the     stances,  even  if  your  employer  uses  a  special     2. The TSP for federal employees.
amount  included  is  generally  its  value  deter-     rule.                                                    3. Salary reduction simplified employee pen-
mined under the general valuation rule or under         If you and your employer use a special valu-               sion plans (SARSEP plans).
the  special  valuation  rules.  For  an  exception,    ation rule, you must include in your income the 
see Employer-Provided Group-Term Life Insur-            amount  your  employer  determines  under  the           4. Savings incentive match plans for employ-
ance, earlier.                                          special rule minus the sum of:                             ees (SIMPLE plans).
General valuation rule.    You must include in          1. Any amount you repaid your employer,                  5. Tax-sheltered annuity plans (section 
your  income  the  amount  by  which  the  FMV  of            plus                                                 403(b) plans).
the fringe benefit is more than the sum of:             2. Any amount specifically excluded from in-             6. Section 501(c)(18)(D) plans. (But see Re-
1. The amount, if any, you paid for the bene-                 come by law.                                         porting by employer, later.)
    fit, plus                                           The special valuation rules are the following.           7. Section 457 plans.
2. The amount, if any, specifically excluded            The automobile lease rule.
    from your income by law.                            The vehicle cents-per-mile rule.                       Qualified  automatic  contribution  arrange-
                                                        The commuting rule.                                    ments. Under  a  qualified  automatic  contribu-
If you pay FMV for a fringe benefit, no amount is       The unsafe conditions commuting rule.                  tion arrangement, your employer can treat you 
included in your income.                                The employer-operated eating-facility rule.            as having elected to have a part of your com-
                                                                                                                 pensation contributed to a section 401(k) plan. 
Fringe  benefit  FMV.      The  FMV  of  a  fringe      For  more  information  on  these  rules,  see           You’re  to  receive  written  notice  of  your  rights 
benefit  is  determined  by  all  the  facts  and  cir- Pub. 15-B.                                               and  obligations  under  the  qualified  automatic 
cumstances. It’s the amount you would have to           For information on the noncommercial flight              contribution  arrangement.  The  notice  must  ex-
pay  a  third  party  to  buy  or  lease  the  benefit. and commercial flight valuation rules, see sec-          plain:
This is determined without regard to:                   tions  1.61-21(g)  and  1.61-21(h)  of  the  regula-     Your rights to elect not to have elective 
  Your perceived value of the benefit, or             tions.                                                     contributions made, or to have contribu-
  The amount your employer paid for the                                                                          tions made at a different percentage; and
    benefit.                                                                                                     How contributions made will be invested in 
                                                        Retirement Plan 
                                                                                                                   the absence of any investment decision by 
Employer-provided  vehicles. If  your  em-              Contributions                                              you.
ployer  provides  a  car  (or  other  highway  motor 
vehicle) to you, your personal use of the car is        Your employer's contributions to a qualified re-         You  must  be  given  a  reasonable  period  of 
usually a taxable noncash fringe benefit.               tirement plan for you aren’t included in income          time  after  receipt  of  the  notice  and  before  the 
Under the general valuation rules, the value            at the time contributed. (Your employer can tell         first  elective  contribution  is  made  to  make  an 
of an employer-provided vehicle is the amount                                                                    election with respect to the contributions.
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Overall  limit  on  deferrals.   For  2022,  you         Limit  for  deferral  under  section  501(c)(18)          2. The basic annual limit plus the amount of 
shouldn't  have  deferred  more  than  a  total  of      plans.   If  you're  a  participant  in  a  section         the basic limit not used in prior years (only 
$20,500  of  contributions  to  the  plans  listed  in   501(c)(18) plan (a trust created before June 25,            allowed if not using age 50-or-over 
(1)  through  (3),  earlier,  unless  you  are  50  or   1959, funded only by employee contributions),               catch-up contributions).
older. The specific plan limits for the plans listed     you  should  have  deferred  no  more  than  the 
in  (4)  through  (7),  earlier,  are  discussed  later. lesser of $7,000 or 25% of your compensation.             Catch-up  contributions.       You  can  gener-
Amounts deferred under specific plan limits are          Amounts you defer under a section 501(c)(18)              ally  have  additional  elective  deferrals  made  to 
part of the overall limit on deferrals.                  plan  count  toward  the  overall  limit  ($20,500  in    your governmental section 457 plan if:
Your employer or plan administrator should               2022) and may affect the amount you can defer             You reached age 50 by the end of the 
apply the proper annual limit when figuring your         under other elective deferral plans.                        year, and
plan contributions. However, you’re responsible                                                                    No other elective deferrals can be made 
for monitoring the total you defer to ensure that        Limit for deferrals under section 457 plans.                for you to the plan for the year because of 
the deferrals aren't more than the overall limit.        If  you're  a  participant  in  a  section  457  plan  (a   limits or restrictions.
                                                         deferred  compensation  plan  for  employees  of          If you qualify, your limit can be the lesser of your 
Catch-up contributions. You may be allowed               state  or  local  governments  or  tax-exempt  or-        includible  compensation  or  $20,500,  plus 
catch-up  contributions  (additional  elective  de-      ganizations), you should have deferred no more            $6,500. However, if you're within 3 years of re-
ferrals) if you're age 50 or older by the end of         than the lesser of your includible compensation           tirement  age  and  your  plan  provides  the  in-
your  tax  year.  For  2022,  the  catch-up  limit  for  or $20,500 in 2022. However, if you're within 3           creased  limit,  discussed  earlier,  that  limit  may 
section 401(k) and 403(b) plans, the TSP, SAR-           years of normal retirement age, you may be al-            be higher.
SEP  plans,  and  governmental  section  457             lowed  an  increased  limit  if  the  plan  allows  it. 
plans is $6,500. For SIMPLE plans, it’s $3,000.          See Increased limit, later.                               Designated  Roth  contributions. Employers 
                                                                                                                   with section 401(k) plans, section 403(b) plans, 
For more information about catch-up contri-              Includible compensation.     Generally, this              and governmental section 457 plans can create 
butions to:                                              is your Form W-2 wages plus elective deferrals.           qualified Roth contribution programs so that you 
Section 401(k) plans, see Elective Defer-              In most cases, it includes all the following pay-         may elect to have part or all of your elective de-
  rals in chapter 4 of Pub. 560;                         ments.                                                    ferrals to the plan designated as after-tax Roth 
SARSEPs, see    Salary Reduction Simpli-
  fied Employee Pensions in chapter 2 of                 1. Wages and salaries.                                    contributions.  Designated  Roth  contributions 
                                                                                                                   are  treated  as  elective  deferrals,  except  that 
  Pub. 560;                                              2. Fees for professional services.                        they're included in income. Your retirement plan 
SIMPLE plans, see SIMPLE Plans in chap-
  ter 3 of Pub. 560; and                                 3. The value of any employer-provided quali-              must  maintain  separate  accounts  and  record-
Section 457 plans, see Limit for deferrals                 fied transportation fringe benefit (defined           keeping for the designated Roth contributions.
  under section 457 plans, later.                            under Transportation, earlier) that isn't in-         Qualified  distributions  from  a  Roth  account 
                                                             cluded in your income.                                aren't  included  in  income.  A  distribution  made 
Limit  for  deferrals  under  SIMPLE  plans.      If     4. Other amounts received (cash or non-                   before  the  end  of  the  5-tax-year  period  begin-
you're a participant in a SIMPLE plan, you gen-              cash) for personal services you per-                  ning with the first tax year for which you made a 
erally  shouldn't  have  deferred  more  than                formed, including, but not limited to, the            designated  Roth  contribution  to  the  account 
$14,000  in  2022.  Amounts  you  defer  under  a            following items.                                      isn't a qualified distribution.
SIMPLE  plan  count  toward  the  overall  limit 
($20,500 for 2022) and may affect the amount                 a. Commissions and tips.                              Reporting by employer.         Your employer gen-
                                                                                                                   erally shouldn't include elective deferrals in your 
you  can  defer  under  other  elective  deferral            b. Fringe benefits.                                   wages in box 1 of Form W-2. Instead, your em-
plans.
                                                             c. Bonuses.                                           ployer should mark the Retirement plan check-
Limit for tax-sheltered annuities.      If you're a                                                                box in box 13 and show the total amount defer-
participant in a tax-sheltered annuity plan (sec-        5. Employer contributions (elective deferrals)            red in box 12.
tion 403(b) plan), the limit on elective deferrals           to the following.
for 2022 is generally $20,500. However, if you               a. The section 457 plan.                              Section       501(c)(18)(D)    contributions. 
have at least 15 years of service with a public                                                                    Wages shown in box 1 of Form W-2 shouldn't 
school system, a hospital, a home health serv-               b. Qualified cash or deferred arrange-                have been reduced for contributions you made 
ice  agency,  a  health  and  welfare  service                    ments (section 401(k) plans) that                to  a  section  501(c)(18)(D)  plan.  The  amount 
agency,  a  church,  or  a  convention  or  associa-              aren't included in your income.                  you  contributed  should  be  identified  with  code 
tion  of  churches  (or  associated  organization),          c. A SARSEP plan.                                     H in box 12. You may deduct the amount defer-
the limit on elective deferrals is increased by the                                                                red subject to the limits that apply. Include your 
least of the following amounts.                              d. A tax-sheltered annuity (section                   deduction  in  the  total  on  Schedule  1  (Form 
                                                                  403(b) plan).                                    1040), line 24f.
1. $3,000.
                                                             e. A SIMPLE plan.                                     Designated  Roth  contributions.      These 
2. $15,000, reduced by the sum of:                                                                                 contributions  are  elective  deferrals  but  are  in-
                                                             f. A section 125 cafeteria plan.
      a. The additional pre-tax elective defer-                                                                    cluded  in  your  wages  in  box  1  of  Form  W-2. 
        rals made in earlier years because of            Instead of using the amounts listed earlier to            Designated  Roth  contributions  to  a  section 
        this rule, plus                                  determine  your  includible  compensation,  your          401(k)  plan  are  reported  using  code  AA  in 
                                                         employer can use any of the following amounts.            box 12, or, for section 403(b) plans, code BB in 
      b. The aggregate amount of designated                Your wages as defined for income tax with-            box 12. Designated Roth contributions to a gov-
        Roth contributions permitted for prior               holding purposes.                                     ernmental section 457 plan are reported using 
        tax years because of this rule.                    Your wages as reported in box 1 of Form               code EE in box 12.
3. $5,000 times the number of your years of                  W-2.
  service for the organization, minus the to-              Your wages that are subject to social se-             Excess deferrals. If your deferrals exceed the 
  tal elective deferrals made by your em-                    curity withholding (including elective defer-         limit, you must notify your plan by the date re-
  ployer on your behalf for earlier years.                   rals).                                                quired by the plan. If the plan permits, the ex-
                                                                                                                   cess  amount  will  be  distributed  to  you.  If  you 
If you qualify for the 15-year rule, your elec-          Increased  limit.    During  any,  or  all,  of  the      participate in more than one plan, you can have 
tive deferrals under this limit can be as high as        last 3 years ending before you reach normal re-           the excess paid out of any of the plans that per-
$23,500 for 2022.                                        tirement age under the plan, your plan may pro-           mit  these  distributions.  You  must  notify  each 
For more information, see Pub. 571.                      vide that your limit is the lesser of:                    plan  by  the  date  required  by  that  plan  of  the 
                                                         1. Twice the annual limit ($41,000 for 2022),             amount to be paid from that particular plan. The 
                                                             or                                                    plan  must  then  pay  you  the  amount  of  the 
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excess, along with any income earned on that              Excess Contributions                                    authority  as  a  medium  of  exchange,”  and  that 
amount, by April 15 of the following year.                                                                        employee stock options aren’t “money remuner-
You must include the excess deferral in your              If  you're  a  highly  compensated  employee,  the      ation”  subject  to  the  Railroad  Retirement  Tax 
income  for  the  year  of  the  deferral.  File  Form    total of your elective deferrals made for you for       Act (RRTA). Tier 1 and Tier 2 taxes aren’t with-
1040  or  1040-SR  to  add  the  excess  deferral         any  year  under  a  section  401(k)  plan  or  SAR-    held when employees covered by the RRTA ex-
amount to your wages on line 1a.                          SEP plan may be limited by the average defer-           ercise  stock  options.  Federal  income  tax  must 
                                                          rals, as a percentage of pay, made by all eligi-        still be withheld on taxable compensation from 
Excess not distributed.       If you don't take           ble non-highly compensated employees.                   railroad  employees  exercising  their  options.  If 
out  the  excess  amount,  you  can't  include  it  in                                                            you  receive  an  option  to  buy  or  sell  stock  or 
the cost of the contract even though you inclu-           If you contributed more to the plan than al-            other  property  as  payment  for  your  services, 
ded  it  in  your  income.  Therefore,  you're  taxed     lowed, the excess contributions may be distrib-         you may have income when you receive the op-
twice  on  the  excess  deferral  left  in  the           uted to you. You must include the distribution in       tion  (the  grant),  when  you  exercise  the  option 
plan—once  when  you  contribute  it,  and  again         your  income  as  wages  on  Form  1040  or             (use it to buy or sell the stock or other property), 
when you receive it as a distribution (unless the         1040-SR, line 1a.                                       or when you sell or otherwise dispose of the op-
excess  deferral  was  a  designated  Roth  contri-                                                               tion  or  property  acquired  through  exercise  of 
bution).                                                  If you receive a corrective distribution of ex-         the option. The timing, type, and amount of in-
Excess distributed to you.         If you take out        cess  contributions  (and  allocable  income),  it's    come inclusion depend on whether you receive 
the excess after the year of the deferral and you         included in your income in the year of the distri-      a nonstatutory stock option or a statutory stock 
receive the corrective distribution by April 15 of        bution.  The  allocable  income  is  the  amount  of    option. Your employer can tell you which kind of 
the  following  year,  don't  include  it  in  income     gain or loss through the end of the plan year for       option you hold.
again in the year you receive it. If you receive it       which the contribution was made that is alloca-
later, you must include it in income in both the          ble to the excess contributions. You should re-         Nonstatutory Stock Options
year of the deferral and the year you receive it          ceive  a  Form  1099-R  for  the  year  the  excess 
(unless  the  excess  deferral  was  a  designated        contributions are distributed to you. Add the dis-      Grant of option.  If you're granted a nonstatu-
Roth  contribution).  Any  income  on  the  excess        tribution to your wages for that year.                  tory stock option, you may have income when 
deferral  taken  out  is  taxable  in  the  tax  year  in          Even though a corrective distribution of       you receive the option. The amount of income 
which you take it out. If you take out part of the        TIP      excess  contributions  is  reported  on        to include and the time to include it depend on 
excess  deferral  and  the  income  on  it,  allocate              Form 1099-R, it isn't otherwise treated        whether  the  FMV  of  the  option  can  be  readily 
the distribution proportionately between the ex-          as a distribution from the plan. It can't be rolled     determined. The FMV of an option can be read-
cess deferral and the income.                             over into another plan, and it isn't subject to the     ily determined if it’s actively traded on an estab-
You  should  receive  a  Form  1099-R  for  the           additional tax on early distributions.                  lished market.
year in which the excess deferral is distributed                                                                  The FMV of an option that isn't traded on an 
to you. Use the following rules to report a cor-                                                                  established  market  can  be  readily  determined 
rective  distribution  shown  on  Form  1099-R  for       Excess Annual Additions                                 only if all of the following conditions exist.
2022.                                                                                                             You can transfer the option.
If the distribution was for a 2022 excess               The  amount  contributed  in  2022  to  a  defined      You can exercise the option immediately in 
  deferral, your Form 1099-R should have                  contribution  plan  is  generally  limited  to  the       full.
  code 8 in box 7. Add the excess deferral                lesser  of  100%  of  your  compensation  or            The option or the property subject to the 
  amount to your wages on your 2022 tax re-               $61,000.  Under  certain  circumstances,  contri-         option isn't subject to any condition or re-
  turn.                                                   butions that exceed these limits (excess annual           striction (other than a condition to secure 
If the distribution was for a 2022 excess               additions) may be corrected by a distribution of          payment of the purchase price) that has a 
  deferral to a designated Roth account,                  your  elective  deferrals  or  a  return  of  your  af-   significant effect on the FMV of the option.
  your Form 1099-R should have codes B                    ter-tax  contributions  and  earnings  from  these      The FMV of the option privilege can be 
  and 8 in box 7. Don’t add this amount to                contributions.                                            readily determined.
  your wages on your 2022 return.                                                                                 The option privilege for an option to buy is the 
If the distribution was for a 2021 excess               A corrective payment of excess annual addi-
  deferral, your Form 1099-R should have                  tions consisting of elective deferrals or earnings      opportunity  to  benefit  during  the  option's  exer-
  code P in box 7. If you didn't add the ex-              from your after-tax contributions is fully taxable      cise  period  from  any  increase  in  the  value  of 
  cess deferral amount to your wages on                   in the year paid. A corrective payment consist-         property  subject  to  the  option  without  risking 
  your 2021 tax return, you must file an                  ing of your after-tax contributions isn't taxable.      any capital. For example, if during the exercise 
                                                                                                                  period the FMV of stock subject to an option is 
  amended return on Form 1040-X. If you                                                                           greater than the option's exercise price, a profit 
  didn't receive the distribution by April 15,            If you received a corrective payment of ex-
  2022, you must also add it to your wages                cess  annual  additions,  you  should  receive  a       may  be  realized  by  exercising  the  option  and 
  on your 2022 tax return.                                separate Form 1099-R for the year of the pay-           immediately selling the stock at its higher value. 
If the distribution was for the income                  ment with code E in box 7. Report the total pay-        The option privilege for an option to sell is the 
  earned on an excess deferral, your Form                 ment shown in box 1 of Form 1099-R on line 5a           opportunity to benefit during the exercise period 
  1099-R should have code 8 in box 7. Add                 of  Form  1040  or  1040-SR.  Report  the  taxable      from  a  decrease  in  the  value  of  the  property 
  the income amount to your wages on your                 amount  shown  in  box  2a  of  Form  1099-R  on        subject to the option.
  2022 income tax return, regardless of                   line 5b of Form 1040 or 1040-SR.                                If you or a member of your family is an 
  when the excess deferral was made.                               Even though a corrective distribution of       !       officer,  director,  or  more-than-10% 
Report a loss on a corrective distribution of an          TIP      excess annual additions is reported on         CAUTION owner  of  an  expatriated  corporation, 
excess deferral in the year the excess amount                      Form 1099-R, it isn't otherwise treated        you may owe an excise tax on the value of non-
(reduced  by  the  loss)  is  distributed  to  you.  In-  as a distribution from the plan. It can't be rolled     statutory  options  and  other  stock-based  com-
clude the loss as a negative amount on Sched-             over into another plan, and it isn't subject to the     pensation from that corporation. For more infor-
ule  1  (Form  1040),  line  8z,  and  identify  it  as   additional tax on early distributions.                  mation on the excise tax, see section 4985.
“Loss on Excess Deferral Distribution.”
                                                                                                                  Option  with  readily  determinable  value. 
         Even though a corrective distribution of         Stock Options                                           If  you  receive  a  nonstatutory  stock  option  that 
TIP      excess  deferrals  is  reported  on  Form                                                                has a readily determinable FMV at the time it's 
         1099-R,  it  isn't  otherwise  treated  as  a    Employee  stock  options  aren’t  subject  to           granted  to  you,  the  option  is  treated  like  other 
distribution from the plan. It can't be rolled over       Railroad Retirement Tax.  In Wisconsin Cen-             property  received  as  compensation.  See    Re-
into another plan, and it isn't subject to the addi-      tral Ltd. v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2067, the        stricted  Property,  later,  for  rules  on  how  much 
tional tax on early distributions.                        U.S.  Supreme  Court  ruled  that  “money  remu-        income to include and when to include it. How-
                                                          neration”  is  “currency  issued  by  a  recognized     ever,  the  rule  described  in  that  discussion  for 
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choosing to include the value of property in your      you  generally  recognize  compensation  income        Grant  of  option.   If  you  receive  a  statutory 
income for the year of the transfer doesn't apply      at the time and in the amount of the reduction.        stock option, don't include any amount in your 
to a nonstatutory option.                                                                                     income when the option is granted.
                                                       Tax  form. If  you  have  income  from  the  exer-
 Option  without  readily  determinable                cise  of  nonstatutory  stock  options,  your  em-     Exercise of option.  If you exercise a statutory 
value.  If the FMV of the option isn't readily de-     ployer  should  report  the  amount  to  you  in       stock  option,  don't  include  any  amount  in  in-
terminable at the time it's granted to you (even if    box 12 of Form W-2 with code V. The employer           come when you exercise the option.
it's  determined  later),  you  don't  have  income    should  show  the  spread  (that  is,  the  FMV  of 
until you exercise or transfer the option.             stock over the exercise price of options granted       Alternative  minimum  tax  (AMT).       For  the 
                                                       to you for that stock) from your exercise of the       AMT, you must treat stock acquired through the 
                                                       nonstatutory  stock  options.  Your  employer          exercise of an ISO as if no special treatment ap-
Exercise or transfer of option.     When you ex-       should include this amount in boxes 1, 3 (up to        plied. This means that, when your rights in the 
ercise a nonstatutory stock option, the amount         the social security wage base), and 5. Your em-        stock are transferable or no longer subject to a 
to include in your income depends on whether           ployer  should  include  this  amount  in  box  14  if substantial  risk  of  forfeiture,  you  must  include 
the option had a readily determinable value.           it's a railroad employer.                              as  an  adjustment  in  figuring  alternative  mini-
 Option  with  readily  determinable  value.           If you're a nonemployee spouse and you ex-             mum taxable income the amount by which the 
When you exercise a nonstatutory stock option          ercise nonstatutory stock options you received         FMV of the stock exceeds the option price. En-
that had a readily determinable value at the time      incident to a divorce, the income is reported to       ter this adjustment on line 2i of Form 6251. In-
the  option  was  granted,  you  don't  have  to  in-  you in box 3 of Form 1099-MISC.                        crease your AMT basis in any stock you acquire 
                                                                                                              by exercising the ISO by the amount of the ad-
clude any amount in income.                                                                                   justment. However, no adjustment is required if 
                                                       Sale  of  the  stock.   There  are  no  special  in-
 Option  without  readily  determinable                come  rules  for  the  sale  of  stock  acquired       you dispose of the stock in the same year you 
value.   When  you  exercise  a  nonstatutory          through the exercise of a nonstatutory stock op-       exercise the option.
stock option that didn't have a readily determi-       tion. Report the sale as explained in the Instruc-     See     Restricted  Property,  later,  for  more  in-
nable value at the time the option was granted,        tions for Schedule D (Form 1040) for the year of       formation.
the restricted property rules apply to the prop-       the  sale.  You  may  receive  a  Form  1099-B  re-             Your  AMT  basis  in  stock  acquired 
erty received. The amount to include in your in-       porting the sales proceeds.                                     through  an  ISO  is  likely  to  differ  from 
come is the difference between the amount you          Your basis in the property you acquire under           RECORDS  your regular tax basis. Therefore, keep 
pay  for  the  property  and  its  FMV  when  it  be-  the option is the amount you pay for it plus any       adequate records for both the AMT and regular 
comes  substantially  vested.  If  it  isn't  substan- amount  you  included  in  income  upon  grant  or     tax so that you can figure your adjusted gain or 
tially vested at the time you exercise this non-       exercise of the option.                                loss.
statutory stock option (so that you may have to        Your  holding  period  begins  as  of  the  date 
give the stock back), you don't have to include        you acquired the option, if it had a readily deter-    Example 7.     Your employer, Elm Company, 
any  amount  in  income.  You  include  the  differ-   minable value, or as of the date you exercised         granted you an ISO on April 8, 2021, to buy 100 
ence in income when the option becomes sub-            or transferred the option if it had no readily de-     shares of Elm Company at $9 a share, its FMV 
stantially  vested.  For  more  information  on  re-   terminable value.                                      at the time. You exercised the option on Janu-
stricted property, see Restricted Property, later.     For  options  granted  on  or  after  January  1,      ary 7, 2022, when the stock was selling on the 
 Transfer  in  arm's-length  transaction.    If        2014, the basis information reported to you on         open  market  for  $14  a  share.  On  January  27, 
you transfer a nonstatutory stock option without       Form  1099-B  won't  reflect  any  amount  you  in-    2022, when the stock was selling on the open 
a readily determinable value in an arm's-length        cluded in income upon grant or exercise of the         market for $16 a share, your rights to the stock 
transaction to an unrelated person, you must in-       option.  For  options  granted  before  January  1,    first  became  transferable.  You  include  $700 
clude in your income the money or other prop-          2014, any basis information reported to you on         ($1,600  value  when  your  rights  first  became 
erty you received for the transfer as if you had       Form  1099-B  may  or  may  not  reflect  any          transferable minus $900 option price) as an ad-
exercised the option.                                  amount  you  included  in  income  upon  grant  or     justment on Form 6251, line 2i.
                                                       exercise;  therefore,  the  basis  may  need  to  be 
 Transfer  in  non-arm's-length  transac-              adjusted.                                                       If you exercise an ISO during 2022, you 
tion. If you transfer a nonstatutory stock option                                                             TIP      should receive Form 3921, or a state-
without  a  readily  determinable  value  in  a                It’s your responsibility to make any ap-                ment,  from  the  corporation  for  each 
non-arm's-length  transaction  (for  example,  a       !       propriate  adjustments  to  the  basis  in-    transfer  made  during  2022.  The  corporation 
gift),  the  option  isn't  treated  as  exercised  or CAUTION formation reported on Form 1099-B by           must send or provide you with the form by Janu-
closed at that time. You must include in your in-      completing Form 8949.                                  ary 31, 2023. Keep this information for your re-
come, as compensation, any money or property                                                                  cords.
received.  When  the  transferee  exercises  the 
option,  you  must  include  in  your  income,  as     Statutory Stock Options
                                                                                                              Sale of the stock.   You have taxable income 
compensation,  the  excess  of  the  FMV  of  the      There are two kinds of statutory stock options.        or a deductible loss when you sell the stock that 
stock acquired by the transferee over the sum          Incentive stock options (ISOs).                      you  bought  by  exercising  the  option.  Your  in-
of the exercise price paid and any amount you          Options granted under employee stock                 come  or  loss  is  the  difference  between  the 
included in income at the time you transferred           purchase plans.                                      amount you paid for the stock (the option price) 
the option. At the time of the exercise, the trans-                                                           and  the  amount  you  receive  when  you  sell  it. 
feree recognizes no income and has a basis in          For  either  kind  of  option,  you  must  be  an      You generally treat this amount as capital gain 
the  stock  acquired  equal  to  the  FMV  of  the     employee  of  the  company  granting  the  option,     or loss and report it as explained in the Instruc-
stock.                                                 or a related company, at all times during the pe-      tions for Schedule D (Form 1040) for the year of 
 Any transfer of this kind of option to a rela-        riod beginning on the date the option is granted       the sale.
ted  person  is  treated  as  a  non-arm's-length      and ending 3 months before the date you exer-          However, you may have ordinary income for 
transaction. See Regulations section 1.83-7 for        cise  the  option  (for  an  ISO,  1  year  before  if the  year  that  you  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of 
the definition of a related person.                    you're disabled). Also, the option must be non-        the stock in either of the following situations.
 Recourse note in satisfaction of the ex-              transferable except at death.                             You don't satisfy the holding period re-
ercise  price  of  an  option.   If  you're  an  em-                                                               quirement.
ployee, and you issue a recourse note to your          If  you  don't  meet  the  employment  require-           You satisfy the conditions described under 
employer in satisfaction of the exercise price of      ments,  or  you  receive  a  transferable  option,          Option granted at a discount under Em-
an option to acquire your employer's stock, and        your option is a nonstatutory stock option.                 ployee stock purchase plan, later.
your  employer  and  you  subsequently  agree  to                                                             Your  employer  or  former  employer  should  re-
reduce the stated principal amount of the note,                                                               port  the  ordinary  income  to  you  as  wages  in 

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box 1 of Form W-2, and you must report this or-        buy 100 shares of Oak Corporation stock at $10                            For this purpose, if the option price wasn't fixed 
dinary  income  amount  on  Form  1040  or             a share, its FMV at the time. You exercised the                           or determinable at the time the option was gran-
1040-SR,  line  1a.  Enter  on  Schedule  1  (Form     option on January 7, 2021, when the stock was                             ted,  the  option  price  is  figured  as  if  the  option 
1040), line 8k, any income from the exercise of        selling on the open market for $12 a share. On                            had been exercised at the time it was granted.
stock  options  not  otherwise  reported  on  Form     January 27, 2022, you sold the stock for $15 a                            Any excess gain is capital gain. If you have 
1040 or 1040-SR, line 1a.                              share.  Although  you  held  the  stock  for  more                        a loss from the sale, it's a capital loss, and you 
For  options  granted  on  or  after  January  1,      than a year, less than 2 years had passed from                            don't have any ordinary income.
2014, the basis information reported to you on         the time you were granted the option. In 2022, 
Form  1099-B  won't  reflect  any  amount  you  in-    you must report the difference between the op-                            Example  10.               Your  employer,  Willow  Cor-
cluded in income upon grant or exercise of the         tion price ($10) and the value of the stock when                          poration,  granted  you  an  option  under  its  em-
option.  For  options  granted  before  January  1,    you exercised the option ($12) as wages. The                              ployee stock purchase plan to buy 100 shares 
2014, any basis information reported to you on         rest of your gain is capital gain, figured as fol-                        of stock of Willow Corporation for $20 a share 
Form  1099-B  may  or  may  not  reflect  any          lows.                                                                     at a time when the stock had a value of $22 a 
amount  you  included  in  income  upon  grant  or                                                                               share.  18  months  later,  when  the  value  of  the 
exercise;  therefore,  the  basis  may  need  to  be   Selling price ($15 × 100 shares)         . . . . . . . . .   $ 1,500      stock  was  $23  a  share,  you  exercised  the  op-
adjusted.                                              Purchase price ($10 × 100 shares)            . . . . . . .   − 1,000      tion,  and  14  months  after  that  you  sold  your 
        It’s your responsibility to make any ap-       Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500        stock for $30 a share. In the year of sale, you 
                                                       Amount reported as wages                                                  must  report  as  wages  the  difference  between 
!       propriate  adjustments  to  the  basis  in-    [($12 × 100 shares) − $1,000]          . . . . . . . . . .   − 200        the option price ($20) and the value at the time 
CAUTION formation reported on Form 1099-B by                                                                                     the option was granted ($22). The rest of your 
completing Form 8949.                                  Amount reported as capital gain . . . . .                    $ 300 
                                                                                                                                 gain  ($8  per  share)  is  capital  gain,  figured  as 
                                                                                                                                 follows.
Holding period requirement.     You satisfy            Employee  stock  purchase  plan.                         If  you  sold 
the holding period requirement if you don't sell       stock acquired by exercising an option granted                            Selling price ($30 × 100 shares)         . . . . . . . . .   $ 3,000 
the stock until the end of the later of the 1-year     under  an  employee  stock  purchase  plan,  you                          Purchase price (option price) 
period after the stock was transferred to you or       need  to  determine  if  you  satisfied  the  holding                     ($20 × 100 shares)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   − 2,000 
the 2-year period after the option was granted.        period requirement.                                                       Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000 
However, you're considered to satisfy the hold-                                                                                  Amount reported as wages
ing period requirement if you sold the stock to        Holding period requirement satisfied.                        If           [($22 × 100 shares) − $2,000] . . . . . . . . . . .          − 200 
comply with conflict-of-interest requirements.         you sold stock acquired by exercising an option                           Amount reported as capital gain . . . . .                    $ 800 
Your holding period for the property you ac-           granted  under  an  employee  stock  purchase 
quire  when  you  exercise  an  option  begins  on     plan, and you satisfy the holding period require-
the day after you exercise the option.                 ment,  determine  your  ordinary  income  as  fol-                        Holding  period  requirement  not  satis-
                                                       lows.                                                                     fied.  If you don't satisfy the holding period re-
ISOs.   If  you  sell  stock  acquired  by  exercising Your basis is equal to the option price at the                            quirement, your ordinary income is the amount 
an ISO, you need to determine if you satisfied         time  you  exercised  your  option  and  acquired                         by which the stock's FMV when you exercised 
the holding period requirement.                        the stock. The timing and amount of pay period                            the option exceeded the option price. This ordi-
                                                       deductions don't affect your basis.                                       nary  income  isn't  limited  to  your  gain  from  the 
Holding period requirement satisfied.          If                                                                                sale  of  the  stock.  Increase  your  basis  in  the 
you  sell  stock  acquired  by  exercising  an  ISO    Example  9.              Pine  Company  has  an  em-                      stock  by  the  amount  of  this  ordinary  income. 
and satisfy the holding period requirement, your       ployee stock purchase plan. The option price is                           The  difference  between  your  increased  basis 
gain or loss from the sale is capital gain or loss.    the lower of the stock price at the time the op-                          and  the  selling  price  of  the  stock  is  a  capital 
Report the sale as explained in the Instructions       tion is granted or at the time the option is exer-                        gain or loss.
for Schedule D (Form 1040). The basis of your          cised.  The  value  of  the  stock  when  the  option 
stock is the amount you paid for the stock.            was granted was $25. Pine Company deducts                                 Example 11.              The facts are the same as in 
Holding  period  requirement  not  satis-              $5 from Adrian's pay every week for 48 weeks                              Example 10, except that you sold the stock only 
fied.   If  you  sell  stock  acquired  by  exercising (total = $240 ($5 × 48)). The value of the stock                          6  months  after  you  exercised  the  option.  You 
an ISO, don't satisfy the holding period require-      when the option is exercised is $20. Adrian re-                           didn't satisfy the holding period requirement, so 
ment, and have a gain from the sale, the gain is       ceives  12  shares  of  Pine  Company’s  stock                            you  must  report  $300  as  wages  and  $700  as 
ordinary income up to the amount by which the          ($240 ÷ $20). Adrian's holding period for all 12                          capital gain, figured as follows.
stock's FMV when you exercised the option ex-          shares begins the day after the option is exer-
ceeded  the  option  price.  Any  excess  gain  is     cised,  even  though  the  money  used  to  pur-                          Selling price ($30 × 100 shares)         . . . . . . . . .   $3,000 
capital gain. If you have a loss from the sale, it's   chase  the  shares  was  deducted  from  Adrian's                         Purchase price (option price) 
a capital loss and you don't have any ordinary         pay on 48 separate days. Adrian's basis in each                           ($20 × 100 shares)     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   − 2,000 
income.                                                share is $20.                                                             Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 
                                                                                                                                 Amount reported as wages
Your  employer  or  former  employer  should           Option  granted  at  a  discount.                            If,  at  the [($23 × 100 shares) − $2,000] . . . . . . . . . . .          − 300 
report the ordinary income to you as wages in          time  the  option  was  granted,  the  option  price                      Amount reported as capital gain
box 1 of Form W-2, and you must report this or-        per share was less than 100% (but not less than                            [$3,000 – ($2,000 + $300)] . . . . . . . . . . . . .        $700 
dinary  income  amount  on  Form  1040  or             85%) of the FMV of the share, and you dispose 
1040-SR,  line  1a.  If  your  employer  or  former    of the share after meeting the holding period re-                                  If  you  sold  stock  in  2022  that  you  ac-
employer doesn't provide you with a Form W-2,          quirement,  or  you  die  while  owning  the  share,                      TIP      quired by exercising an option granted 
or if the Form W-2 doesn't include the ordinary        you must include in your income as compensa-                                       at a discount under an employee stock 
income  in  box  1,  you  must  report  the  ordinary  tion the lesser of:                                                       purchase  plan,  you  should  receive  Form  3922 
income as wages on Schedule 1 (Form 1040),             The excess of the FMV of the share at the                               from  the  corporation.  The  corporation  must 
line 8k, for the year of the sale or other disposi-      time the option was granted over the op-                                send  or  provide  you  with  the  form  by  January 
tion of the stock. Report the capital gain or loss       tion price, or                                                          31,  2023.  Keep  this  information  for  your  re-
as explained in the Instructions for Schedule D        The excess of the FMV of the share at the                               cords.
(Form 1040). In determining capital gain or loss,        time of the disposition or death over the 
your basis is the amount you paid when you ex-           amount paid for the share under the op-
ercised the option plus the amount reported as           tion.                                                                   Qualified Equity Grants
wages.
                                                                                                                                 P.L. 115-97 made a change in the law that al-
Example 8.  Your employer, Oak Corpora-                                                                                          lows a new election for “qualified employees” of 
tion, granted you an ISO on March 12, 2020, to                                                                                   private  corporations  to  elect  to  defer  income 

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taxation for up to 5 years from the date of vest-       Restricted Property                                     resell  the  stock  to  the  corporation  at  $100  a 
ing  on  “qualified  stock”  granted  in  connection                                                            share if you leave your job for any reason within 
with  broad-based  compensatory  stock  option          In most cases, if you receive property for your         3 years from the date of transfer. You must per-
and restricted stock unit (RSU) programs. This          services,  you  must  include  its  FMV  in  your  in-  form substantial services over a period of time, 
election is available for stock attributable to op-     come in the year you receive the property. How-         and you must resell the stock to the corporation 
tions exercised or RSUs settled after 2017. The         ever, if you receive stock or other property that       at $100 a share (regardless of its value) if you 
corporation must have a written plan providing          has certain restrictions that affect its value, you     don't perform the services; so, your rights to the 
RSU or option to at least 80% of U.S. employ-           don't include the value of the property in your in-     stock are subject to a substantial risk of forfei-
ees. The recipients must have the same rights           come  until  it  has  been  substantially  vested.      ture.
and privileges under RSU or option plan.                (You  can  choose  to  include  the  value  of  the 
The  term  “qualified  employee”  doesn’t  in-          property in your income in the year it's transfer-      Choosing  to  include  in  income  for  year  of 
clude:                                                  red  to  you,  as  discussed  later,  rather  than  the transfer.-  You can choose to include the value 
1% owner of corporation (current or any               year it's substantially vested.)                        of restricted property at the time of transfer (mi-
                                                                                                                nus  any  amount  you  paid  for  the  property)  in 
  point during prior 10 calendar years),                Until  the  property  becomes  substantially            your income for the year it's transferred. If you 
Current or former CEO or CFO (current or              vested, it's owned by the person who makes the          make  this  choice,  the  substantial  vesting  rules 
  any point previously),                                transfer  to  you,  usually  your  employer.  How-      don't  apply  and,  generally,  any  later  apprecia-
                                                        ever, any income from the property, or the right        tion in value isn't included in your compensation 
Family of previously mentioned individuals,           to use the property, is included in your income         when  the  property  becomes  substantially  ves-
  or                                                    as additional compensation in the year you re-          ted.  Your  basis  for  figuring  gain  or  loss  when 
One of the four highest compensated offi-             ceive  the  income  or  have  the  right  to  use  the  you sell the property is the amount you paid for 
  cers (current or any point during prior 10            property.                                               it  plus  the  amount  you  included  in  income  as 
  calendar years).                                      When  the  property  becomes  substantially             compensation.
The term “qualified stock” means any stock              vested,  you  must  include  its  FMV,  minus  any              If  you  make  this  choice,  you  can't  re-
in a corporation that is the employer of the em-        amount you paid for it, in your income for that         !       voke it without the consent of the IRS. 
ployee if:                                              year.  Your  holding  period  for  this  property  be-  CAUTION Consent will be given only if you were 
Stock is received relating to the exercise of         gins  when  the  property  becomes  substantially       under  a  mistake  of  fact  as  to  the  underlying 
  an option, or                                         vested.                                                 transaction.
Stock is received in settlement of an RSU,            Example  12.          Your  employer,  the  Holly       If you forfeit the property after you have in-
  and                                                   Corporation, sells you 100 shares of its stock at       cluded  its  value  in  income,  your  loss  is  the 
Option or RSU was granted by the corpo-               $10 a share. At the time of the sale, the FMV of        amount  you  paid  for  the  property  minus  any 
  ration.                                               the  stock  is  $100  a  share.  Under  the  terms  of  amount you realized on the forfeiture.
                                                        the sale, the stock is under a substantial risk of              You  can't  make  this  choice  for  a  non-
The  term  “qualified  stock”  can’t  include           forfeiture (you have a good chance of losing it)        !       statutory stock option.
stock  from  stock-settled  stock  appreciation         for a 5-year period. Your stock isn't substantially     CAUTION
rights  or  restricted  stock  awards  (restricted      vested  when  it's  transferred,  so  you  don't  in-
property). It won’t include any stock if the em-        clude  any  amount  in  your  income  in  the  year     How to make the choice.         You make the 
ployee may receive cash instead of stock. The           you buy it. At the end of the 5-year period, the        choice by filing a written statement with the In-
election is made in a manner similar to the elec-       FMV of the stock is $200 a share. You must in-          ternal  Revenue  Service  Center  where  you  file 
tion described under Choosing to include in in-         clude  $19,000  in  your  income  [100  shares  ×       your return. You must file this statement no later 
come for year of transfer, later, under Restricted      ($200 FMV − $10 you paid)]. Dividends paid by           than  30  days  after  the  date  the  property  was 
Property, even though the “qualified stock” isn't       the  Holly  Corporation  on  your  100  shares  of      transferred. Mail your statement to the address 
restricted property. The election must be made          stock are taxable to you as additional compen-          listed for your state under “Are requesting a re-
no  later  than  30  days  after  the  first  date  the sation during the period the stock can be forfei-       fund  or  aren’t  enclosing  a  check  or  money  or-
rights of the employee in such stock are trans-         ted.                                                    der...” given in Where Do You File in the Instruc-
ferable or aren’t subject to a substantial risk of                                                              tions  for  Forms  1040  and  1040-SR.  You  must 
forfeiture,  whichever  occurs  earlier.  See Re-       Substantially vested. Property is substantially         give a copy of this statement to the person for 
stricted  Property,  later,  for  how  to  make  the    vested when:                                            whom you performed the services and, if some-
choice.                                                    It’s transferable, or                              one  other  than  you  received  the  property,  to 
If an employee elects to defer income inclu-               It isn't subject to a substantial risk of forfei-  that person.
sion under the provision, the income must be in-             ture. (You don't have a good chance of los-        You must sign the statement and indicate on 
cluded  in  the  employee's  income  for  the  year          ing it.)                                           it  that  you're  making  the  choice  under  section 
                                                                                                                83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The state-
that includes the earliest of (1) the first date the    Transferable  property.    Property  is  trans-         ment must contain all of the following informa-
qualified  stock  becomes  transferable,  (2)  the      ferable if you can sell, assign, or pledge your in-     tion.
date  the  employee  first  becomes  an  excluded       terest in the property to any person (other than           Your name, address, and TIN.
employee  (as  excluded  from  “qualified  em-          the transferor), and if the person receiving your          A description of each property for which 
ployee”), (3) the first date on which any stock of      interest in the property isn't required to give up           you're making the choice.
the  employer  becomes  readily  tradable  on  an       the property, or its value, if the substantial risk        The date or dates on which the property 
established  securities  market,  (4)  the  date  5     of forfeiture occurs.                                        was transferred and the tax year for which 
years after the first date the employee's right to 
the  stock  becomes  substantially  vested,  or  (5)    Substantial  risk  of  forfeiture. Generally,                you're making the choice.
the date on which the employee revokes his or           a substantial risk of forfeiture exists only if rights     The nature of any restrictions on the prop-
her inclusion deferral election.                        in property that are transferred are conditioned,            erty.
                                                        directly or indirectly, on the future performance          The FMV at the time of transfer (ignoring 
The employer corporation is required to pro-            (or  refraining  from  performance)  of  substantial         restrictions except those that will never 
vide notification of rights to employees covered        services by any person, or on the occurrence of              lapse) of each property for which you're 
under  a  qualified  program  or  face  penalties.      a condition related to a purpose of the transfer if          making the choice.
There  will  be  withholding  at  the  highest  mar-    the possibility of forfeiture is substantial.              Any amount that you paid for the property.
ginal rate.                                                                                                        A statement that you have provided copies 
                                                        Example  13.   The  Redwood  Corporation                     to the appropriate persons.
                                                        transfers  to  you  as  compensation  for  services 
                                                        100  shares  of  its  corporate  stock  for  $100  a 
                                                        share. Under the terms of the transfer, you must 
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        You  can't  make  this  choice  for  a  non-         Inherited property not substantially vested.            in the exercise of duties required by the order, 
!       statutory stock option.                              If you inherit property not substantially vested at     don't include in your income the amounts turned 
CAUTION                                                      the  time  of  the  decedent's  death,  any  income     over to the order.
                                                             you receive from the property is considered in-         If your order directs you to perform services 
Dividends  received  on  restricted  stock.                  come in respect of a decedent and is taxed ac-          for another agency of the supervising church or 
Dividends  you  receive  on  restricted  stock  are          cording  to  the  rules  for  restricted  property  re- an  associated  institution,  you're  considered  to 
treated  as  compensation  and  not  as  dividend            ceived  for  services.  For  information  about         be  performing  the  services  as  an  agent  of  the 
income.  Your  employer  should  include  these              income in respect of a decedent, see Pub. 559.          order.  Any  wages  you  earn  as  an  agent  of  an 
payments on your Form W-2. If they are also re-                                                                      order that you turn over to the order aren't inclu-
ported  on  a  Form  1099-DIV,  you  should  list                                                                    ded in your income.
them on Schedule B (Form 1040), with a state-                Special Rules for
ment  that  you  have  included  them  as  wages.                                                                    Example 15.         You're a member of a church 
Don’t  include  them  in  the  total  dividends  re-         Certain Employees                                       order and have taken a vow of poverty. You re-
ceived.                                                                                                              nounce  any  claims  to  your  earnings  and  turn 
                                                             This  part  of  the  publication  deals  with  special  over  to  the  order  any  salaries  or  wages  you 
Stock  you  chose  to  include  in  your  in-                rules for people in certain types of employment:        earn.  You're  a  registered  nurse,  so  your  order 
come.   Dividends  you  receive  on  restricted              members of the clergy, members of religious or-         assigns you to work in a hospital that is an as-
stock you chose to include in your income in the             ders,  people  working  for  foreign  employers,        sociated institution of the church. However, you 
year  transferred  are  treated  the  same  as  any          military personnel, and volunteers.                     remain under the general direction and control 
other  dividends.  You  should  receive  a  Form                                                                     of the order. You're considered to be an agent 
1099-DIV  showing  these  dividends.  Don’t  in-                                                                     of the order and any wages you earn at the hos-
clude the dividends in your wages on your re-                Clergy                                                  pital that you turn over to your order aren't inclu-
turn. Report them as dividends.                                                                                      ded in your income.
                                                             If you’re a member of the clergy, you must in-
Sale  of  property  not  substantially  vested.              clude in your income offerings and fees you re-         Services  performed  outside  the  order.       If 
These rules apply to the sale or other disposi-              ceive  for  marriages,  baptisms,  funerals,            you're directed to work outside the order, your 
tion of property that you didn't choose to include           masses, etc., in addition to your salary. If the of-    services aren't an exercise of duties required by 
in your income in the year transferred and that              fering is made to the religious institution, it isn't   the order unless they meet both of the following 
isn't substantially vested.                                  taxable to you.                                         requirements.
If you sell or otherwise dispose of the prop-                                                                        They're the kind of services that are ordi-
erty  in  an  arm's-length  transaction,  include  in        If  you’re  a  member  of  a  religious  organiza-
your  income  as  compensation  for  the  year  of           tion and you give your outside earnings to the            narily the duties of members of the order.
sale the amount realized minus the amount you                organization, you must still include the earnings       They're part of the duties that you must ex-
paid for the property. If you exchange the prop-             in your income. However, you may be entitled              ercise for, or on behalf of, the religious or-
erty  in  an  arm's-length  transaction  for  other          to  a  charitable  contribution  deduction  for  the      der as its agent.
property that isn't substantially vested, treat the          amount paid to the organization. See Pub. 526.          If you're an employee of a third party, the serv-
new property as if it were substituted for the ex-           Also, see Members of Religious Orders, later.           ices  you  perform  for  the  third  party  won't  be 
changed property.                                                                                                    considered  directed  or  required  of  you  by  the 
                                                             Pension.  A  pension  or  retirement  pay  for  a       order.  Amounts  you  receive  for  these  services 
The sale or other disposition of a nonstatu-                 member of the clergy is usually treated as any          are  included  in  your  income,  even  if  you  have 
tory stock option to a related person isn't con-             other pension or annuity. It must be reported on        taken a vow of poverty.
sidered an arm's-length transaction. See Regu-               lines 5a and 5b of Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
lations  section  1.83-7  for  the  definition  of  a 
“related person.”                                                                                                    Example 16.         You are a member of a reli-
If you sell the property in a transaction that               Housing                                                 gious  order  and  have  taken  a  vow  of  poverty. 
                                                                                                                     You  renounce  all  claims  to  your  earnings  and 
isn't at arm's length, include in your income as                                                                     turn over your earnings to the order.
compensation  for  the  year  of  sale  the  total  of       Special rules for housing apply to members of 
any  money  you  received  and  the  FMV  of  any            the clergy. Under these rules, you don't include        You are a schoolteacher. You were instruc-
substantially  vested  property  you  received  on           in your income the rental value of a home (in-          ted  by  the  superiors  of  the  order  to  get  a  job 
the  sale.  In  addition,  you'll  have  to  report  in-     cluding utilities) or a designated housing allow-       with a private tax-exempt school. You became 
come when the original property becomes sub-                 ance provided to you as part of your pay. How-          an  employee  of  the  school,  and,  at  your  re-
stantially vested, as if you still held it. Report as        ever,  the  exclusion  can't  be  more  than  the       quest, the school made the salary payments di-
compensation  its  FMV  minus  the  total  of  the           reasonable pay for your service. If you pay for         rectly to the order.
amount  you  paid  for  the  property  and  the              the  utilities,  you  can  exclude  any  allowance      Because you are an employee of the school, 
amount included in your income from the earlier              designated  for  utility  cost,  up  to  your  actual   you’re performing services for the school rather 
sale.                                                        cost. The home or allowance must be provided            than as an agent of the order. The wages you 
                                                             as  compensation  for  your  services  as  an  or-      earn working for the school are included in your 
Example  14.              In  2019,  you  paid  your  em-    dained,  licensed,  or  commissioned  minister.         income.
ployer $50 for a share of stock that had an FMV              However,  you  must  include  the  rental  value  of 
of $100 and was subject to forfeiture until 2022.            the home or the housing allowance as earnings           Example 17.         You are a member of a reli-
In 2021, you sold the stock to your spouse for               from  self-employment  on  Schedule  SE  (Form          gious order who, as a condition of membership, 
$10  in  a  transaction  not  at  arm's  length.  You        1040)  if  you’re  subject  to  the  self-employment    have taken vows of poverty and obedience. All 
had compensation of $10 from this transaction.               tax. For more information, see Pub. 517.                claims to your earnings are renounced. You re-
                                                                                                                     ceived permission from the order to establish a 
In 2022, when the stock had an FMV of $120, it                                                                       private practice as a psychologist and counsel 
became  substantially  vested.  For  2021,  you              Members of Religious                                    members  of  religious  orders  as  well  as  non-
must report additional compensation of $60, fig-                                                                     members.  Although  the  order  reviews  your 
ured as follows.                                             Orders
                                                                                                                     budget annually, you control not only the details 
                                                             If you're a member of a religious order who has         of  your  practice  but  also  the  means  by  which 
FMV of stock at time of substantial                          taken a vow of poverty, how you treat earnings          your work as a psychologist is accomplished.
vesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $120                                                         Your  private  practice  as  a  psychologist 
Minus: Amount paid for stock        . . . . . . .   $50      that you renounce and turn over to the order de-
Minus: Compensation previously                               pends on whether your services are performed            doesn't make you an agent of the religious or-
included in income from sale to                              for the order.                                          der.  The  psychological  services  you  provide 
spouse  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10  − 60                                                         aren't the type of services that are provided by 
Additional income . . . . . . . . . .                   $60  Services performed for the order.    If you're          the order. The income you earn as a psycholo-
                                                             performing the services as an agent of the order        gist  is  earned  in  your  individual  capacity.  You 
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must include in your income the earnings from          Differential  wage  payments. Any  payments            years after the date you paid the tax, whichever 
your private practice.                                 made  to  you  by  an  employer  during  the  time     is later. See the Instructions for Form 1040-X for 
                                                       you're performing service in the uniformed serv-       information on filing that form.
                                                       ices are treated as compensation. These wages 
Foreign Employer                                       are  subject  to  income  tax  withholding  and  are 
                                                       reported on Form W-2. See the discussion un-           Volunteers
Special rules apply if you work for a foreign em-      der Miscellaneous Compensation, earlier.               The tax treatment of amounts you receive as a 
ployer.
                                                       Military retirement pay.   If your retirement pay      volunteer  is  covered  in  the  following  discus-
U.S. citizen.  If you're a U.S. citizen who works      is based on age or length of service, it’s taxable     sions.
in  the  United  States  for  a  foreign  government,  and must be included in your income as a pen-          Peace  Corps.  Living  allowances  you  receive 
an  international  organization,  a  foreign  em-      sion  on  lines  5a  and  5b  of  Form  1040  or       as a Peace Corps volunteer or volunteer leader 
bassy,  or  any  foreign  employer,  you  must  in-    1040-SR.  Don’t  include  in  your  income  the        for housing, utilities, household supplies, food, 
clude your salary in your income.                      amount  of  any  reduction  in  retirement  or  re-    and clothing are exempt from tax.
Social  security  and  Medicare  taxes.                tainer pay to provide a survivor annuity for your 
You're  exempt  from  social  security  and  Medi-     spouse  or  children  under  the  Retired  Service-    Taxable allowances.      The following allow-
care employee taxes if you're employed in the          man's  Family  Protection  Plan  or  the  Survivor     ances must be included in your income and re-
United  States  by  an  international  organization    Benefit Plan.                                          ported as wages.
or  a  foreign  government.  However,  you  must       For  a  more  detailed  discussion  of  survivor          Allowances paid to your spouse and minor 
pay self-employment tax on your earnings from          annuities, see Pub. 575.                                    children while you're a volunteer leader 
                                                                                                                   training in the United States.
services  performed  in  the  United  States,  even    Disability.   If you're retired on disability, see        Living allowances designated by the Direc-
though you aren't self-employed. This rule also        Military  and  Government  Disability  Pensions             tor of the Peace Corps as basic compen-
applies  if  you're  an  employee  of  a  qualifying   under Sickness and Injury Benefits, later.                  sation. These are allowances for personal 
wholly  owned  instrumentality  of  a  foreign  gov-
                                                                                                                   items such as domestic help, laundry and 
ernment.                                               Qualified reservist distribution (QRD).    If you           clothing maintenance, entertainment and 
                                                       received a QRD of all or part of the balance in             recreation, transportation, and other mis-
Employees of international organizations or            your health FSA because you're a reservist and              cellaneous expenses.
foreign  governments.   Your  compensation             you have been ordered or called to active duty            Leave allowances.
for official services to an international organiza-    for  a  period  of  180  days  or  more,  the  QRD  is    Readjustment allowances or termination 
tion  is  exempt  from  federal  income  tax  if  you  treated  as  wages  and  is  reportable  on  Form           payments. These are considered received 
aren't a citizen of the United States or you're a      W-2.                                                        by you when credited to your account.
citizen of the Philippines (whether or not you're 
a citizen of the United States).                       Veterans'  benefits. Don’t  include  in  your  in-     Example 18.     You are a Peace Corps vol-
Your compensation for official services to a           come  any  veterans'  benefits  paid  under  any       unteer and get $175 a month as a readjustment 
foreign  government  is  exempt  from  federal  in-    law,  regulation,  or  administrative  practice  ad-   allowance  during  your  period  of  service,  to  be 
come tax if all of the following are true.             ministered  by  the  Department  of  Veterans  Af-     paid to you in a lump sum at the end of your tour 
You aren't a citizen of the United States or         fairs (VA). The following amounts paid to veter-       of duty. Although the allowance isn't available to 
  you're a citizen of the Philippines (whether         ans or their families aren't taxable.                  you until the end of your service, you must in-
  or not you're a citizen of the United States).         Education, training, and subsistence allow-        clude  it  in  your  income  on  a  monthly  basis  as 
Your work is like the work done by employ-               ances.                                             it’s credited to your account.
  ees of the United States in foreign coun-              Disability compensation and pension pay-
  tries.                                                   ments for disabilities paid either to veter-       Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA).      If 
The foreign government gives an equal ex-                ans or their families.                             you're  a  VISTA  volunteer,  you  must  include 
  emption to employees of the United States              Grants for homes designed for wheelchair           meal  and  lodging  allowances  paid  to  you  in 
  in its country.                                          living.                                            your income as wages.
Waiver  of  alien  status.   If  you're  an  alien       Grants for motor vehicles for veterans who 
who works for a foreign government or interna-             lost their sight or the use of their limbs.        National  Senior  Service  Corps  programs. 
tional organization and you file a waiver under          Veterans' insurance proceeds and divi-             Don’t  include  in  your  income  amounts  you  re-
section 247(b) of the Immigration and National-            dends paid either to veterans or their bene-       ceive  for  supportive  services  or  reimburse-
ity Act to keep your immigrant status, any salary          ficiaries, including the proceeds of a veter-      ments for out-of-pocket expenses from the fol-
you  receive  after  the  date  you  file  the  waiver     an's endowment policy paid before death.           lowing programs.
isn't exempt under this rule. However, it may be         Interest on insurance dividends left on de-           Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).
exempt under a treaty or agreement. See Pub.               posit with the VA.                                    Foster Grandparent Program.
519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens, for more infor-          Benefits under a dependent-care assis-                Senior Companion Program. 
mation about treaties.                                     tance program.
                                                         The death gratuity paid to a survivor of a         Service  Corps  of  Retired  Executives 
Nonwage income.        This exemption applies              member of the U.S. Armed Forces who                (SCORE). If  you  receive  amounts  for  suppor-
only  to  employees'  wages,  salaries,  and  fees.        died after September 10, 2001.                     tive  services  or    reimbursements          for 
Pensions and other income, such as investment            Payments made under the compensated                out-of-pocket expenses from SCORE, don't in-
income, don't qualify for this exemption.                  work therapy program.                              clude these amounts in gross income.
                                                         Any bonus payment by a state or political 
Employment  abroad.    For  information  on  the           subdivision because of service in a combat         Volunteer  tax  counseling.     Don’t  include  in 
tax  treatment  of  income  earned  abroad,  see           zone.                                              your  income  any  reimbursements  you  receive 
Pub. 54.                                                                                                      for  transportation,  meals,  and  other  expenses 
                                                       Note. If, in a previous year, you received a           you  have  in  training  for,  or  actually  providing, 
                                                       bonus  payment  by  a  state  or  political  subdivi-  volunteer federal income tax counseling for the 
Military                                               sion because of service in a combat zone that          elderly (TCE).
                                                       you  included  in  your  income,  you  can  file  a    You can deduct as a charitable contribution 
Payments you receive as a member of a military         claim  for  refund  of  the  taxes  on  that  income.  your  unreimbursed  out-of-pocket  expenses  in 
service are generally taxed as wages except for        Use Form 1040-X to file the claim. File a sepa-        taking  part  in  the  volunteer  income  tax  assis-
retirement pay, which is taxed as a pension. Al-       rate form for each tax year involved. In most ca-      tance (VITA) program.
lowances generally aren't taxed. For more infor-       ses, you must file your claim within 3 years after 
mation on the tax treatment of military allowan-       the date you filed your original return or within 2 
ces and benefits, see Pub. 3.
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Volunteer firefighters and emergency medi-            a  loss  to  offset  other  income.  See Activity  not   amount  to  arrive  at  your  taxable  income  from 
cal  responders. If  you  are  a  volunteer  fire-    for profit under Other Income, later.                    the property.
fighter or emergency medical responder, do not 
include  in  your  income  the  following  benefits 
you receive from a state or local government.         Royalties                                                Partnership Income
Rebates or reductions of property or in-                                                                     A  partnership  generally  isn't  a  taxable  entity. 
  come taxes you receive because of serv-             Royalties from copyrights; patents; and oil, gas, 
  ices you performed as a volunteer fire-             and mineral properties are taxable as ordinary           The  income,  gains,  losses,  deductions,  and 
  fighter or emergency medical responder.             income.                                                  credits  of  a  partnership  are  passed  through  to 
                                                                                                               the  partners  based  on  each  partner's  distribu-
Payments you receive because of services                                                                     tive share of these items. For more information, 
  you performed as a volunteer firefighter or         In  most  cases,  you  report  royalties  on 
  emergency medical responder, up to $50              Schedule E (Form 1040). However, if you hold             see Pub. 541.
  for each month you provided services.               an operating oil, gas, or mineral interest or are 
                                                      in business as a self-employed writer, inventor,         Partner's  distributive  share.   Your  distribu-
The  excluded  income  reduces  any  related          artist, etc., report your income and expenses on         tive share of partnership income, gains, losses, 
tax or contribution deduction.                        Schedule C (Form 1040).                                  deductions, or credits is generally based on the 
                                                                                                               partnership  agreement.  You  must  report  your 
                                                      Copyrights  and  patents.      Royalties  from           distributive share of these items on your return 
Business and                                          copyrights on literary, musical, or artistic works,      whether  or  not  they  are  actually  distributed  to 
                                                      and similar property, or from patents on inven-          you.  However,  your  distributive  share  of  the 
Investment Income                                     tions,  are  amounts  paid  to  you  for  the  right  to partnership losses is limited to the adjusted ba-
                                                      use your work over a specified period of time.           sis of your partnership interest at the end of the 
This  section  provides  information  on  the  treat- Royalties are generally based on the number of           partnership year in which the losses took place.
ment of income from certain rents and royalties,      units sold, such as the number of books, tickets         Partnership  agreement.      The  partnership 
and from interests in partnerships and S corpo-       to a performance, or machines sold.                      agreement  usually  covers  the  distribution  of 
rations.
                                                                                                               profits, losses, and other items. However, if the 
                                                      Oil,  gas,  and  minerals. Royalty  income  from         agreement doesn't state how a specific item of 
Note.   You may be subject to the Net Invest-         oil,  gas,  and  mineral  properties  is  the  amount    gain or loss will be shared, or the allocation sta-
ment Income Tax (NIIT). The NIIT is a 3.8% tax        you receive when natural resources are extrac-           ted  in  the  agreement  doesn't  have  substantial 
on  the  lesser  of  net  investment  income  or  the ted from your property. The royalties are gener-         economic  effect,  your  distributive  share  is  fig-
excess of your modified adjusted gross income         ally  based  on  production  or  revenue  and  are       ured  according  to  your  interest  in  the  partner-
(MAGI)  over  a  threshold  amount.  For  details,    paid to you by a person or company who leases            ship.
see Form 8960 and its instructions.                   the property from you.
        Income from sales at auctions, includ-        Depletion.       If  you're  the  owner  of  an  eco-    Partnership  return. Although  a  partnership 
!       ing  online  auctions,  may  be  business     nomic interest in mineral deposits or oil and gas        generally pays no tax, it must file an information 
CAUTION income.  For  more  information,  see                                                                  return on Form 1065. This shows the result of 
                                                      wells, you can recover your investment through 
Pub. 334.                                             the depletion allowance. For information on this         the partnership's operations for its tax year and 
                                                      subject, see chapter 9 of Pub. 535.                      the  items  that  must  be  passed  through  to  the 
                                                                                                               partners.
Rents From Personal                                   Coal  and  iron  ore. Under  certain  circum-
Property                                              stances,  you  can  treat  amounts  you  receive         Schedule  K-1  (Form  1065).      You  should 
                                                      from the disposal of coal and iron ore as pay-           receive from each partnership in which you're a 
If you rent out personal property, such as equip-     ments  from  the  sale  of  a  capital  asset,  rather   member  a  copy  of  Schedule  K-1  (Form  1065) 
ment  or  vehicles,  how  you  report  your  income   than  as  royalty  income.  For  information  about      showing  your  share  of  income,  deductions, 
and expenses is in most cases determined by:          gain or loss from the sale of coal and iron ore,         credits, and tax preference items of the partner-
Whether or not the rental activity is a busi-       see chapter 2 of Pub. 544.                               ship  for  the  tax  year.  Keep  Schedule  K-1  for 
  ness, and                                                                                                    your records. Don’t attach it to your Form 1040 
Whether or not the rental activity is con-          Sale of property interest.     If you sell your          or 1040-SR, unless you're specifically required 
  ducted for profit.                                  complete  interest  in  oil,  gas,  or  mineral  rights, to do so.
                                                      the amount you receive is considered payment 
In  most  cases,  if  your  primary  purpose  is  in- for the sale of section 1231 property, not royalty       Partner's  return. You  must  generally  report 
come or profit and you're involved in the rental      income. Under certain circumstances, the sale            partnership  items  on  your  individual  return  the 
activity with continuity and regularity, your rental  is  subject  to  capital  gain  or  loss  treatment  as  same  way  as  they're  reported  on  the  partner-
activity is a business. See Pub. 535 for details      explained  in  the  Instructions  for  Schedule  D       ship return. That is, if the partnership had a cap-
on  deducting  expenses  for  both  business  and     (Form  1040).  For  more  information  on  selling       ital gain, you report your share as explained in 
not-for-profit activities.                            section  1231  property,  see  chapter  3  of  Pub.      the  Instructions  for  Schedule  D  (Form  1040). 
                                                      544.                                                     You  report  your  share  of  partnership  ordinary 
Reporting business income and expenses.               If you retain a royalty, an overriding royalty,          income on Schedule E (Form 1040).
If  you're  in  the  business  of  renting  personal  or a net profit interest in a mineral property for 
property, report your income and expenses on          the life of the property, you have made a lease               In  many  cases,  Schedule  K-1  (Form 
Schedule C (Form 1040). The form instructions         or a sublease, and any cash you receive for the          TIP  1065)  will  tell  you  where  to  report  an 
have information on how to complete them.             assignment of other interests in the property is              item  of  income  on  your  individual  re-
                                                      ordinary  income  subject  to  a  depletion  allow-      turn.
Reporting  nonbusiness  income.      If  you          ance.
aren't in the business of renting personal prop-                                                               Qualified  joint  venture.   If  you  and  your 
erty,  report  your  rental  income  on  Schedule  1  Part  of  future  production  sold  (carved              spouse  each  materially  participate  as  the  only 
(Form 1040), line 8l.                                 out production payment).     If you own mineral          members of a jointly owned and operated busi-
                                                      property but sell part of the future production, in      ness, and you file a joint return for the tax year, 
Reporting  nonbusiness  expenses.    If  you          most  cases  you  treat  the  money  you  receive        you can make a joint election to be treated as a 
rent  personal  property  for  profit,  include  your from the buyer at the time of the sale as a loan         qualified joint venture instead of a partnership. 
rental  expenses  in  the  total  amount  you  enter  from the buyer. Don’t include it in your income          To make this election, you must divide all items 
on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 24b.                  or take depletion based on it.                           of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit at-
If you don't rent personal property for profit,       When production begins, you include all the              tributable to the business between you and your 
your deductions are limited and you can't report      proceeds in your income, deduct all the produc-          spouse  in  accordance  with  your  respective 
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interests in the venture. For further information        Sickness  and  Injury  Benefits,  later  in  this  dis-     Contact  the  company  or  agency  mak-
on how to make the election and which sched-             cussion.                                                TIP ing  these  payments  if  it  incorrectly  re-
ule(s) to file, see the instructions for your indi-                                                                  ports your payments as taxable income 
vidual tax return.                                           Don’t  report  as  income  any  amounts             to the IRS on Form W-2, or on Form 1099-R, to 
                                                         TIP paid  to  reimburse  you  for  medical  ex-         request that it reissue the form to report some 
                                                             penses you incurred after the plan was              or all of these payments as nontaxable income 
S Corporation Income                                     established.                                            in  box  12  (under  code  J)  of  Form  W-2  or  in 
                                                                                                                 box 1 but not in box 2a of Form 1099-R. If in-
In most cases, an S corporation doesn't pay tax          Cost paid by you.  If you pay the entire cost of        come taxes are being incorrectly withheld from 
on its income. Instead, the income, losses, de-          an  accident  or  health  plan,  don't  include  any    these  payments,  you  may  also  submit  Form 
ductions,  and  credits  of  the  corporation  are       amounts you receive from the plan for personal          W-4 to the company or agency to stop the with-
passed  through  to  the  shareholders  based  on        injury or sickness as income on your tax return.        holding of income taxes from payments repor-
each shareholder's pro rata share. You must re-          If your plan reimbursed you for medical expen-          ted on Form W-2 or you may submit Form W-4P 
port your share of these items on your return. In        ses  you  deducted  in  an  earlier  year,  you  may    to  stop  the  withholding  of  income  taxes  from 
most  cases,  the  items  passed  through  to  you       have to include some, or all, of the reimburse-         payments reported on Form 1099-R.
will  increase  or  decrease  the  basis  of  your  S    ment  in  your  income.  See  Recoveries  under 
corporation stock as appropriate.                        Miscellaneous Income, later.                            Disability  payments  you  receive  for  injuries 
                                                                                                                 not  incurred  as  a  direct  result  of  a  terrorist  at-
S corporation return. An S corporation must              Cafeteria plans. In most cases, if you're cov-          tack or military action or for illnesses or disea-
file a return on Form 1120-S. This shows the re-         ered  by  an  accident  or  health  insurance  plan     ses not resulting from an injury incurred as a di-
sults  of  the  corporation's  operations  for  its  tax through a cafeteria plan, and the amount of the         rect result of a terrorist attack or military action 
year  and  the  items  of  income,  losses,  deduc-      insurance premiums wasn't included in your in-          can't be excluded from your income under this 
tions, or credits that affect the shareholders' in-      come,  you  aren't  considered  to  have  paid  the     provision but may be excludable for other rea-
dividual income tax returns.                             premiums  and  you  must  include  any  benefits        sons. See Pub. 907.
Schedule K-1 (Form 1120-S).          You should          you receive in your income. If the amount of the 
receive a copy of Schedule K-1 (Form 1120-S)             premiums was included in your income, you're            Retirement  and  profit-sharing  plans.    If  you 
from any S corporation in which you're a share-          considered to have paid the premiums and any            receive  payments  from  a  retirement  or 
holder.  Schedule  K-1  (Form  1120-S)  shows            benefits you receive aren't taxable.                    profit-sharing plan that doesn't provide for disa-
                                                                                                                 bility  retirement,  don't  treat  the  payments  as  a 
your share of income, losses, deductions, and                                                                    disability  pension.  The  payments  must  be  re-
credits  for  the  tax  year.  Keep  Schedule  K-1       Disability Pensions                                     ported as a pension or annuity.
(Form 1120-S) for your records. Don’t attach it 
to  your  Form  1040  or  1040-SR,  unless  you're       If you retired on disability, you must include in       Accrued leave payment.    If you retire on disa-
specifically required to do so.                          income any disability pension you receive under         bility,  any  lump-sum  payment  you  receive  for 
                                                         a  plan  that  is  paid  for  by  your  employer.  You  accrued annual leave is a salary payment. The 
Shareholder's return.  Your distributive share           must report your taxable disability payments as         payment isn't a disability payment. Include it in 
of  the  items  of  income,  losses,  deductions,  or    wages on line 1a of Form 1040 or 1040-SR until          your income in the tax year you receive it.
credits of the S corporation must be shown sep-          you  reach  minimum  retirement  age.  Minimum 
arately  on  your  Form  1040  or  1040-SR.  The         retirement age is generally the age at which you        Military and Government
character of these items is generally the same           can  first  receive  a  pension  or  annuity  if  you 
as if you had realized or incurred them person-          aren't disabled.                                        Disability Pensions
ally.
                                                             You  may  be  entitled  to  a  tax  credit  if      Certain military and government disability pen-
      In  many  cases,  Schedule  K-1  (Form             TIP you were permanently and totally disa-              sions aren't taxable.
TIP   1120-S) will tell you where to report an               bled when you retired. For information 
      item  of  income  on  your  individual  re-        on this credit, see Pub. 524.                           Service-connected  disability.   You  may  be 
turn.                                                                                                            able  to  exclude  from  income  amounts  you  re-
                                                         Beginning on the day after you reach mini-              ceive  as  a  pension,  annuity,  or  similar  allow-
Distributions.     In  most  cases,  S  corpora-         mum retirement age, payments you receive are            ance  for  personal  injury  or  sickness  resulting 
tion distributions are a nontaxable return of your       taxable as a pension or annuity. Report the pay-        from active service in one of the following gov-
basis in the corporation stock. However, in cer-         ments  on  lines  5a  and  5b  of  Form  1040  or       ernment services.
tain cases, part of the distributions may be taxa-       1040-SR.  For  more  information  on  pensions          The armed forces of any country.
ble  as  a  dividend,  or  as  a  long-term  or          and annuities, see Pub. 575.                            The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
short-term capital gain, or as both. The corpora-                                                                  Administration.
tion's distributions may be in the form of cash or       Terrorist attacks or military action. Don’t in-         The Public Health Service.
property.                                                clude  in  your  income  disability  payments  you      The Foreign Service.
                                                         receive for injuries incurred as a direct result of 
More  information. For  more  information,  see          terrorist  attacks  or  military  action  directed      Conditions  for  exclusion.      Don’t  include 
the Instructions for Form 1120-S.                        against the United States (or its allies), whether      the disability payments in your income if any of 
                                                         outside or within the United States. In the case        the following conditions apply.
                                                         of the September 11 attacks, injuries eligible for      1. You were entitled to receive a disability 
Sickness and                                             coverage by the September 11 Victim Compen-               payment before September 25, 1975.
                                                         sation Fund are treated as incurred as a direct 
Injury Benefits                                          result of the attack. However, you must include         2. You were a member of a listed govern-
                                                         in your income any amounts that you received              ment service or its reserve component, or 
In most cases, you must report as income any             that you would have received in retirement had            were under a binding written commitment 
amount you receive for personal injury or sick-          you not become disabled as a result of a terro-           to become a member, on September 24, 
ness through an accident or health plan that is          rist  attack  or  military  action.  Accordingly,  you    1975.
paid for by your employer. If both you and your          must include in your income any payments you            3. You receive the disability payments for a 
employer pay for the plan, only the amount you           receive from a 401(k), pension, or other retire-          combat-related injury. This is a personal 
receive that is due to your employer's payments          ment plan to the extent that you would have re-           injury or sickness that:
is  reported  as  income.  However,  certain  pay-       ceived the amount at the same or later time re-
ments may not be taxable to you. For informa-            gardless of whether you had become disabled.              a. Results directly from armed conflict;
tion  on  nontaxable  payments,  see Military  and       See Pub. 907.                                             b. Takes place while you're engaged in 
Government  Disability  Pensions  and Other 
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c. Takes place under conditions simulat-                tax  year  that  began  more  than  5  years  before            only to reduce future premiums or increase 
ing war, including training exercises                   the date of the determination.                                  future benefits; and
such as maneuvers; or                                                                                                 In most cases, not pay or reimburse ex-
                                                        Example  19.   You  retired  in  2016  and  re-                 penses incurred for services or items that 
d. Is caused by an instrumentality of war.              ceive a pension based on your years of service.                 would be reimbursed under Medicare, ex-
4. You would be entitled to receive disability          On August 3, 2022, you receive a determination                  cept where Medicare is a secondary payer 
compensation from the VA if you filed an                of  service-connected  disability  retroactive  to              or the contract makes per diem or other 
application for it. Your exclusion under this           2016.  Generally,  you  could  claim  a  refund  for            periodic payments without regard to ex-
condition is equal to the amount you would              the taxes paid on your pension for 2019, 2020,                  penses.
be entitled to receive from the VA.                     and 2021. However, under the special limitation 
                                                        period,  you  can  also  file  a  claim  for  2018  as        Qualified long-term care services.    Qualified 
Pension  based  on  years  of  service.   If  you       long  as  you  file  the  claim  by  August  3,  2023.        long-term care services are:
receive  a  disability  pension  based  on  years  of   You  can't  file  a  claim  for  2016  and  2017  be-         Necessary diagnostic, preventive, thera-
service,  in  most  cases,  you  must  include  it  in  cause those tax years began more than 5 years                   peutic, curing, treating, mitigating, rehabili-
your income. However, if the pension qualifies          before the determination.                                       tative services, and maintenance and per-
for the exclusion for a service-connected disa-                                                                         sonal care services; and
bility (discussed earlier), don't include in income     Terrorist  attack  or  military  action. Don’t  in-           Required by a chronically ill individual and 
the part of your pension that you would have re-        clude  in  your  income  disability  payments  you              provided pursuant to a plan of care prescri-
ceived if the pension had been based on a per-          receive for injuries resulting directly from a ter-             bed by a licensed health care practitioner.
centage of disability. You must include the rest        rorist or military action. In the case of the Sep-
of your pension in your income.                         tember 11 attacks, injuries eligible for coverage             Chronically ill individual. A chronically ill indi-
                                                        by  the  September  11  Victim  Compensation                  vidual  is  one  who  has  been  certified  by  a  li-
Retroactive  VA  determination.        If  you  re-     Fund are treated as incurred as a direct result of            censed health care practitioner within the previ-
tire from the U.S. Armed Forces based on years          the  attack.  However,  you  must  include  in  your          ous 12 months as one of the following.
of service and are later given a retroactive serv-      income any amounts that you received that you                 An individual who, for at least 90 days, is 
ice-connected  disability  rating  by  the  VA,  your   would have received in retirement had you not                   unable to perform at least two activities of 
retirement  pay  for  the  retroactive  period  is  ex- become  disabled  as  a  result  of  a  terrorist  or           daily living without substantial assistance 
cluded from income up to the amount of VA dis-          military action. Accordingly, you must include in               due to a loss of functional capacity. Activi-
ability benefits you would have been entitled to        your income any payments you receive from a                     ties of daily living are eating, toileting, 
receive. You can claim a refund of any tax paid         401(k), pension, or other retirement plan to the                transferring, bathing, dressing, and conti-
on the excludable amount (subject to the stat-          extent that you would have received the amount                  nence.
ute  of  limitations)  by  filing  an  amended  return  at the same or later time regardless of whether               An individual who requires substantial su-
on Form 1040-X for each previous year during            you had become disabled. Disability payments                    pervision to be protected from threats to 
the  retroactive  period.  You  must  include  with     you receive for injuries not incurred as a direct               health and safety due to severe cognitive 
each Form 1040-X a copy of the official VA de-          result  of  a  terrorist  or  military  action  or  for  ill-   impairment.
termination letter granting the retroactive bene-       nesses or diseases not resulting from an injury 
fit.  The  letter  must  show  the  amount  withheld    incurred as a direct result of a terrorist or mili-           Limit  on  exclusion.   The  exclusion  for  pay-
and the effective date of the benefit.                  tary action may be excludable from income for                 ments made on a per diem or other periodic ba-
Generally,  the  VA  determination  letter  will        other reasons. See Pub. 907.                                  sis under a long-term care insurance contract is 
contain a table with five headings. The table on        A  terrorist  action  is  one  that  is  directed             subject to a limit. The limit applies to the total of 
the letter must cover the same dates for the tax        against the United States or any of its allies (in-           these  payments  and  any  accelerated  death 
year reported on the Form 1040-X. To calculate          cluding a multinational force in which the United             benefits made on a per diem or other periodic 
the correct tax reduction, multiply the Effective       States is participating). A military action is one            basis  under  a  life  insurance  contract  because 
Months  by  the  Amount  Withheld  for  the  tax        that involves the U.S. Armed Forces and is a re-              the insured is chronically ill. (For more informa-
year.  For  example,  Form  1040-X  filed  for  tax     sult of actual or threatened violence or aggres-              tion on accelerated death benefits, see Life In-
year 2019. The table shows the Amount With-             sion against the United States or any of its al-              surance  Proceeds  under    Miscellaneous  In-
held  effective  December  2018  is  $320.00.  To       lies, but doesn't include training exercises.                 come, later.)
calculate the amount for the tax reduction, mul-                                                                      Under  this  limit,  the  excludable  amount  for 
tiply the 2019 Effective Months by the Amount                                                                         any  period  is  figured  by  subtracting  any  reim-
Withheld.  In  this  case,  January–December            Long-Term Care                                                bursement received (through insurance or oth-
(2019)  is  12  months  x  $320.00  (Amount  With-      Insurance Contracts                                           erwise) for the cost of qualified long-term care 
held)  =  $3,840.00;  this  amount  should  be  the                                                                   services during the period from the larger of the 
amount claimed as a reduction on Line 1 Adjus-          In  most  cases,  long-term  care  insurance  con-            following amounts.
ted Gross Income (AGI), Column B, of the 2019           tracts are treated as accident and health insur-              The cost of qualified long-term care serv-
Form 1040-X.                                            ance contracts. Amounts you receive from them                   ices during the period.
If  you  receive  a  lump-sum  disability  sever-       (other  than  policyholder  dividends  or  premium            The dollar amount for the period ($390 per 
ance payment and are later awarded VA disa-             refunds) are excludable in most cases from in-                  day for any period in 2022).
bility  benefits,  exclude  100%  of  the  severance    come  as  amounts  received  for  personal  injury 
benefit  from  your  income.  However,  you  must       or sickness. To claim an exclusion for payments               See Section C of Form 8853 and its instructions 
include in your income any lump-sum readjust-           made on a per diem or other periodic basis un-                for more information.
ment or other nondisability severance payment           der  a  long-term  care  insurance  contract,  you 
you received on release from active duty, even          must file Form 8853 with your return.                         Workers' Compensation
if you're later given a retroactive disability rating 
by the VA.                                              A long-term care insurance contract is an in-
                                                        surance  contract  that  only  provides  coverage             Amounts you receive as workers' compensation 
Special statute of limitations. In most ca-             for qualified long-term care services. The con-               for  an  occupational  sickness  or  injury  are  fully 
ses, under the statute of limitations a claim for       tract must:                                                   exempt from tax if they're paid under a workers' 
credit  or  refund  must  be  filed  within  3  years   Be guaranteed renewable;                                    compensation act or a statute in the nature of a 
from the time a return was filed. However, if you       Not provide for a cash surrender value or                   workers' compensation act. The exemption also 
receive a retroactive service-connected disabil-          other money that can be paid, assigned,                     applies to your survivors. The exemption, how-
ity rating determination, the statute of limitations      pledged, or borrowed;                                       ever,  doesn't  apply  to  retirement  plan  benefits 
is extended by a 1-year period beginning on the         Provide that refunds, other than refunds on                 you receive based on your age, length of serv-
date of the determination. This 1-year extended           the death of the insured or complete sur-                   ice, or prior contributions to the plan, even if you 
period applies to claims for credit or refund filed       render or cancellation of the contract, and                 retired because of an occupational sickness or 
after  June  17,  2008,  and  doesn't  apply  to  any     dividends under the contract may be used                    injury.

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        If  part  of  your  workers'  compensation       Other  compensation.   Many  other  amounts           services, such as in Example 23, later, you may 
!       reduces your social security or equiva-          you receive as compensation for sickness or in-       have to use another form or schedule instead.
CAUTION lent  railroad  retirement  benefits  re-        jury aren't taxable. These include the following 
ceived,  that  part  is  considered  social  security    amounts.                                              Example 20.    You're a self-employed attor-
(or equivalent railroad retirement) benefits and           Compensatory damages you receive for              ney who performs legal services for a client, a 
may  be  taxable.  See  Pub.  554  and  Pub.  915,           physical injury or physical sickness,             small  corporation.  The  corporation  gives  you 
Social Security and Equivalent Railroad Retire-              whether paid in a lump sum or in periodic         shares  of  its  stock  as  payment  for  your  serv-
ment Benefits, for more information.                         payments. See Court awards and dam-               ices. You must include the FMV of the shares in 
                                                             ages under Other Income, later.                   your income on Schedule C (Form 1040) in the 
Return  to  work.   If  you  return  to  work  after       Benefits you receive under an accident or         year you receive them.
qualifying  for  workers'  compensation,  salary             health insurance policy on which either you 
payments  you  receive  for  performing  light  du-          paid the premiums or your employer paid           Example  21.   You're  a  self-employed  ac-
ties are taxable as wages.                                   the premiums but you had to include them          countant.  You  and  a  house  painter  are  mem-
                                                             in your income.                                   bers  of  a  barter  club.  Members  contact  each 
Disability pension.  If your disability pension is         Disability benefits you receive for loss of       other  directly  and  bargain  for  the  value  of  the 
paid under a statute that provides benefits only             income or earning capacity as a result of         services to be performed. In return for account-
to  employees  with  service-connected  disabili-            injuries under a no-fault car insurance pol-      ing  services  you  provided,  the  house  painter 
ties,  part  of  it  may  be  workers'  compensation.        icy.                                              painted your home. You must report as your in-
That  part  is  exempt  from  tax.  The  rest  of  your    Compensation you receive for permanent            come on Schedule C (Form 1040) the FMV of 
pension, based on years of service, is taxable               loss or loss of use of a part or function of      the house painting services you received. The 
as  pension  or  annuity  income.  If  you  die,  the        your body, or for your permanent disfigure-       house painter must include in income the FMV 
part of your survivors' benefit that is a continua-          ment. This compensation must be based             of the accounting services you provided.
tion  of  the  workers'  compensation  is  exempt            only on the injury and not on the period of 
from tax.                                                    your absence from work. These benefits            Example  22.   You're  self-employed  and  a 
                                                             aren't taxable even if your employer pays         member of a barter club. The club uses credit 
                                                             for the accident and health plan that pro-        units  as  a  means  of  exchange.  It  adds  credit 
Other Sickness                                               vides these benefits.                             units to your account for goods or services you 
and Injury Benefits                                                                                            provide to members, which you can use to pur-
                                                         Reimbursement  for  medical  care.  A  reim-          chase goods or services offered by other mem-
In addition to disability pensions and annuities,        bursement for medical care is generally not tax-      bers of the barter club. The club subtracts credit 
you may receive other payments for sickness or           able. However, it may reduce your medical ex-         units  from  your  account  when  you  receive 
injury.                                                  pense deduction. If you receive reimbursement         goods  or  services  from  other  members.  You 
                                                         for an expense you deducted in an earlier year,       must  include  in  your  income  the  value  of  the 
Railroad  sick  pay. Payments  you  receive  as          see Recoveries, later.                                credit  units  that  are  added  to  your  account, 
sick pay under the Railroad Unemployment In-             If you receive an advance reimbursement or            even  though  you  may  not  actually  receive 
surance Act are taxable and you must include             loan for future medical expenses from your em-        goods  or  services  from  other  members  until  a 
them  in  your  income.  However,  don't  include        ployer without regard to whether you suffered a       later tax year.
them in your income if they're for an on-the-job         personal injury or sickness or incurred medical 
injury.                                                  expenses,  that  amount  is  included  in  your  in-  Example  23.   You  own  a  small  apartment 
                                                         come, whether or not you incur uninsured medi-        building. In return for 6 months rent-free use of 
Black  lung  benefit  payments. These  pay-              cal expenses during the year.                         an apartment, an artist gives you a work of art 
ments are similar to workers' compensation and           Reimbursements  received  under  your  em-            she created. You must report as rental income 
aren't taxable in most cases.                            ployer's  plan  for  expenses  incurred  before  the  on Schedule E (Form 1040) the FMV of the art-
                                                         plan was established are included in income.          work,  and  the  artist  must  report  as  income  on 
Federal  Employees'  Compensation  Act                   Amounts  you  receive  under  a  reimburse-           Schedule C (Form 1040) the fair rental value of 
(FECA).   Payments  received  under  FECA  for           ment plan that provides for the payment of un-        the apartment.
personal injury or sickness, including payments          used reimbursement amounts in cash or other           Form  1099-B  from  barter  exchange.   If  you 
to beneficiaries in case of death, aren't taxable.       benefits  are  included  in  your  income.  For  de-  exchanged property or services through a bar-
However, you're taxed on amounts you receive             tails, see Pub. 969.                                  ter  exchange,  Form  1099-B  or  a  similar  state-
under FECA as continuation of pay for up to 45 
days while a claim is being decided. Report this                                                               ment from the barter exchange should be sent 
                                                                                                               to you by February 15, 2023. It should show the 
income  on  line  1a  of  Form  1040  or  1040-SR.       Miscellaneous Income                                  value  of  cash,  property,  services,  credits,  or 
Also,  pay  for  sick  leave  while  a  claim  is  being 
                                                                                                               scrip  you  received  from  exchanges  during 
processed  is  taxable  and  must  be  included  in      This section discusses various types of income.       2022. The IRS will also receive a copy of Form 
your income as wages.                                    You  may  have  taxable  income  from  certain        1099-B.
        If part of the payments you receive un-          transactions even if no money changes hands. 
                                                         For  example,  you  may  have  taxable  income  if    Backup  withholding.  In  most  cases,  the  in-
CAUTION or equivalent railroad retirement bene-
!       der FECA reduces your social security            you lend money at a below-market interest rate        come you receive from bartering isn't subject to 
fits received, that part is considered social se-        or have a debt you owe canceled.                      regular  income  tax  withholding.  However, 
curity (or equivalent railroad retirement) benefits                                                            backup withholding will apply in certain circum-
and may be taxable. See Pub. 554 for more in-            Bartering                                             stances  to  ensure  that  income  tax  is  collected 
formation.                                                                                                     on this income.
                                                         Bartering  is  an  exchange  of  property  or  serv-  Under  backup  withholding,  the  barter  ex-
Qualified  Indian  health  care  benefit.   For          ices.  You  must  include  in  your  income,  at  the change  must  withhold,  as  income  tax,  28%  of 
benefits and coverage provided after March 23,           time received, the FMV of property or services        the income if:
2010,  the  value  of  any  qualified  Indian  health    you receive in bartering. If you exchange serv-       You don't give the barter exchange your 
care  benefit  isn't  taxable.  These  benefits  in-     ices  with  another  person  and  you  both  have       TIN, or
clude any health service or benefits provided by         agreed ahead of time on the value of the serv-        The IRS notifies the barter exchange that 
the  Indian  Health  Service,  amounts  to  reim-        ices, that value will be accepted as FMV unless         you gave it an incorrect TIN. 
burse  medical  care  expenses  provided  by  an         the value can be shown to be otherwise.               If you join a barter exchange, you must certify 
Indian tribe, coverage under accident or health          Generally, you report this income on Sched-           under penalties of perjury that your TIN is cor-
insurance, and any other medical care provided           ule  C  (Form  1040).  However,  if  the  barter  in- rect and that you aren't subject to backup with-
by an Indian tribe.                                      volves  an  exchange  of  something  other  than      holding.  If  you  don't  make  this  certification, 

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backup  withholding  may  begin  immediately.            exceeds  the  FMV  of  the  property,  it's  income       in  2022  due  to  meeting  certain  work  require-
The barter exchange will give you a Form W-9,            from discharge of indebtedness unless it quali-           ments,  you  may  not  have  to  include  the  can-
or a similar form, for you to make this certifica-       fies  for  exclusion  under Excluded  debt,  later.       celed  debt  in  your  income.  To  qualify  for  this 
tion. The barter exchange will withhold tax only         Report any income from discharge of indebted-             work-related  exclusion,  your  loan  must  have 
up to the amount of any cash paid to you or de-          ness  on  nonbusiness  debt  that  doesn't  qualify       been made by a qualified lender to assist you in 
posited in your account and any scrip or credit          for  exclusion  as  other  income  on  Schedule  1        attending  an  eligible  educational  organization 
issued to you (and converted to cash).                   (Form 1040), line 8c.                                     described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii). In addition, 
                                                                                                                   the cancellation must be pursuant to a provision 
       If  tax  is  withheld  from  your  barter  in-             You may be able to exclude part of the           in the student loan that all or part of the debt will 
TIP    come,  the  barter  exchange  will  report        TIP      mortgage  relief  on  your  principal  resi-     be canceled if you work:
       the  amount  of  tax  withheld  on  Form                   dence. See Excluded debt, later.                      For a certain period of time,
1099-B or similar statement.                                                                                       
                                                         If you aren't personally liable for a mortgage               In certain professions, and
                                                         (nonrecourse  debt),  and  you're  relieved  of  the 
Canceled Debts                                           mortgage  when  you  dispose  of  the  property              For any of a broad class of employers.
                                                         (such  as  through  foreclosure),  that  relief  is  in-          The  cancellation  of  your  loan  won’t 
In most cases, if a debt you owe is canceled or          cluded in the amount you realize. You may have             !      qualify  for  tax-free  treatment  if  it  was 
forgiven,  other  than  as  a  gift  or  bequest,  you   a  taxable  gain  if  the  amount  you  realize  ex-      CAUTION made  by  an  educational  organization 
must  include  the  canceled  amount  in  your  in-      ceeds your adjusted basis in the property. Re-            or  tax-exempt  section  501(c)(3)  organization 
come. You have no income from the canceled               port  any  gain  on  nonbusiness  property  as  a         and was canceled because of the services you 
debt if it's intended as a gift to you. A debt in-       capital gain.                                             performed  for  either  organization.  See Excep-
cludes any indebtedness for which you're liable          See Pub. 4681 for more information.                       tion, later.
or which attaches to property you hold.
                                                         Stockholder debt.   If you're a stockholder in a           Educational  organization  described  in 
If the debt is a nonbusiness debt, report the            corporation and the corporation cancels or for-           section  170(b)(1)(A)(ii). This  is  an  educa-
canceled amount on Schedule 1 (Form 1040),               gives your debt to it, the canceled debt is a con-        tional organization that maintains a regular fac-
line 8c. If it's a business debt, report the amount      structive  distribution  that  is  generally  dividend    ulty and curriculum and normally has a regularly 
on Schedule C (Form 1040) or on Schedule F               income to you. For more information, see Pub.             enrolled body of students in attendance at the 
(Form 1040) if the debt is farm debt and you're          542.                                                      place where it carries on its educational activi-
a farmer.                                                If you're a stockholder in a corporation and              ties.
                                                         you cancel a debt owed to you by the corpora-
Starting  in  2014,  you  must  include  the  in-        tion, you generally don't realize income. This is          Qualified  lenders.    These  include  the  fol-
come you elected to defer in 2009 or 2010 from           because the canceled debt is considered as a              lowing.
a cancellation, reacquisition, or modification of        contribution  to  the  capital  of  the  corporation      1. The United States, or an instrumentality or 
a  business  debt.  For  information  on  this  elec-    equal  to  the  amount  of  debt  principal  that  you         agency thereof.
tion,  see  Revenue  Procedure  2009-37,  availa-        canceled.
ble at IRS.gov/irb/2009-36_IRB#RP-2009-37.                                                                         2. A state, territory, or possession of the Uni-
                                                         Repayment  of  canceled  debt.   If  you  inclu-               ted States; or the District of Columbia; or 
Form 1099-C. If a federal government agency,             ded  a  canceled  amount  in  your  income  and                any political subdivision thereof.
financial  institution,  or  credit  union  cancels  or  later  pay  the  debt,  you  may  be  able  to  file  a   3. A public benefit corporation that is tax-ex-
forgives a debt you owe of $600 or more, you             claim for refund for the year the amount was in-               empt under section 501(c)(3); and that 
may  receive  a  Form  1099-C.  Form  1099-C,            cluded in income. You can file a claim on Form                 has assumed control of a state, county, or 
box 2, shows the amount of debt either actually          1040-X  if  the  statute  of  limitations  for  filing  a      municipal hospital; and whose employees 
or deemed discharged. If you don't agree with            claim is still open. The statute of limitations gen-           are considered public employees under 
the  amount  reported  in  box  2,  contact  your        erally  doesn't  end  until  3  years  after  the  due         state law.
creditor.                                                date of your original return.
Interest included in canceled debt.    If any                                                                      4. An educational organization described in 
interest is forgiven and included in the amount          Exceptions                                                     section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii), if the loan is 
of canceled debt in box 2, the amount of inter-                                                                         made:
est will also be shown in box 3. Whether or not          There are several exceptions to the inclusion of               a. As part of an agreement with an entity 
you must include the interest portion of the can-        canceled debt in income. These are explained                      described in (1), (2), or (3) under 
celed debt in your income depends on whether             next.                                                             which the funds to make the loan 
the  interest  would  be  deductible  if  you  paid  it.                                                                   were provided to the educational or-
See Deductible debt under Exceptions, later.             Student loans. Generally, if you are responsi-                    ganization; or
If the interest would not be deductible (such            ble  for  making loan payments, and  the loan is 
as interest on a personal loan), include in your         canceled or repaid by someone else, you must                   b. Under a program of the educational 
income the amount from box 2 of Form 1099-C.             include  the  amount  that  was  canceled  or  paid               organization that is designed to en-
If the interest would be deductible (such as on a        on your behalf in your gross income for tax pur-                  courage its students to serve in occu-
business loan), include in your income the net           poses. However, in certain circumstances, you                     pations with unmet needs or in areas 
amount  of  the  canceled  debt  (the  amount            may be able to exclude amounts from gross in-                     with unmet needs where services pro-
shown in box 2 less the interest amount shown            come  as  a  result  of  the  cancellation  or  repay-            vided by the students (or former stu-
in box 3).                                               ment of certain student loans. These exclusions                   dents) are for or under the direction of 
                                                         are for:                                                          a governmental unit or a tax-exempt 
Discounted  mortgage  loan.  If  your  financial         Student loan cancellation due to meeting                        section 501(c)(3) organization.
institution  offers  a  discount  for  the  early  pay-    certain work requirements;
ment of your mortgage loan, the amount of the            Cancellation of certain loans after Decem-              Special rule for student loan discharges for 
discount is canceled debt. You must include the            ber 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2026                2021  through  2025.    The  American  Rescue 
canceled amount in your income.                            (see Special rule for student loan dis-                 Plan Act of 2021 modified the treatment of stu-
                                                           charges for 2021 through 2025); or                      dent  loan  forgiveness  for  discharges  in  2021 
Mortgage relief upon sale or other disposi-              Certain student loan repayment assistance               through 2025. Generally, if you are responsible 
tion. If  you're  personally  liable  for  a  mortgage     programs.                                               for making loan payments, and the loan is can-
(recourse debt), and you're relieved of the mort-                                                                  celed or repaid by someone else, you must in-
gage  when  you  dispose  of  the  property,  you        Exclusion for student loan cancellation due               clude the amount that was canceled or paid on 
may  realize  gain  or  loss  up  to  the  FMV  of  the  to  meeting  certain  work  requirements.  If             your behalf in your gross income for tax purpo-
property. To the extent the mortgage discharge           your student loan is canceled in part or in whole         ses.  However,  in  certain  circumstances  you 

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may be able to exclude this amount from gross                    The  cancellation  of  your  loan  won’t       required of the students are for or under the di-
income if the loan was one of the following.             !       qualify for tax-free treatment if it is can-   rection of a governmental unit or a tax-exempt 
A loan for postsecondary educational ex-               CAUTION celed  because  of  services  you  per-        section 501(c)(3) organization.
  penses.                                                formed  for  the  private  educational  lender  that 
A private education loan.                              made the loan or other organization that provi-        Student  loan  repayment  assistance.    Stu-
A loan from an educational organization                ded the funds.                                         dent loan repayments made to you are tax free 
  described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii).                                                                        if you received them for any of the following.
A loan from an organization exempt from                Loan from an educational organization de-              The National Health Service Corps 
  tax under section 501(a) to refinance a stu-           scribed  in  section  170(b)(1)(A)(ii). This  is         (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program.
  dent loan.                                             any loan made by the organization if the loan is       A state education loan repayment program 
See Pubs. 4681 and 970 for further details.              made:                                                    eligible for funds under the Public Health 
                                                         As part of an agreement with an entity de-             Service Act.
Loan for postsecondary educational expen-                  scribed earlier under which the funds to             Any other state loan repayment or loan for-
ses.   This  is  any  loan  provided  expressly  for       make the loan were provided to the educa-              giveness program that is intended to pro-
postsecondary     education,  regardless      of           tional organization; or                                vide for the increased availability of health 
whether  provided  through  the  educational  or-        Under a program of the educational organi-             services in underserved or health profes-
ganization  or  directly  to  the  borrower,  if  such     zation that is designed to encourage its               sional shortage areas (as determined by 
loan was made, insured, or guaranteed by one               students to serve in occupations with un-              such state).
of the following.                                          met needs or in areas with unmet needs                       You can’t deduct the interest you paid 
The United States, or an instrumentality or              where the services provided by the stu-              !       on  a  student  loan  to  the  extent  pay-
  agency thereof.                                          dents (or former students) are for or under          CAUTION ments were made through your partici-
A state, territory, or possession of the Uni-            the direction of a governmental unit or a            pation in any of the above programs.
  ted States; or the District of Columbia; or              tax-exempt section 501(c)(3) organization.
  any political subdivision thereof.                                                                            Deductible debt.  You don't have income from 
An eligible educational organization.                  Educational organization described in sec-
                                                         tion  170(b)(1)(A)(ii). This  is  an  educational      the cancellation of a debt if your payment of the 
Eligible  educational  organization.   An  eligi-        organization that maintains a regular faculty and      debt  would  be  deductible.  This  exception  ap-
ble  educational  organization  is  generally  any       curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled       plies  only  if  you  use  the  cash  method  of  ac-
accredited public, nonprofit, or proprietary (pri-       body  of  students  in  attendance  at  the  place     counting.  For  more  information,  see  chapter  5 
vately owned profit-making) college, university,         where it carries on its educational activities.        of Pub. 334.
vocational school, or other postsecondary edu-                                                                  Price  reduced  after  purchase. In  most  ca-
cational  organization.  Also,  the  organization                The  cancellation  of  your  loan  won’t 
must  be  eligible  to  participate  in  a  student  aid !       qualify  for  tax-free  treatment  if  it  was ses, if the seller reduces the amount of debt you 
program  administered  by  the  U.S.  Department         CAUTION made by an educational organization, a         owe for property you purchased, you don't have 
of Education.                                            tax-exempt section 501(c)(3) organization, or a        income from the reduction. The reduction of the 
                                                         private education lender (as defined in section        debt is treated as a purchase price adjustment 
An eligible educational organization also in-            140(a)(7) of the Truth in Lending Act) and was         and reduces your basis in the property.
cludes  certain  educational  organizations  loca-       canceled  because  of  the  services  you  per-
ted outside the United States that are eligible to       formed  for  either  such  organization  or  private   Excluded debt.  Don’t include a canceled debt 
participate  in  a  student  aid  program  adminis-      education lender. See Exception, later.                in your gross income in the following situations.
tered by the U.S. Department of Education.                                                                      The debt is canceled in a bankruptcy case 
       The  educational  organization  should            Section  501(c)(3)  organization.       This  is         under title 11 of the U.S. Code. See Pub. 
TIP    be able to tell you if it is an eligible edu-     any  corporation,  community  chest,  fund,  or          908. 
       cational organization.                            foundation organized and operated exclusively          The debt is canceled when you're insol-
                                                         for one or more of the following purposes.               vent. However, you can't exclude any 
Private  education  loan. A  private  education          Charitable.                                            amount of canceled debt that is more than 
loan is a loan provided by a private educational         Religious.                                             the amount by which you're insolvent. See 
lender that:                                             Educational.                                           Pub. 908.
Is not made, insured, or guaranteed under              Scientific.                                          The debt is qualified farm debt and is can-
  Title IV of the Higher Education Act of                Literary.                                              celed by a qualified person. See chapter 3 
  1965; and                                              Testing for public safety.                             of Pub. 225. 
Is issued expressly for postsecondary edu-             Fostering national or international amateur          The debt is qualified real property business 
  cational expenses to a borrower, regard-                 sports competition (but only if none of its            debt. See chapter 5 of Pub. 334.
  less of whether the loan is provided                     activities involve providing athletic facilities     The cancellation is intended as a gift.
  through the educational organization that                or equipment).                                       The debt is qualified principal residence in-
  the student attends or directly to the bor-            The prevention of cruelty to children or ani-          debtedness, discussed next.
  rower from the private educational lender.               mals.                                                Qualified  principal  residence  indebted-
  A private education loan does not include              Exception.     In most cases, the cancellation         ness  (QPRI).   This  is  debt  secured  by  your 
  an extension of credit under an open end               of  a  student  loan  made  by  an  educational  or-   principal  residence  that  you  took  out  to  buy, 
  consumer credit plan, a reverse mortgage               ganization  because  of  services  you  performed      build,  or  substantially  improve  your  principal 
  transaction, a residential mortgage trans-             for  that  organization  or  another  organization     residence. QPRI can't be more than the cost of 
  action, or any other loan that is secured by           that provided the funds for the loan must be in-       your principal residence plus improvements.
  real property or a dwelling.                           cluded in gross income on your tax return.             You must reduce the basis of your principal 
                                                                                                                residence  by  the  amount  excluded  from  gross 
Private educational lender.   A private educa-           Refinanced  loan.       If  you  refinanced  a  stu-   income.  To  claim  the  exclusion,  you  must  file 
tional lender is one of the following.                   dent loan with another loan from an eligible ed-       Form 982 with your tax return.
A financial institution that solicits, makes,          ucational  organization  or  a  tax-exempt  organi-
  or extends private education loans.                    zation,  that  loan  may  also  be  considered  as     Principal  residence.   Your  principal  resi-
A federal credit union that solicits, makes,           made by a qualified lender. The refinanced loan        dence  is  the  home  where  you  ordinarily  live 
  or extends private education loans.                    is considered made by a qualified lender if it’s       most of the time. You can have only one princi-
Any other person engaged in the business               made under a program of the refinancing organ-         pal residence at any one time.
  of soliciting, making, or extending private            ization that is designed to encourage students         Amount  eligible  for  exclusion.      The  ex-
  education loans.                                       to serve in occupations with unmet needs or in         clusion  applies  only  to  debt  discharged  after 
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2006 and in most cases before 2026. The maxi-           amount  payable  to  you  at  the  time  of  the  in-  Interest option on insurance.   If an insurance 
mum  amount  you  can  treat  as  QPRI  is              sured person's death. If the benefit payable at        company  pays  you  interest  only  on  proceeds 
$750,000  ($375,000  if  married  filing  sepa-         death isn't specified, you include in your income      from  life  insurance  left  on  deposit,  the  interest 
rately).  You  can't  exclude  debt  canceled  be-      the  benefit  payments  that  are  more  than  the     you've paid is taxable.
cause of services performed for the lender or on        present  value  of  the  payments  at  the  time  of   If  your  spouse  died  before  October  23, 
account of any other factor not directly related        death.                                                 1986, and you chose to receive only the interest 
to a decline in the value of your residence or to                                                              from your insurance proceeds, the $1,000 inter-
your financial condition.                               Proceeds  received  in  installments.   If  you        est exclusion for a surviving spouse doesn't ap-
                                                        receive life insurance proceeds in installments,       ply. If you later decide to receive the proceeds 
Limitation.     If  only  part  of  a  loan  is  QPRI,  you  can  exclude  part  of  each  installment  from   from the policy in installments, you can take the 
the exclusion applies only to the extent the can-       your income.                                           interest exclusion from the time you begin to re-
celed  amount  is  more  than  the  amount  of  the     To  determine  the  excluded  part,  divide  the       ceive the installments.
loan  immediately  before  the  cancellation  that      amount held by the insurance company (gener-
isn't QPRI.                                             ally, the total lump sum payable at the death of       Surrender  of  policy  for  cash. If  you  surren-
                                                        the  insured  person)  by  the  number  of  install-   der a life insurance policy for cash, you must in-
Example  24.     You  file  a  joint  return.  Your     ments to be paid. Include anything over this ex-       clude  in  income  any  proceeds  that  are  more 
principal  residence  is  secured  by  a  debt  of      cluded part in your income as interest.                than the cost of the life insurance policy. In most 
$900,000, of which $700,000 is QPRI. Your res-                                                                 cases, your cost (or investment in the contract) 
idence  is  sold  for  $600,000  and  $300,000  of      Example 25.    The face amount of the pol-             is the total of premiums that you paid for the life 
debt  is  canceled.  Only  $100,000  of  the  can-      icy is $75,000 and, as beneficiary, you choose         insurance policy, less any refunded premiums, 
celed debt may be excluded from income (the             to  receive  120  monthly  installments  of  $1,000    rebates,  dividends,  or  unrepaid  loans  that 
$300,000  that  was  discharged  minus  the             each. The excluded part of each installment is         weren’t included in your income.
$200,000 of nonqualified debt).                         $625  ($75,000  ÷  120),  or  $7,500  for  an  entire  You should receive a Form 1099-R showing 
                                                        year. The rest of each payment, $375 a month           the total proceeds and the taxable part. Report 
Host                                                    (or $4,500 for an entire year), is interest income     these amounts on lines 5a and 5b of Form 1040 
                                                        to you.                                                or 1040-SR.
If you host a party or event at which sales are 
made, any gift or gratuity you receive for giving       Installments for life.  If, as the beneficiary             For information on when the proceeds 
the event is a payment for helping a direct seller      under  an  insurance  contract,  you're  entitled  to  TIP are excluded from income, see    Accel-
make  sales.  You  must  report  this  item  as  in-    receive the proceeds in installments for the rest          erated Death Benefits, later.
come at its FMV.                                        of  your  life  without  a  refund  or  period-certain 
                                                        guarantee, you figure the excluded part of each        Split-dollar life insurance.  In most cases, a 
Your out-of-pocket party expenses are sub-              installment by dividing the amount held by the         split-dollar life insurance arrangement is an ar-
ject to the 50% limit for meal expenses. For tax        insurance  company  by  your  life  expectancy.  If    rangement between an owner and a nonowner 
years beginning after 2017, no deduction is al-         there  is  a  refund  or  period-certain  guarantee,   of  a  life  insurance  contract  under  which  either 
lowed  for  any  expenses  related  to  activities      the amount held by the insurance company for           party to the arrangement pays all or part of the 
generally  considered  entertainment,  amuse-           this purpose is reduced by the actuarial value of      premiums,  and  one  of  the  parties  paying  the 
ment, or recreation. Taxpayers may continue to          the guarantee.                                         premiums  is  entitled  to  recover  all  or  part  of 
deduct 50% of the cost of business meals if the                                                                those premiums from the proceeds of the con-
taxpayer  (or  an  employee  of  the  taxpayer)  is     Surviving spouse. If your spouse died be-
present and the food or beverages aren’t con-           fore October 23, 1986, and insurance proceeds          tract. There are two mutually exclusive rules to 
sidered  lavish  or  extravagant.  The  meals  may      paid  to  you  because  of  the  death  of  your       tax split-dollar life insurance arrangements.
be  provided  to  a  current  or  potential  business   spouse  are  received  in  installments,  you  can     1. Under the economic benefit rule, the 
customer, client, consultant, or similar business       exclude up to $1,000 a year of the interest in-        owner of the life insurance contract is trea-
contact. Food and beverages that are provided           cluded  in  the  installments.  If  you  remarry,  you ted as providing current life insurance pro-
during  entertainment  events  won’t  be  consid-       can continue to take the exclusion.                    tection and other taxable economic bene-
                                                                                                               fits to the nonowner of the contract.
ered  entertainment  if  purchased  separately          Employer-owned life insurance contract.     If 
from the event.                                         you're  the  policyholder  of  an  employer-owned      2. Under the loan rule, the nonowner of the 
Section  210  of  the  Taxpayer  Certainty  and         life insurance contract, you must include in in-       life insurance contract is treated as loan-
Disaster Relief Act of 2020 provides for the tem-       come any life insurance proceeds received that         ing premium payments to the owner of the 
porary allowance of a 100% business meal de-            are  more  than  the  premiums  and  any  other        contract.
duction  for  food  or  beverages  provided  by  a      amounts you paid on the policy. You're subject         Only one of these rules applies to any one pol-
restaurant and paid or incurred after December          to this rule if you have a trade or business, you      icy. For more information, see sections 1.61-22 
31, 2020, and before January 1, 2023.                   own a life insurance contract on the life of your      and 1.7872-15 of the regulations.
                                                        employee, and you (or a related person) are a 
For more information about the limit for meal           beneficiary under the contract.
expenses, see 50% Limit in Pub. 463.                    However,  you  may  exclude  the  full  amount         Endowment Contract Proceeds
                                                        of  the  life  insurance  proceeds  if  the  following 
Life Insurance Proceeds                                 apply.                                                 An endowment contract is a policy under which 
                                                                                                               you're paid a specified amount of money on a 
                                                        1. Before the policy is issued, you provide            certain date unless you die before that date, in 
Life insurance proceeds paid to you because of          written notice about the insurance to the              which case the money is paid to your designa-
the  death  of  the  insured  person  aren't  taxable   employee and the employee provides writ-               ted beneficiary. Endowment proceeds paid in a 
unless the policy was turned over to you for a          ten consent to be insured.                             lump sum to you at maturity are taxable only if 
price.  This  is  true  even  if  the  proceeds  were                                                          the  proceeds  are  more  than  the  cost  (invest-
paid under an accident or health insurance pol-         2. Either:
                                                                                                               ment in the contract) of the policy. To determine 
icy or an endowment contract issued on or be-           a. The employee was your employee                      your cost, subtract any amount that you previ-
fore December 31, 1984. However, interest in-                   within the 12-month period before              ously received under the contract and excluded 
come  received  as  a  result  of  life  insurance              death, or, at the time the contract was        from  your  income  from  the  total  premiums  (or 
proceeds may be taxable.                                        issued, was a director or highly com-          other  consideration)  paid  for  the  contract.  In-
                                                                pensated employee; or
Proceeds  not  received  in  installments. If                                                                  clude the part of the lump payment that is more 
death benefits are paid to you in a lump sum or         b. The amount is paid to the family or                 than your cost in your income.
other  than  at  regular  intervals,  include  in  your         designated beneficiary of the em-
income only the benefits that are more than the                 ployee.
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Endowment proceeds that you choose to re-                 Recoveries                                                 Mortgage  interest  refund. If  you  received  a 
ceive in installments instead of a lump sum pay-                                                                     refund  or  credit  in  2022  of  mortgage  interest 
ment at the maturity of the policy are taxed as           A recovery is a return of an amount you deduc-             paid  in  an  earlier  year,  the  amount  should  be 
an  annuity.  This  is  explained  in  Pub.  575.  For    ted  or  took  a  credit  for  in  an  earlier  year.  The shown in box 4 of your Form 1098. Don’t sub-
this treatment to apply, you must choose to re-           most  common  recoveries  are  refunds,  reim-             tract  the  refund  amount  from  the  interest  you 
ceive  the  proceeds  in  installments  before  re-       bursements,  and  rebates  of  itemized  deduc-            paid in 2022. You may have to include it in your 
ceiving any part of the lump sum. This election           tions.  You  may  also  have  recoveries  of  noni-        income under the rules explained in the follow-
must  be  made  within  60  days  after  the              temized  deductions  (such  as  payments  on               ing discussions.
lump-sum  payment  first  becomes  payable  to            previously deducted bad debts) and recoveries 
you.                                                      of items for which you previously claimed a tax            Interest  on  recovery. Interest  on  any  of  the 
                                                          credit.                                                    amounts you recover must be reported as inter-
Accelerated Death Benefits                                                                                           est  income  in  the  year  received.  For  example, 
                                                          Tax benefit rule. You must include a recovery              report any interest you received on state or lo-
Certain  amounts  paid  as  accelerated  death            in your income in the year you receive it up to            cal  income  tax  refunds  on  Form  1040, 
benefits under a life insurance contract or viati-        the amount by which the deduction or credit you            1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 2b..
cal  settlement  before  the  insured's  death  are       took for the recovered amount reduced your tax 
excluded  from  income  if  the  insured  is  termi-      in  the  earlier  year.  For  this  purpose,  any  in-     Recovery and expense in same year.        If the 
nally or chronically ill.                                 crease to an amount carried over to the current            refund or other recovery and the expense occur 
                                                          year that resulted from the deduction or credit is         in the same year, the recovery reduces the de-
Viatical settlement. This is the sale or assign-          considered to have reduced your tax in the ear-            duction or credit and isn't reported as income.
ment of any part of the death benefit under a life        lier year.
insurance contract to a viatical settlement pro-                                                                     Recovery for 2 or more years.  If you receive 
vider. A viatical settlement provider is a person         Federal  income  tax  refund. Refunds  of  fed-            a  refund  or  other  recovery  that  is  for  amounts 
who regularly engages in the business of buy-             eral  income  taxes  aren't  included  in  your  in-       you paid in 2 or more separate years, you must 
ing or taking assignment of life insurance con-           come  because  they're  never  allowed  as  a  de-         allocate,  on  a  pro  rata  basis,  the  recovered 
tracts on the lives of insured individuals who are        duction from income.                                       amount between the years in which you paid it. 
terminally  or  chronically  ill  and  who  meets  the                                                               This  allocation  is  necessary  to  determine  the 
requirements  of  section  101(g)(2)(B)  of  the  In-     State tax refund. If you received a state or lo-           amount of recovery from any earlier years and 
ternal Revenue Code.                                      cal  income  tax  refund  (or  credit  or  offset)  in     to determine the amount, if any, of your allowa-
                                                          2022, you must generally include it in income if           ble deduction for this item for the current year.
Exclusion  for  terminal  illness.  Accelerated           you  deducted  the  tax  in  an  earlier  year.  The 
death benefits are fully excludable if the insured        payer should send Form 1099-G to you by Jan-               Example  28.    You  paid  2021  estimated 
is a terminally ill individual. This is a person who      uary 31, 2023. The IRS will also receive a copy            state  income  tax  of  $4,000  in  four  equal  pay-
has been certified by a physician as having an            of  the  Form  1099-G.  If  you  file  Form  1040  or      ments. You made your fourth payment in Janu-
illness or physical condition that can reasonably         1040-SR,  use  the  worksheet  in  the  2022  In-          ary 2022. You had no state income tax withheld 
be expected to result in death within 24 months           structions for Schedule 1 (Form 1040) to figure            during 2021. In 2022, you received a $400 tax 
from the date of the certification.                       the  amount  (if  any)  to  include  in  your  income.     refund based on your 2021 state income tax re-
                                                          See Itemized  Deduction  Recoveries,  later,  for          turn.  You  claimed  itemized  deductions  each 
Exclusion  for  chronic  illness.   If  the  insured      when  you  must  use Worksheet  2,  later  in  this        year on Schedule A (Form 1040).
is a chronically ill individual who isn't terminally      publication.                                               You must allocate the $400 refund between 
ill, accelerated death benefits paid on the basis         If you could choose to deduct for a tax year               2021 and 2022, the years in which you paid the 
of  costs  incurred  for  qualified  long-term  care      either:                                                    tax on which the refund is based. You paid 75% 
services are fully excludable. Accelerated death            State and local income taxes, or                       ($3,000 ÷ $4,000) of the estimated tax in 2021, 
benefits  paid  on  a  per  diem  or  other  periodic       State and local general sales taxes, then              so  75%  of  the  $400  refund,  or  $300,  is  for 
                                                                                                                     amounts  you  paid  in  2021  and  is  a  recovery 
basis are excludable up to a limit. For 2022, this        the  maximum  refund  that  you  may  have  to  in-        item.  If  all  of  the  $300  is  a  taxable  recovery 
limit is $390. It applies to the total of the accel-      clude in income is limited to the excess of the            item, you'll include $300 on Schedule 1 (Form 
erated  death  benefits  and  any  periodic  pay-         tax you chose to deduct for that year over the             1040),  line  1,  for  2022,  and  attach  a  copy  of 
ments  received  from  long-term  care  insurance         tax you didn't choose to deduct for that year.             your  calculation  showing  why  that  amount  is 
contracts.  For  information  on  the  limit  and  the 
definitions  of  chronically  ill  individual,  qualified Example 26.       For 2021, you can choose a               less  than  the  amount  shown  on  the  Form 
long-term care services, and long-term care in-           $10,000 state income tax deduction or a $9,000             1099-G you received from the state.
surance  contracts, see   Long-Term Care Insur-           state general sales tax deduction. You choose              The balance ($100) of the $400 refund is for 
ance Contracts under      Sickness and Injury Ben-        to deduct the state income tax. In 2022, you re-           your  January  2022  estimated  tax  payment. 
efits, earlier.                                           ceive  a  $2,500  state  income  tax  refund.  The         When  you  figure  your  deduction  for  state  and 
                                                          maximum refund that you may have to include                local income taxes paid during 2022, you'll re-
Exception.      The exclusion doesn't apply to any        in  income  is  $1,000,  because  you  could  have         duce the $1,000 paid in January by $100. Your 
amount  paid  to  a  person  (other  than  the  in-       deducted $9,000 in state general sales tax.                deduction for state and local income taxes paid 
sured) who has an insurable interest in the life                                                                     during 2022 will include the January net amount 
of the insured because the insured:                       Example 27.       For 2021, you can choose a               of  $900  ($1,000  −  $100),  plus  any  estimated 
   Is a director, officer, or employee of the           $9,500 state general sales tax deduction based             state income taxes paid in 2022 for 2022, and 
     person; or                                           on  actual  expenses  or  a  $9,200  state  income         any state income tax withheld during 2022.
   Has a financial interest in the person's             tax  deduction.  You  choose  to  deduct  the  gen-
     business.                                            eral sales tax deduction. In 2022, you return an           Joint state or local income tax return. If you 
                                                          item  you  had  purchased  and  receive  a  $500           filed a joint state or local income tax return in an 
Form 8853.      To claim an exclusion for acceler-        sales  tax  refund.  In  2022,  you  also  receive  a      earlier  year  and  you  aren't  filing  a  joint  Form 
ated  death  benefits  made  on  a  per  diem  or         $1,500 state income tax refund. The maximum                1040  or  1040-SR  with  the  same  person  for 
other  periodic  basis,  you  must  file  Form  8853      refund that you may have to include in income              2022, any refund of a deduction claimed on that 
with  your  return.  You  don't  have  to  file  Form     is $500, because it's less than the excess of the          state or local income tax return must be alloca-
8853  to  exclude  accelerated  death  benefits           tax  deducted  ($9,500)  over  the  tax  you  didn't       ted to the person that paid the expense. If both 
paid on the basis of actual expenses incurred.            choose to deduct ($9,200 − $1,500 = $7,700).               persons paid a portion of the expense, allocate 
                                                          Because you didn't choose to deduct the state              the refund based on your individual portion. For 
                                                          income tax, you don't include the state income             example, if you paid 25% of the expense, then 
                                                          tax refund in income.                                      you would use 25% of the refund to figure if you 

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must  include  any  portion  of  the  refund  in  your      total credits were more than the amount                   5. You weren’t subject to AMT. (If you were 
income.                                                     shown on your 2021 Form 1040, line 18.                          subject to AMT, see Subject to AMT, 
Registered domestic partners (RDPs) domi-               9. You could be claimed as a dependent by                           later.)
ciled in community property states.    For the              someone else in 2021.                                     If  any  of  the  earlier  statements  aren’t  true, 
rules that apply to RDPs who are domiciled in           10. You received a refund because of a jointly                see Total recovery not included in income, later.
community  property  states,  see  Pub.  555  and           filed state or local income tax return, but               State tax refund.            In addition to the previ-
Form 8958.                                                  you aren't filing a joint 2022 Form 1040 or               ous six items, you must include in your income 
                                                            1040-SR with the same person.                             the full amount of a refund of state or local in-
Deductions not itemized.  If you didn't item-                                                                         come tax or general sales tax if the excess of 
ize  deductions  for  the  year  for  which  you  re-           If  you  also  recovered  an  amount  de-
                                                                                                                      the tax you deducted over the tax you didn't de-
ceived the recovery of an expense that was de-          !       ducted  as  a  nonitemized  deduction,                duct is more than the refund of the tax deduc-
ductible only if you itemized, don't include any        CAUTION figure the amount of that recovery to in-
of the recovery amount in your income.                  clude in your income and add it to your adjusted              ted.
                                                        gross  income  (AGI)  before  applying  the  rules            If  the  refund  is  more  than  the  excess,  see 
Example  29.   You  claimed  the  standard              explained  here.  See Nonitemized  Deduction                  Total recovery not included in income, later.
deduction on your 2021 federal income tax re-           Recoveries, later.                                            Where to report.           Enter your state or local 
turn.  In  2022,  you  received  a  refund  of  your                                                                  income tax refund on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), 
2021 state income tax. Don’t report any of the          Nonresident  aliens.  If  you're  a  nonresident              line  1,  and  the  total  of  all  other  recoveries  as 
refund  as  income  because  you  didn't  itemize       alien and file Form 1040-NR, you can't claim the              other  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form  1040), 
deductions for 2021.                                    standard deduction. If you recover an itemized                line 8z.
                                                        deduction  that  you  claimed  in  an  earlier  year, 
Itemized Deduction Recoveries                           you  must  generally  include  the  full  amount  of          Example 30.        For 2021, you filed a joint re-
                                                        the recovery in your income in the year you re-               turn  on  Form  1040.  Your  taxable  income  was 
The following discussion explains how to deter-         ceive it. However, if you had no taxable income               $60,000  and  you  weren’t  entitled  to  any  tax 
mine the amount to include in your income from          in  that  earlier  year  (see Negative  taxable  in-          credits. Your standard deduction was $25,100, 
a recovery of an amount deducted in an earlier          come, later), you should complete Worksheet 2                 and you had itemized deductions of $26,600. In 
year  as  an  itemized  deduction.  However,  you       to determine the amount you must include in in-               2022, you received the following recoveries for 
generally  don't  need  to  use  this  discussion  if   come. If any other statement under Total recov-               amounts deducted on your 2021 return.
you file Form 1040 or 1040-SR and the recov-            ery included in income isn't true, see the discus-
ery  is  for  state  or  local  income  taxes  paid  in sion  referenced  in  the  statement  to  determine           Medical expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200 
2021. Instead, use the State and Local Income           the amount to include in income.                              State and local income tax refund    . . . . . . . . . 400 
                                                                                                                      Refund of mortgage interest  . . . . . . . . . . . .   325 
Tax Refund Worksheet—Schedule 1, Line 1, in                                                                           Total recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           $925 
the  2022  Instructions  for  Schedule  1  (Form        Capital  gains. If  you  determined  your  tax  in 
1040) for line 1 to figure the amount (if any) to       the  earlier  year  by  using  the  Schedule  D  Tax 
include in your income. See the Instructions for        Worksheet, or the Qualified Dividends and Cap-                None of the recoveries were more than the 
Forms 1040 and 1040-SR.                                 ital Gain Tax Worksheet, and you receive a re-                deductions  taken  for  2021.  The  difference  be-
                                                        fund in 2022 of a deduction claimed in that year,             tween  the  state  and  local  income  tax  you  de-
                                                        you'll  have  to  refigure  your  tax  for  the  earlier      ducted  and  your  local  general  sales  tax  you 
You  can't  use  the  State  and  Local  Income         year to determine if the recovery must be inclu-              could have deducted was more than $400.
Tax  Refund  Worksheet—Schedule  1,  Line  1,           ded in your income. If inclusion of the recovery              Your  total  recoveries  are  less  than  the 
and must use this discussion if you're a nonresi-       doesn't change your total tax, you don't include              amount by which your itemized deductions ex-
dent alien (discussed later) or any of the follow-      the  recovery  in  income.  However,  if  your  total         ceeded  the  standard  deduction  ($26,600  − 
ing statements are true.                                tax increases by any amount, you must include                 $25,100 = $1,500), so you must include your to-
1. You received a refund in 2022 that is for a          the recovery in your income up to the amount of               tal  recoveries  in  your  income  for  2022.  Report 
tax year other than 2021.                               the deduction that reduced your tax in the ear-               the  state  and  local  income  tax  refund  of  $400 
                                                        lier year.                                                    on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 1, and the bal-
2. You received a refund other than an in-                                                                            ance  of  your  recoveries,  $525,  on  Schedule  1 
come tax refund, such as a general sales                Total  recovery  included  in  income.   If  you              (Form 1040), line 8z.
tax or real property tax refund, in 2022 of             recover  any  itemized  deduction  that  you 
an amount deducted or credit claimed in                 claimed  in  an  earlier  year,  you  must  generally         Total  recovery  not  included  in  income.            If 
an earlier year.                                        include the full amount of the recovery in your               one or more of the five statements listed earlier 
3. The amount on your 2021 Form 1040,                   income in the year you receive it. This rule ap-              under Total  recovery  included  in  income  isn't 
line 13, was more than the amount on your               plies  if,  for  the  earlier  year,  all  of  the  following true, you may be able to exclude at least part of 
2021 Form 1040, line 11 minus line 12c.                 statements are true.                                          the recovery from your income. See the discus-
4. You had taxable income on your 2021                  1. Your itemized deductions exceeded the                      sion  referenced  in  the  statement.  You  may  be 
Form 1040, line 15, but no tax on your                      standard deduction by at least the amount                 able to use  Worksheet 2 to determine the part 
Form 1040, line 16, because of the 0% tax                   of the recovery. (If your itemized deduc-                 of your recovery to include in your income. You 
rate on net capital gains and qualified divi-               tions didn't exceed the standard deduction                can also use Worksheet 2 to determine the part 
dends in certain situations. See Capital                    by at least the amount of the recovery, see               of  a state  tax  refund  (discussed  earlier)  to  in-
gains, later.                                               Standard deduction limit, later.)                         clude in income.
5. Your 2021 state and local income tax re-             2. You had taxable income. (If you had no                     Allocating the included part.                    If you aren't 
fund is more than your 2021 state and lo-                   taxable income, see Negative taxable in-                  required to include all of your recoveries in your 
cal income tax deduction minus the                          come, later.)                                             income, and you have both a state income tax 
                                                                                                                      refund and other itemized deduction recoveries, 
amount you could have deducted as your                  3. Your deduction for the item recovered                      you  must  allocate  the  taxable  recoveries  be-
2021 state and local general sales taxes.                   equals or exceeds the amount recovered.                   tween the state income tax refund you report on 
6. You made your last payment of 2021 esti-                 (If your deduction was less than the                      Schedule  1  (Form  1040  or  1040-NR),  line  1, 
mated state or local income tax in 2022.                    amount recovered, see Recovery limited                    and the amount you report as other income on 
                                                            to deduction, later.)                                     Schedule 1 (Form 1040 or 1040-NR), line 8z. If 
7. You owed AMT in 2021.                                                                                              you don't use Worksheet 2, make the allocation 
                                                        4. You had no unused tax credits. (If you had 
8. You couldn't use the full amount of credits              unused tax credits, see Unused tax cred-                  as follows.
you were entitled to in 2021 because the                    its, later.)

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1. Divide your state income tax refund by the           the  filing  status  for  that  prior  year.  If  you  filed deducting  medical  expenses,  you  deducted 
  total of all your itemized deduction recov-           Form 1040-NR, you couldn't claim the standard                only  $200  as  an  itemized  deduction.  In  2022, 
  eries.                                                deduction.                                                   you received a $500 reimbursement from your 
                                                                                                                     medical insurance for your 2021 expenses. The 
2. Multiply the amount of taxable recoveries            Example  32.   You  filed  a  joint  return  on              only  amount  of  the  $500  reimbursement  that 
  by the percentage in (1). This is the                 Form  1040  for  2021  with  taxable  income  of             must  be  included  in  your  income  for  2022  is 
  amount you report as a state income tax               $45,000.  Your  itemized  deductions  were                   $200, the amount actually deducted.
  refund.                                               $25,350. The standard deduction that you could 
3. Subtract the result in (2) above from the            have claimed was $25,100. In 2021, you recov-                Overall  limitation  on  itemized  deductions 
  amount of taxable recoveries. This is the             ered $2,100 of your 2021 itemized deductions.                no  longer  applies.   For  tax  years  beginning 
  amount you report as other income.                    None of the recoveries were more than the ac-                after 2017, there is no limitation on itemized de-
                                                        tual deductions for 2021. Include $250 of the re-            ductions based on your AGI.
Example  31.   In  2022,  you  recovered                coveries  in  your  2022  income.  This  is  the             To  determine  the  part  of  the  recovery  you 
$2,500  of  your  2021  itemized  deductions            smaller  of  your  recoveries  ($2,100)  or  the             must include in income, follow the two steps be-
claimed on Schedule A (Form 1040), but the re-          amount  by  which  your  itemized  deductions                low.
coveries you must include in your 2022 income           were  more  than  the  standard  deduction 
are only $1,500. Of the $2,500 you recovered,           ($25,350 − $25,100 = $250).                                  1. Figure the greater of:
$500 was due to your state income tax refund.                                                                            a. The standard deduction for the earlier 
Your state income tax was more than your state          Negative taxable income.    If your taxable in-                  year, or
general sales tax by $600. The amount you re-           come for the prior year (Worksheet 2, line 10) 
port as a state tax refund on Schedule 1 (Form          was a negative amount, the recovery you must                     b. The amount of itemized deductions 
1040),  line  1,  is  $300  [($500  ÷  $2,500)  ×       include  in  income  is  reduced  by  that  amount.              you would have been allowed for the 
$1,500]. The balance of the taxable recoveries,         You have a negative taxable income for 2021 if                   earlier year if you had figured them 
$1,200, is reported as other income on Sched-           your:                                                            using only the net amount of the re-
ule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z.                             Form 1040, the sum of lines 12c and 13,                        covery item. The net amount is the 
                                                          was more than line 11; or                                      amount you actually paid reduced by 
Standard  deduction  limit. You  are  generally         Form 1040-NR, line 14, was more than                           the recovery amount.
allowed to claim the standard deduction if you            line 11.                                                       Note.  If  you  were  required  to  itemize 
don't  itemize  your  deductions.  Only  your  item-                                                                     your  deductions  in  the  earlier  year,  use 
ized deductions that are more than your stand-          Example 33.  The facts are the same as in                        step 1b and not step 1a.
ard  deduction  are  subject  to  the  recovery  rule   Example  32,  except  line  14  was  $200  more 
(unless  you're  required  to  itemize  your  deduc-    than  line  11  on  your  2021  Form  1040,  giving          2. Subtract the amount in step 1 from the 
tions).  If  your  total  deductions  on  the  earlier  you  a  negative  taxable  income  of  $200.  You                amount of itemized deductions actually al-
year  return  weren’t  more  than  your  income  for    must  include  $50  in  your  2022  income,  rather              lowed in the earlier year after applying the 
that  year,  include  in  your  income  this  year  the than $250.                                                       limit on itemized deductions.
lesser of:
Your recoveries, or                                   Recovery limited to deduction.  You don't in-                The result of step 2 is the amount of the recov-
The amount by which your itemized deduc-              clude in your income any amount of your recov-               ery  to  include  in  your  income  for  the  year  you 
  tions exceeded the standard deduction.                ery that is more than the amount you deducted                receive the recovery. If your taxable income for 
                                                        in  the  earlier  year.  The  amount  you  include  in       the earlier year was a negative amount, reduce 
Standard  deduction  for  earlier  years.               your income is limited to the smaller of:                    your recovery by the negative amount.
To determine  if  amounts  recovered  in  the cur-      The amount deducted, or                                    If  you  had  unused  tax  credits  in  the  earlier 
rent year must be included in your income, you          The amount recovered.                                      year, see Unused tax credits, later.
must know the standard deduction for your filing                                                                     For more information on this calculation, see 
status for the year the deduction was claimed.          Example  34.   For  2021,  you  paid  $1,700                 Revenue Ruling 93-75. This ruling is in Cumula-
Look in the instructions for your tax return from       for  medical  expenses.  Because  of  the  limit  on         tive Bulletin 1993-2.
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Worksheet 2a. Computations for Worksheet 2, lines 1a and 1b
                                                                                                  Keep for Your Records
To determine amounts to enter on lines 1a and 1b of Worksheet 2, complete the following.

1. Enter the income tax refund from Form(s) 1099-G (or similar statement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                               1.  
2. Enter the refunds received for state and local real estate taxes and state and local personal 
   property taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       2.  

3. Total state and local refunds. Add lines 1 and 2. But don’t enter more than the amount of your state 
   and local taxes shown on your 2021 Schedule A, line 5d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                     3.  
4. Is the amount of state and local income taxes (or general sales taxes), real estate taxes, and 
   personal property taxes paid in 2021 (generally, this is the amount reported on your 2021 
   Schedule A, line 5d), more than the amount on your 2021 Schedule A, line 5e?
    
     No. Enter the amount from line 3 on line 4 and go to line 5.
    
     Yes. Subtract the amount on your 2021 Schedule A, line 5e, from the amount of state and local 
   income taxes (or general sales taxes), real estate taxes, and personal property taxes paid in 2021 
   (generally, this is the amount reported on your 2021 Schedule A, line 5d). Enter the result 
   here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.  
5. Is the amount on line 3 more than the amount on line 4?
    
     No. [STOP] None of the refunds on line 1 or 2 are taxable.
    
     Yes. Subtract line 4 from line 3 and enter the result here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                   5.  
6. Add lines 1 and 2 and enter the result here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          6.  
7. Divide line 1 by line 6. Then multiply by the amount on line 5 and enter the result here and on 
   Worksheet 2, line 1a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             7.  
8. Divide line 2 by line 6. Then multiply by the amount on line 5 and enter the result here and on 
   Worksheet 2, line 1b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             8.  

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Worksheet 2. Recoveries of Itemized Deductions
                                                                                                                                   Keep for Your Records
To determine whether you should complete this worksheet to figure the part of a recovery amount to include in income on your 2022 
tax return, see Itemized Deduction Recoveries. If you recovered amounts from more than 1 year, such as a state income tax refund 
from 2021 and a casualty loss reimbursement from 2020, complete a separate worksheet for each year. Use information from your 
tax return for the year the expense was deducted.
A recovery is included in income only to the extent of the deduction amount that reduced your tax in the prior year (year of the 
deduction). If you were subject to the AMT or your tax credits reduced your tax to zero, see Unused tax credits and Subject to AMT 
under Itemized Deduction Recoveries. If your recovery was for an itemized deduction that was limited, you should read Itemized 
deductions limited under Itemized Deduction Recoveries.

NOTE: Before completing lines 1a and 1b, see Worksheet 2a, Computations for Worksheet 2, lines 1a and 1b. 
  1a.   State/local income tax refund or credit1a      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      1a.  

  1b.   State/local real estate and personal property taxes1a  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  1b.  
  2.    Enter the total of all other Schedule A refunds or reimbursements 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             2.  
        (excluding the amounts you entered on lines 1a and 1b)
  3.    Add lines 1a, 1b, and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.  
  4.    Itemized deductions for the prior year. For 2021: 
         Form 1040, Schedule A, line 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
         Form 1040-NR, Schedule A, line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       4.  
  5.    Enter any amount previously refunded to you 
        (don't enter an amount from line 1a or 1b or line 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            5.  
  6.    Subtract line 5 from line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             6.  
  7.    Standard deduction for the prior year.  If you filed Form 1040-NR, 3
        enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.  
  8.    Subtract line 7 from line 6. If the result is zero or less, stop here. 
        The amounts on lines 1a, 1b, and 2 aren't taxable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   8.  
  9.    Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     9.  
  10.   Taxable income for prior year  (2021 Form 1040, line 15; or 2021 Form 4
        1040-NR, line 15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         10. 
  11.   Amount to include in income for 2022:
         If line 10 is zero or more, enter the amount from line 9.
         If line 10 is a negative amount, add lines 9 and 10 and enter the result 5                                                                       11.  
           (but not less than zero) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
        If line 11 equals line 3—
           Enter the amount from line 1a on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 1.
           Enter the amounts from lines 1b and 2 on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z.
        If line 11 is less than line 3 and either line 1a or 1b or line 2 is zero—
           If there is an amount on line 1a, enter the amount from line 11 on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 1.
           If there is an amount on lines 1b and/or 2, enter the amount from line 11 on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z.
        If line 11 is less than line 3, and there are amounts on line 1a and on line 1b or 2, complete the following 
        worksheet.
        A. Divide the amount on line 1a by the amount on line 3. Enter the 
        percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        A.   
        B. Multiply the amount on line 11 by the percentage on line A. 
        Enter the result here and on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                             B.   
        C. Subtract the amount on line B from the amount on line 11. 
        Enter the result here and on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                              C.   

1a Don’t enter more than the amount deducted for the prior year. Don’t enter more than the excess of your state and local income tax deduction over your 
  state and local general sales taxes you could have deducted. 
2 Don’t enter more than the amount deducted for the prior year. If you deducted state and local general sales taxes and received a refund of those taxes, 
  include the amount on line 2, but don't enter more than the excess of your sales tax deduction over your state and local income tax you could have 
  deducted.
3 See the instructions for prior year forms at IRS.gov for prior year standard deduction.
4 If taxable income is a negative amount, enter that amount in brackets. Don’t enter zero unless your taxable income is exactly zero. See Negative taxable 
  income. Taxable income will have to be adjusted for any net operating loss carryover. For more information, see Pub. 536.
5 For example, $700 + ($400) = $300.
Unused tax credits. If you recover an item de-         amount  of  the  recovery  to  your  earlier  year's                        covery in your income up to the amount of the 
ducted in an earlier year in which you had un-         taxable  income  and  refigure  the  tax  and  the                          deduction  that  reduced  the  tax  in  the  earlier 
used  tax  credits,  you  must  refigure  the  earlier credits on the refigured amount. If the refigured                           year. For this purpose, any increase to a credit 
year's tax to determine if you must include the        tax, after application of the credits, is more than                         carried  over  to  the  current  year  that  resulted 
recovery  in  your  income.  To  do  this,  add  the   the actual tax in the earlier year, include the re-                         from  deducting  the  recovered  amount  in  the 

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earlier year is considered to have reduced your          If you had a net operating loss (NOL) in a prior         explain  the  tax  treatment  of  certain  payments 
tax in the earlier year. If the recovery is for an       year, you'll have to adjust your taxable income          made  to  survivors.  For  additional  information, 
itemized  deduction  claimed  in  a  year  in  which     for any NOL carryover. See Pub. 536 for more             see Pub. 559.
the  deductions  were  limited,  see Itemized  de-       information.
ductions limited, earlier.                                                                                        Lump-sum  payments.  Lump-sum  payments 
If  your  tax,  after  application  of  the  credits,    Unused tax credits.      If you recover an item de-      you receive from a decedent's employer as the 
doesn't  change,  you  didn't  have  a  tax  benefit     ducted in an earlier year in which you had un-           surviving spouse or beneficiary may be accrued 
from the deduction. Don’t include the recovery           used  tax  credits,  you  must  refigure  the  earlier   salary  payments;  distributions  from  employee 
in your income.                                          year's tax to determine if you must include the          profit-sharing, pension, annuity, or stock bonus 
                                                         recovery  in  your  income.  To  do  this,  add  the     plans; or other items that should be treated sep-
Example 35.     In 2021, you filed as head of            amount  of  the  recovery  to  your  earlier  year's     arately  for  tax  purposes.  The  tax  treatment  of 
household  and  itemized  your  deductions  on           taxable  income  and  refigure  the  tax  and  the       these lump-sum payments depends on the type 
Schedule A (Form 1040). Your taxable income              credits on the refigured amount. If the refigured        of payment.
was  $5,260  and  your  tax  was  $528.  You             tax, after application of the credits, is more than 
claimed a child care credit of $1,200. The credit        the actual tax in the earlier year, include the re-      Salary  or  wages.   Salary  or  wages  re-
reduced  your  tax  to  zero,  and  you  had  an  un-    covery in your income up to the amount of the            ceived after the death of the employee are usu-
used  tax  credit  of  $672  ($1,200  −  $528).  In      deduction  that  reduced  the  tax  in  the  earlier     ally ordinary income to you.
2022,  you  recovered  $1,000  of  your  itemized        year. For this purpose, any increase to a credit         Qualified  employee  retirement  plans. 
deductions. You reduce your 2021 itemized de-            carried  over  to  the  current  year  that  resulted    Lump-sum  distributions  from  qualified  em-
ductions by $1,000 and refigure that year's tax          from  deducting  the  recovered  amount  in  the         ployee  retirement  plans  are  subject  to  special 
on  taxable  income  of  $6,260.  However,  the          earlier year is considered to have reduced your          tax treatment. For information on these distribu-
child  care  credit  exceeds  the  refigured  tax  of    tax in the earlier year.                                 tions,  see  Pub.  575  (or  Pub.  721  if  you're  the 
$628. Your tax liability for 2021 isn't changed by       If  your  tax,  after  application  of  the  credits,    survivor of a federal employee or retiree).
reducing your deductions by the recovery. You            doesn't  change,  you  didn't  have  a  tax  benefit 
didn't have a tax benefit from the recovered de-         from the deduction. Don’t include the recovery           Public  safety  officer  killed  in  the  line  of 
duction and don’t include any of the recovery in         in your income.                                          duty. If you're a survivor of a public safety offi-
your income for 2022.                                                                                             cer who was killed in the line of duty, you can 
                                                         Capital  gains. If  you  determined  your  tax  in       exclude from income any amount received as a 
Subject  to  AMT. If  you  were  subject  to  the        the  earlier  year  by  using  the  Schedule  D  Tax     survivor  annuity  on  account  of  the  death  of  a 
AMT in the year of the deduction, you'll have to         Worksheet, or the Qualified Dividends and Cap-           public safety officer killed in the line of duty.
refigure  your  tax  for  the  earlier  year  to  deter- ital Gain Tax Worksheet, and you receive a re-           For this purpose, the term “public safety offi-
mine if the recovery must be included in your in-        fund in 2022 of a deduction claimed in that year,        cer” includes law enforcement officers, firefight-
come. This will require a refiguring of your regu-       you'll  have  to  refigure  your  tax  for  the  earlier ers,  chaplains,  and  rescue  squad  and  ambu-
lar  tax,  as  shown  in   Example  35,  and  a          year to determine if the recovery must be inclu-         lance crew members. For more information, see 
refiguring of your AMT. If inclusion of the recov-       ded in your income. If inclusion of the recovery         Pub. 559.
ery doesn't change your total tax, you don't in-         doesn't change your total tax, you don't include 
clude the recovery in your income. However, if           the  recovery  in  income.  However,  if  your  total 
your total tax increases by any amount, you re-          tax increases by any amount, you must include            Unemployment Benefits
ceived a tax benefit from the deduction and you          the recovery in your income up to the amount of 
must include the recovery in your income up to           the deduction that reduced your tax in the ear-          The  tax  treatment  of  unemployment  benefits 
the amount of the deduction that reduced your            lier year.                                               you  receive  depends  on  the  type  of  program 
tax in the earlier year.                                                                                          paying the benefits.
                                                         Amounts Recovered for Credits                            Unemployment        compensation. Generally, 
Nonitemized Deduction                                                                                             you  must  include  in  income  all  unemployment 
Recoveries                                               If  you  received  a  recovery  in  2022  for  an  item  compensation you receive. You should receive 
                                                         for which you claimed a tax credit in an earlier         a Form 1099-G showing in box 1 the total un-
This  section  discusses  recovery  of  deductions       year,  you  must  increase  your  2021  tax  by  the     employment compensation paid to you. In most 
other than itemized deductions.                          amount  of  the  recovery,  up  to  the  amount  by      cases, you enter unemployment compensation 
                                                         which the credit reduced your tax in the earlier         on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 7.
Total  recovery  included  in  income.   If  you         year. You had a recovery if there was a down-
recover an amount that you deducted in an ear-           ward price adjustment or similar adjustment on                   If  you  received  unemployment  com-
lier year when you were figuring your AGI, you           the item for which you claimed a credit.                 !       pensation  but  didn't  receive  Form 
must generally include the full amount of the re-                                                                 CAUTION 1099-G,  Certain  Government  Pay-
covery in your income in the year received.              This  rule  doesn't  apply  to  the  investment          ments,  through  the  mail,  you  may  need  to  ac-
                                                         credit  or  the  foreign  tax  credit.  Recoveries  of   cess your information through your state’s web-
Total  recovery  not  included  in  income.     If       these credits are covered by other provisions of         site to get your electronic Form 1099-G.
any part of the deduction you took for the recov-        the law. See Pub. 514 or Form 4255 for details.
ered amount didn't reduce your tax, you may be                                                                    Types  of  unemployment  compensation. 
able  to  exclude  at  least  part  of  the  recovery                                                             Unemployment  compensation  generally  in-
from your income. You must include the recov-            Sharing/Gig Economy
                                                                                                                  cludes  any  amount  received  under  an  unem-
ery in your income only up to the amount of the                                                                   ployment  compensation  law  of  the  United 
deduction  that  reduced  your  tax  in  the  year  of   Generally, if you work in the gig economy or did 
the deduction. (See Tax benefit rule, earlier.)          gig work, you must include all income received           States  or  of  a  state.  It  includes  the  following 
                                                         from  all  jobs  whether  you  received  a  Form         benefits.
Negative taxable income.      If your taxable in-        1099-K,  Payment  Card  and  Third-Party  Net-           Benefits paid by a state or the District of 
come for the prior year was a negative amount,           work Transactions, or not. See the Instructions            Columbia from the Federal Unemployment 
the recovery you must include in income is re-           for  Schedule  C  (Form  1040)  and  the  Instruc-         Trust Fund.
duced by that amount. You have a negative tax-           tions for Schedule SE (Form 1040).                       State unemployment insurance benefits.
                                                                                                                  Railroad unemployment compensation 
able income for 2021 if your:                                                                                       benefits.
Form 1040, the sum of lines 12c and 13,                Survivor Benefits                                        Disability payments from a government 
  was more than line 11; or                                                                                         program paid as a substitute for unemploy-
Form 1040-NR, line 14, was more than                   In most cases, payments made by or for an em-              ment compensation. (Amounts received as 
  line 11.                                               ployer because of an employee's death must be              workers' compensation for injuries or ill-
                                                         included  in  income.  The  following  discussions         ness aren't unemployment compensation. 
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  See Workers' Compensation under Sick-                 able to take a credit against your tax for the later   Persons with disabilities. If you have a disa-
  ness and Injury Benefits, earlier.)                   year  instead  of  deducting  the  amount  repaid.     bility, you must include in income compensation 
Trade readjustment allowances under the               For information on this, see Repayments, later.        you receive for services you perform unless the 
  Trade Act of 1974.                                                                                           compensation is otherwise excluded. However, 
Unemployment assistance under the Dis-                Private unemployment fund.   Unemployment              you don't include in income the value of goods, 
  aster Relief and Emergency Assistance                 benefit  payments  from  a  private  (nonunion)        services, and cash that you receive, not in re-
  Act of 1974.                                          fund to which you voluntarily contribute are tax-      turn for your services, but for your training and 
Unemployment assistance under the Air-                able only if the amounts you receive are more          rehabilitation because you have a disability. Ex-
  line Deregulation Act of 1978 Program.                than your total payments into the fund. Report         cludable  amounts  include  payments  for  trans-
                                                        the taxable amount on Schedule 1 (Form 1040),          portation  and  attendant  care,  such  as  inter-
Governmental program.     If you contribute             line 8z.                                               preter services for the deaf, reader services for 
to  a  governmental  unemployment  compensa-                                                                   the blind, and services to help individuals with 
tion  program  and  your  contributions  aren't  de-    Payments by a union.    Benefits paid to you as        an intellectual disability do their work.
ductible,  amounts  you  receive  under  the  pro-      an unemployed member of a union from regular 
gram  aren't  included  as  unemployment                union  dues  are  included  in  your  income  on       Disaster relief grants. Don’t include post-dis-
compensation  until  you  recover  your  contribu-      Schedule  1  (Form  1040),  line  8z.  However,  if    aster grants received under the Disaster Relief 
tions. If you deducted all of your contributions to     you contribute to a special union fund and your        and Emergency Assistance Act in your income 
the program, the entire amount you receive un-          payments to the fund aren't deductible, the un-        if  the  grant  payments  are  made  to  help  you 
der the program is included in your income.             employment benefits you receive from the fund          meet necessary expenses or serious needs for 
Repayment  of  unemployment  compen-                    are includible in your income only to the extent       medical,  dental,  housing,  personal  property, 
sation.   If  you  repaid  in  2022  unemployment       they're more than your contributions.                  transportation,  or  funeral  expenses.  Don’t  de-
compensation  you  received  in  2022,  subtract                                                               duct casualty losses or medical expenses that 
the  amount  you  repaid  from  the  total  amount      Guaranteed annual wage.      Payments you re-          are specifically reimbursed by these disaster re-
you  received  and  enter  the  difference  on          ceive from your employer during periods of un-         lief grants. If you have deducted a casualty loss 
Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 7. On the dotted           employment,  under  a  union  agreement  that          for the loss of your personal residence and you 
line  next  to  your  entry,  enter  “Repaid”  and  the guarantees you full pay during the year, are tax-      later receive a disaster relief grant for the loss of 
amount you repaid. If you repaid unemployment           able as wages. Include them on line 1a of Form         the  same  residence,  you  may  have  to  include 
compensation in 2022 that you included in your          1040 or 1040-SR.                                       part or all of the grant in your taxable income. 
income  in  an  earlier  year,  you  can  deduct  the                                                          See Recoveries,  earlier.  Unemployment  assis-
amount  repaid  on  Schedule  A  (Form  1040),          State  employees.     Payments  similar  to  a         tance  payments  under  the  Act  are  taxable  un-
line  16,  if  you  itemize  deductions  and  if  the   state's  unemployment  compensation  may  be           employment  compensation.  See       Unemploy-
amount is more than $3,000. See Repayments,             made by the state to its employees who aren't          ment  compensation  under       Unemployment 
later.                                                  covered by the state's unemployment compen-            Benefits, earlier.
                                                        sation law. Although the payments are fully tax-
Tax withholding. You can choose to have                 able, don't report them as unemployment com-           Disaster  relief  payments. You  can  exclude 
federal  income  tax  withheld  from  your  unem-       pensation. Report these payments on Schedule           from income any amount you receive that is a 
ployment  compensation.  To  make  this  choice,        1 (Form 1040), line 8z.                                qualified disaster relief payment. A qualified dis-
complete Form W-4V and give it to the paying                                                                   aster relief payment is an amount paid to you:
office. Tax will be withheld at 10% of your pay-        Welfare and Other                                      1. To reimburse or pay reasonable and nec-
ment.                                                                                                              essary personal, family, living, or funeral 
                                                        Public Assistance Benefits
        If you don't choose to have tax withheld                                                                   expenses that result from a qualified dis-
!       from  your  unemployment  compensa-             Don’t include in your income governmental ben-             aster;
CAUTION tion,  you  may  be  liable  for  estimated     efit payments from a public welfare fund based         2. To reimburse or pay reasonable and nec-
tax. If you don't pay enough tax, either through        upon need, such as payments due to blindness.              essary expenses incurred for the repair or 
withholding or estimated tax, or a combination          Payments  from  a  state  fund  for  the  victims  of      rehabilitation of your home or repair or re-
of  both,  you  may  have  to  pay  a  penalty.  For    crime  shouldn't  be  included  in  the  victims'  in-     placement of its contents to the extent it’s 
more information, see Pub. 505.                         comes  if  they're  in  the  nature  of  welfare  pay-     due to a qualified disaster;
                                                        ments. Don’t deduct medical expenses that are 
Supplemental   unemployment           benefits.         reimbursed by such a fund. You must include in         3. By a person engaged in the furnishing or 
Benefits  received  from  an  employer-financed         your  income  any  welfare  payments  that  are            sale of transportation as a common carrier 
fund (to which the employees didn't contribute)         compensation for services or that are obtained             because of the death or personal physical 
aren't  unemployment  compensation.  They're            fraudulently.                                              injuries incurred as a result of a qualified 
taxable as wages and are subject to withholding                                                                    disaster; or
for  income  tax.  They  may  be  subject  to  social   Work-training  program.      Payments  you  re-        4. By a federal, state, or local government, or 
security and Medicare taxes. For more informa-          ceive from a state welfare agency for taking part          agency or instrumentality in connection 
tion, see Supplemental Unemployment Benefits            in  a  work-training  program  aren't  included  in        with a qualified disaster in order to pro-
in  section  5  of  Pub.  15-A.  Report  these  pay-    your  income,  as  long  as  the  payments  (exclu-        mote the general welfare.
ments on line 1a of Form 1040 or 1040-SR.               sive  of  extra  allowances  for  transportation  or 
                                                        other costs) don't total more than the public wel-     You can exclude this amount only to the extent 
Repayment of benefits.    You may have to               fare  benefits  you  would  have  received  other-     any expense it pays for isn't paid for by insur-
repay  some  of  your  supplemental  unemploy-          wise. If the payments are more than the welfare        ance or otherwise. The exclusion doesn't apply 
ment  benefits  to  qualify  for  trade  readjustment   benefits  you  would  have  received,  the  entire     if you were a participant or conspirator in a ter-
allowances under the Trade Act of 1974. If you          amount must be included in your income as wa-          rorist action or a representative of one.
repay  supplemental  unemployment  benefits  in         ges.                                                   A qualified disaster is:
the same year you receive them, reduce the to-                                                                   A disaster that results from a terrorist or 
tal benefits by the amount you repay. If you re-        Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assis-
pay  the  benefits  in  a  later  year,  you  must  in- tance  (RTAA)  payments.     Payments  you  re-            military action;
clude  the  full  amount  of  the  benefits  in  your   ceive from a state agency under the RTAA must            A federally declared disaster; or
income for the year you received them.                  be  included  in  your  income.  The  state  must        A disaster that results from an accident in-
Deduct the repayment in the later year as an            send  you  Form  1099-G  to  advise  you  of  the          volving a common carrier, or from any 
adjustment  to  gross  income  on  Form  1040  or       amount  you  should  include  in  income.  The             other event, which is determined to be 
1040-SR. Include the repayment on Schedule 1            amount  should  be  reported  on  Schedule  1              catastrophic by the Secretary of the Treas-
(Form 1040), line 24e. If the amount you repay          (Form 1040), line 8z.                                      ury or his or her delegate.
in a later year is more than $3,000, you may be 
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   For amounts paid under item 4, a disaster is          form  Relocation  Assistance  and  Real  Property       Social security  benefits            (including 
qualified if it's determined by an applicable fed-       Acquisition Policies Act for Federal and Feder-         lump-sum  payments  attributable  to  prior 
eral,  state,  or  local  authority  to  warrant  assis- ally Assisted Programs aren't includible in gross       years), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
tance  from  the  federal,  state,  or  local  govern-   income,  but  are  includible  in  the  basis  of  the  benefits,  and  lump-sum  death  benefits. 
ment, agency, or instrumentality.                        newly acquired property.                                The  Social  Security  Administration  (SSA)  pro-
                                                                                                                 vides benefits such as old-age benefits, bene-
   Disaster  mitigation  payments.  You  can             Relocation  payments  and  home  rehabilita-            fits  to  disabled  workers,  and  benefits  to  spou-
also  exclude  from  income  any  amount  you  re-       tion grants.  A relocation payment under sec-           ses  and  dependents.  These  benefits  may  be 
ceive that is a qualified disaster mitigation pay-       tion 105(a)(11) of the Housing and Community            subject  to  federal  income  tax  depending  on 
ment.  Qualified  disaster  mitigation  payments         Development Act made by a local jurisdiction to         your  filing  status  and  other  income.  See  Pub. 
are commonly paid to you in the period immedi-           a displaced individual moving from a flood-dam-         915  for  more  information.  An  individual  origi-
ately following damage to property as a result of        aged  residence  to  another  residence  isn't  in-     nally  denied  benefits,  but  later  approved,  may 
a natural disaster. However, disaster mitigation         cludible  in  gross  income.  Home  rehabilitation      receive  a  lump-sum  payment  for  the  period 
payments are used to mitigate (reduce the se-            grants received by low-income homeowners in             when benefits were denied (which may be prior 
verity  of)  potential  damage  from  future  natural    a defined area under the same Act are also not          years). See Pub. 915 for information on how to 
disasters. They're paid to you through state and         includible in gross income.                             make  a  lump-sum  election,  which  may  reduce 
local  governments  based  on  the  provisions  of                                                               your tax liability. There are also other types of 
the  Robert  T.  Stafford  Disaster  Relief  and         Indian  financing  grants.   Nonreimbursable            benefits paid by the SSA. However, SSI bene-
Emergency  Assistance  Act  or  the  National            grants under title IV of the Indian Financing Act       fits and lump-sum death benefits (one-time pay-
Flood Insurance Act.                                     of  1974  to  Indians  to  expand  profit-making  In-   ment  to  spouse  and  children  of  deceased) 
   You can't increase the basis or adjusted ba-          dian-owned  economic  enterprises  on  or  near         aren't  subject  to  federal  income  tax.  For  more 
sis  of  your  property  for  improvements  made         reservations aren't includible in gross income.         information on these benefits, go to SSA.gov.
with nontaxable disaster mitigation payments.
                                                         Indian  general  welfare  benefit.   Gross  in-         Form SSA-1099.   If you received social se-
Home  Affordable  Modification  Program                  come  doesn't  include  the  value  of  any  Indian     curity  benefits  during  the  year,  you'll  receive 
(HAMP). If  you  benefit  from  Pay-for-Perform-         general welfare benefit. “Indian general welfare        Form SSA-1099, Social Security Benefit State-
ance Success Payments under HAMP, the pay-               benefit” includes any payment made or services          ment. An IRS Notice 703 will be enclosed with 
ments aren't taxable.                                    provided  to  or  on  behalf  of  a  member  (or  any   your  Form  SSA-1099.  This  notice  includes  a 
                                                         spouse or dependent of that member) of an In-           worksheet you can use to figure whether any of 
Hardest  Hit  Fund  and  Emergency  Home-                dian  tribe  or  Alaska  Native  Corporation  under     your benefits are taxable.
owners' Loan Program.    If you receive or ben-          an Indian tribal government program, but only if:       For an explanation of the information found 
efit from payments made under:                                                                                   on your Form SSA-1099, see Pub. 915.
 A State Housing Finance agency (State                 1. The program is administered under speci-
   HFA) Hardest Hit Fund program in which                fied guidelines and doesn't discriminate in             Form  RRB-1099.  If  you  received  equiva-
   program payments can be used to pay                   favor of members of the governing body of               lent railroad retirement or special guaranty ben-
   mortgage interest, or                                 the Indian tribe or Alaska Native Corpora-              efits  during  the  year,  you'll  receive  Form 
 An Emergency Homeowners' Loan Pro-                    tion; and                                               RRB-1099,  Payments  by  the  Railroad  Retire-
                                                                                                                 ment Board.
   gram (EHLP) administered by the Depart-               2. The benefits provided under the program              For an explanation of the information found 
   ment of Housing and Urban Development                 (a) are available to any tribal member who              on your Form RRB-1099, see Pub. 915.
   (HUD) or a state,                                     meets guidelines, (b) are for the promotion 
 The Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF)                   of general welfare, (c) aren't lavish or ex-            Joint  return.   If  you're  married  and  file  a 
   program in which program payments are                 travagant, and (d) aren't compensation for              joint return, you and your spouse must combine 
   used to provide financial assistance to eli-          services.                                               your  incomes  and  your  social  security  and 
   gible homeowners for purposes of paying                                                                       equivalent railroad retirement benefits when fig-
   certain expenses related to their principal           Generally, any items of cultural significance,          uring  whether  any  of  your  combined  benefits 
   residence to prevent mortgage delinquen-              reimbursement of costs, or cash honorarium for          are taxable. Even if your spouse didn't receive 
   cies, defaults, foreclosures, loss of utilities       participation  in  cultural  or  ceremonial  activities any  benefits,  you  must  add  your  spouse's  in-
   or home energy services, and also dis-                for the transmission of tribal culture aren't trea-     come to yours when figuring if any of your bene-
   placements of homeowners experiencing                 ted as compensation for services.                       fits are taxable.
   financial hardship after January 21, 2020,
the  payments  aren't  included  in  gross  income       Note.   The  above  exclusion  was  enacted  by         Taxable  amount.   Use  the  worksheet  in 
and aren't taxable.                                      the  Tribal  General  Welfare  Exclusion  Act  of       the Forms 1040 and 1040-SR instruction pack-
                                                         2014,  September  26,  2014.  The  exclusion  ap-       age to determine the amount of your benefits to 
   For more details about the HAF program, go            plies to tax years for which the period of limita-      include in your income. Pub. 915 also has work-
to      Home.Treasury.gov/Policy-Issues/                 tion on refund or credit under section 6511 has         sheets you can use. However, you must use the 
Coronavirus/Assistance-for-State-Local-and-              not  expired  (generally,  within  3  years  from  the  worksheets  in  Pub.  915  if  any  of  the  following 
Tribal-Governments/Homeowner-Assistance-                 time  the  return  was  filed  or  2  years  from  the  situations apply.
Fund.                                                    time the tax was paid, whichever expires later).        You received a lump-sum benefit payment 
   If  you  are  a  tribal  member  and  wish  more      Additionally, a claim for the above exclusion will        during the year that is for one or more ear-
details about the HAF program, go to IRS.gov/            be allowed if made within 1 year of the enact-            lier years.
Newsroom/FAQs-for-Payments-by-Indian-                    ment of the exclusion.                                  You exclude employer-provided adoption 
Tribal-Governments-and-Alaska-Native-                                                                              benefits or interest from qualified U.S. sav-
Corporations-to-Individuals-Under-Covid-                 Note.   The  enactment  of  the  above  exclusion         ings bonds.
Relief-Legislation.                                      generally codifies the exclusion afforded under         You take the foreign earned income exclu-
                                                         Revenue  Procedure  2014-35,  June  4,  2014.             sion, the foreign housing exclusion or de-
Mortgage  assistance  payments  under  sec-              See Revenue Procedure 2014-35 for more de-                duction, the exclusion of income from 
tion  235  of  the  National  Housing  Act. Pay-         tails.                                                    American Samoa, or the exclusion of in-
ments made under section 235 of the National                                                                       come from Puerto Rico by bona fide resi-
Housing Act for mortgage assistance aren't in-           Medicare. Medicare benefits received under ti-            dents of Puerto Rico.
cluded  in  the  homeowner's  income.  Interest          tle XVIII of the Social Security Act aren't includi-
paid for the homeowner under the mortgage as-            ble  in  the  gross  income  of  the  individuals  for 
sistance program can't be deducted.                      whom they're paid. This includes basic (Part A 
                                                         (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged)) and 
Replacement  housing  payments.     Replace-             supplementary (Part B (Supplementary Medical 
ment  housing  payments  made  under  the  Uni-          Insurance Benefits for the Aged)).
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Benefits may affect your IRA deduction.                         Don’t  include  alimony  payments  you          Carpools. Don’t  include  in  your  income 
You must use the special worksheets in Appen-           !       receive  under  a  divorce  or  separation      amounts  you  receive  from  the  passengers  for 
dix B of Pub. 590-A to figure your taxable bene-        CAUTION agreement (1) executed after 2018, or           driving  a  car  in  a  carpool  to  and  from  work. 
fits and your IRA deduction if all of the following     (2)  executed  before  2019  but  later  modified  if   These amounts are considered reimbursement 
conditions apply.                                       the  modification  expressly  states  the  repeal  of   for  your  expenses.  However,  this  rule  doesn't 
    You receive social security or equivalent         the deduction for alimony payments applies to           apply  if  you  have  developed  carpool  arrange-
      railroad retirement benefits.                     the modification.                                       ments  into  a  profit-making  business  of  trans-
    You have taxable compensation.                                                                            porting workers for hire.
    You contribute to your IRA.                       Below-market  loans. A  below-market  loan  is 
    You or your spouse is covered by a retire-        a  loan  on  which  no  interest  is  charged  or  on   Cash rebates. A cash rebate you receive from 
      ment plan at work.                                which the interest is charged at a rate below the       a  dealer  or  manufacturer  of  an  item  you  buy 
How to report.     If any of your benefits are          applicable  federal  rate.  If  you  make  a  be-       isn't income, but you must reduce your basis by 
taxable, you must use Form 1040 or 1040-SR to           low-market  gift  or  demand  loan,  you  must  in-     the amount of the rebate.
report the taxable part. Report your net benefits       clude  the  forgone  interest  (at  the  federal  rate) 
(as  shown  on  your  Forms  SSA-1099  and              as interest income on your return. These loans          Example  36.   You  buy  a  new  car  for 
RRB-1099)  on  line  6a  of  Form  1040  or             are considered a transaction in which you, the          $24,000  cash  and  receive  a  $2,000  rebate 
1040-SR. Report the taxable part on line 6b of          lender, are treated as having made:                     check from the manufacturer. The $2,000 isn't 
Form 1040 or 1040-SR. If you elect to use the           A loan to the borrower in exchange for a              income to you. Your basis in the car is $22,000. 
lump-sum  election  method,  check  the  box  on          note that requires the payment of interest            This  is  the  basis  on  which  you  figure  gain  or 
line 6c of Form 1040 or 1040-SR and see the               at the applicable federal rate; and                   loss if you sell the car, and figure depreciation if 
instructions.                                           An additional payment to the borrower,                you use it for business.
                                                          which the borrower transfers back to you              Casualty  insurance  and  other  reimburse-
Nutrition Program for the Elderly.  Food ben-             as interest.                                          ments. You generally shouldn't report these re-
efits you receive under the Nutrition Program for       Depending  on  the  transaction,  the  additional       imbursements on your return unless you're fig-
the  Elderly  aren't  taxable.  If  you  prepare  and   payment to the borrower is treated as a:                uring gain or loss from the casualty or theft. See 
serve  free  meals  for  the  program,  include  in     Gift,                                                 Pub. 547.
your  income  as  wages  the  cash  pay  you  re-       Dividend,
ceive, even if you're also eligible for food bene-      Contribution to capital,                              Charitable gift annuities. If you're the benefi-
fits.                                                   Payment of compensation, or                           ciary  of  a  charitable  gift  annuity,  you  must  in-
                                                        Another type of payment.                              clude  the  yearly  annuity  or  fixed  percentage 
Payments to reduce cost of winter energy.                                                                       payment in your income.
Payments made by a state to qualified people            The borrower may have to report this payment 
to reduce their cost of winter energy use aren't        as income, depending on its classification.             The  payer  will  report  the  types  of  income 
taxable.                                                For  more  information  on  below-market                you received on Form 1099-R. Report the gross 
                                                        loans, see chapter 1 of Pub. 550.                       distribution  from  box  1  on  Form  1040  or 
                                                                                                                1040-SR, line 5a, and the part taxed as ordinary 
Other Income                                            Bribes. If you receive a bribe, include it in your      income (box 2a minus box 3) on Form 1040 or 
                                                        income.                                                 1040-SR,  line  5b.  Report  the  portion  taxed  as 
The following brief discussions are arranged in                                                                 capital gain as explained in the Instructions for 
alphabetical  order.  Other  income  items  briefly     Campaign  contributions.   These  contribu-             Schedule D (Form 1040).
discussed below are referenced to publications          tions  aren't  income  to  a  candidate  unless 
that provide more information.                          they're diverted to the candidate’s personal use.       Child  support  payments.  You  shouldn't  re-
                                                        To be exempt from tax, the contributions must           port  these  payments  on  your  return.  See  Pub. 
Activity  not  for  profit. You  must  include  on      be  spent  for  campaign  purposes  or  kept  in  a     504 for more information.
your return income from an activity from which          fund for use in future campaigns. However, in-
you don't expect to make a profit. An example           terest  earned  on  bank  deposits,  dividends  re-     Court awards and damages.  To determine if 
of this type of activity is a hobby or a farm you       ceived on contributed securities, and net gains         settlement amounts you receive by compromise 
operate mostly for recreation and pleasure. En-         realized  on  sales  of  contributed  securities  are   or  judgment  must  be  included  in  your  income, 
ter  this  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form  1040),       taxable  and  must  be  reported  on  Form              you must consider the item that the settlement 
line 8j. Deductions for expenses related to the         1120-POL. Excess campaign funds transferred             replaces. The character of the income as ordi-
activity  are  limited.  They  can't  total  more  than to an office account must be included in the of-        nary income or capital gain depends on the na-
the income you report and can be taken only if          ficeholder's  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form            ture of the underlying claim. Include the follow-
you  itemize  deductions  on  Schedule  A  (Form        1040), line 8z, in the year transferred.                ing as ordinary income.
1040). See Not-for-Profit Activities in chapter 1                                                               1. Interest on any award.
of Pub. 535 for information on whether an activ-        Canceled sales contract.   If you sell property 
ity is considered carried on for a profit.              (such as land or a residence) under a contract,         2. Compensation for lost wages or lost profits 
                                                        but the contract is canceled and you return the         in most cases.
Alaska Permanent Fund dividend.      If you re-         buyer's money in the same tax year as the origi-        3. Punitive damages in most cases. It doesn't 
ceived a payment from Alaska's mineral income           nal sale, you have no income from the sale. If          matter if they relate to a physical injury or 
fund (Alaska Permanent Fund dividend), report           the contract is canceled and you return the buy-        physical sickness.
it  as  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form  1040),          er's money in a later tax year, you must include 
line 8g. The state of Alaska sends each recipi-         your gain in your income for the year of the sale.      4. Amounts received in settlement of pension 
ent  a  document  that  shows  the  amount  of  the     When you return the money and take back the             rights (if you didn't contribute to the plan).
payment with the check. The amount is also re-          property in the later year, you treat the transac-      5. Damages for:
ported to the IRS.                                      tion as a purchase that gives you a new basis in 
                                                        the property equal to the funds you return to the       a. Patent or copyright infringement,
Alimony. Include in your income on Schedule             buyer.                                                  b. Breach of contract, or
1  (Form  1040),  line  2a,  any  taxable  alimony      Special  rules  apply  to  the  reacquisition  of 
payments you receive. Amounts you receive for           real  property  where  a  secured  indebtedness         c. Interference with business operations.
child  support  aren't  income  to  you.  For  com-     (mortgage) to the original seller is involved. For      6. Back pay and damages for emotional dis-
plete information, see Pub. 504 and the Instruc-        further  information,  see Repossession  in  Pub.       tress received to satisfy a claim under title 
tions for Forms 1040 and 1040-SR.                       537.                                                    VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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7. Attorney fees and costs (including contin-          Down payment assistance.     If you purchase              Losses.      Losses of estates and trusts gen-
     gent fees) where the underlying recovery          a home and receive assistance from a nonprofit            erally aren't deductible by the beneficiaries.
     is included in gross income.                      corporation to make the down payment, that as-
8. Attorney fees and costs relating to whistle-        sistance isn't included in your income. If the cor-       Grantor trust. Income earned by a grantor 
     blower awards where the underlying re-            poration qualifies as a tax-exempt charitable or-         trust  is  taxable  to  the  grantor,  not  the  benefi-
     covery is included in gross income.               ganization,  the  assistance  is  treated  as  a  gift    ciary,  if  the  grantor  keeps  certain  control  over 
                                                       and is included in your basis of the house. If the        the trust. (The grantor is the one who transfer-
Don’t include in your income compensatory              corporation  doesn't  qualify,  the  assistance  is       red property to the trust.) This rule applies if the 
damages  for  personal  physical  injury  or  physi-   treated as a rebate or reduction of the purchase          property (or income from the property) put into 
cal sickness (whether received in a lump sum or        price and isn't included in your basis.                   the trust will or may revert (be returned) to the 
installments).                                                                                                   grantor or the grantor's spouse.
                                                       Employment  agency  fees.   If  you  get  a  job          Generally,  a  trust  is  a  grantor  trust  if  the 
Emotional  distress.     Emotional  distress  it-      through an employment agency, and the fee is              grantor  has  a  reversionary  interest  valued  (at 
self isn't a physical injury or physical sickness,     paid by your employer, the fee isn't includible in        the  date  of  transfer)  at  more  than  5%  of  the 
but damages you receive for emotional distress         your income if you aren't liable for it. However, if      value of the transferred property, or has certain 
due to a physical injury or sickness are treated       you  pay  it  and  your  employer  reimburses  you        other powers.
as received for the physical injury or sickness.       for it, it’s includible in your income.
Don’t include them in your income.                                                                               Expenses  paid  by  another.    If  your  personal 
If the emotional distress is due to a personal         Energy conservation subsidies.         You can ex-        expenses are paid for by another person, such 
injury that isn't due to a physical injury or sick-    clude from gross income any subsidy provided,             as a corporation, the payment may be taxable 
ness (for example, unlawful discrimination or in-      either directly or indirectly, by public utilities for    to  you  depending  upon  your  relationship  with 
jury  to  reputation),  you  must  include  the  dam-  the  purchase  or  installation  of  an  energy  con-     that person and the nature of the payment. But 
ages  in  your  income,  except  for  any  damages     servation measure for a dwelling unit.                    if the payment makes up for a loss caused by 
you  receive  for  medical  care  due  to  that  emo-                                                            that person, and only restores you to the posi-
tional  distress.  Emotional  distress  includes       Energy  conservation  measure.          This  in-         tion  you  were  in  before  the  loss,  the  payment 
physical  symptoms  that  result  from  emotional      cludes installations or modifications that are pri-       isn't includible in your income.
distress,  such  as  headaches,  insomnia,  and        marily designed to reduce consumption of elec-
stomach disorders.                                     tricity  or  natural  gas,  or  improve  the              Exxon Valdez settlement income.         Include in 
                                                       management of energy demand.                              your  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form  1040), 
Deduction for costs involved in unlawful                                                                         line 8z, any qualified settlement income you re-
discrimination suits. You may be able to de-           Dwelling  unit.    This  includes  a  house,              ceive  as  a  qualified  taxpayer.  See Statement, 
duct  attorney  fees  and  court  costs  paid  to  re- apartment,  condominium,  mobile  home,  boat,            later.  Qualified  settlement  income  is  any  inter-
cover  a  judgment  or  settlement  for  a  claim  of  or similar property. If a building or structure con-      est and punitive damage awards that are:
unlawful discrimination under various provisions       tains both dwelling and other units, any subsidy            Otherwise includible in taxable income, 
of federal, state, and local law listed in section     must be properly allocated.                                   and
62(e), a claim against the U.S. Government, or                                                                     Received in connection with the civil action 
a claim under section 1862(b)(3)(A) of the So-         Estate  and  trust  income. An  estate  or  trust,            In re Exxon Valdez, No. 89-095-CV (HRH) 
cial Security Act. You can claim this deduction        unlike a partnership, may have to pay federal in-             (Consolidated) (D. Alaska).
as  an  adjustment  to  income  on  Schedule  1        come tax. If you're a beneficiary of an estate or 
(Form  1040),  line  24h.  The  following  rules  ap-  trust, you may be taxed on your share of its in-          You're  a  qualified  taxpayer  if  you  were  a 
ply.                                                   come distributed or required to be distributed to         plaintiff  in  the  civil  action  mentioned  earlier  or 
   The attorney fees and court costs may be          you. However, there is never a double tax. Es-            you  were  a  beneficiary  of  the  estate  of  your 
     paid by you or on your behalf in connection       tates and trusts file their returns on Form 1041,         spouse  or  a  close  relative  who  was  such  a 
     with the claim for unlawful discrimination,       and your share of the income is reported to you           plaintiff and from whom you acquired the right 
     the claim against the U.S. Government, or         on Schedule K-1 (Form 1041).                              to receive qualified settlement income.
                                                                                                                 The income can be received as a lump sum 
     the claim under section 1862(b)(3)(A) of          Current  income  required  to  be  distrib-               or as periodic payments. You'll receive a Form 
     the Social Security Act.                          uted.  If you're the beneficiary of an estate or          1099-MISC  showing  the  gross  amount  of  the 
   The deduction you're claiming can't be            trust  that  must  distribute  all  of  its  current  in- settlement income paid to you in the tax year.
     more than the amount of the judgment or           come, you must report your share of the distrib-
     settlement you're including in income for         utable net income, whether or not you actually            Contributions to eligible retirement plan. 
     the tax year.                                     received it.                                              If you're a qualified taxpayer, you can contribute 
   The judgment or settlement to which your                                                                    all  or  part  of  your  qualified  settlement  income, 
     attorney fees and court costs apply must          Current  income  not  required  to  be  dis-              up  to  $100,000,  to  an  eligible  retirement  plan, 
     occur after October 22, 2004.                     tributed.  If you're the beneficiary of an estate         including an IRA. Contributions to eligible retire-
                                                       or  trust  and  the  fiduciary  has  the  choice  of      ment plans, other than a Roth IRA or a designa-
Pre-existing  agreement.      If  you  receive         whether to distribute all or part of the current in-      ted  Roth  account,  reduce  the  qualified  settle-
damages  under  a  written  binding  agreement,        come,  you  must  report  all  income  that  is  re-      ment income that you must include in income. 
court decree, or mediation award that was in ef-       quired to be distributed to you, whether or not           See Statement,  later.  For  more  information  on 
fect  (or  issued  on  or  before)  September  13,     it's  actually  distributed,  plus  all  other  amounts   these contributions, see Pubs. 575 and 590-A.
1995, don't include in income any of those dam-        actually  paid  or  credited  to  you,  up  to  the 
ages received on account of personal injuries or       amount  of  your  share  of  distributable  net  in-      Legal expenses. For tax years after 2017, 
sickness.                                              come.                                                     you  can  no  longer  deduct  legal  expenses  that 
                                                                                                                 were  subject  to  the  2%-of-adjusted-gross-in-
Credit  card  insurance. In  most  cases,  if  you     How to report.     Treat each item of income              come  floor.  If  the  qualified  settlement  income 
receive benefits under a credit card disability or     the same way that the estate or trust would treat         was  received  in  connection  with  your  trade  or 
unemployment insurance plan, the benefits are          it.  For  example,  if  a  trust's  dividend  income  is  business (other than as an employee), you can 
taxable to you. These plans make the minimum           distributed to you, you report the distribution as        reduce  the  taxable  amount  of  qualified  settle-
monthly payment on your credit card account if         dividend income on your return. The same rule             ment income by these expenses.
you  can't  make  the  payment  due  to  injury,  ill- applies  to  distributions  of  tax-exempt  interest 
ness,  disability,  or  unemployment.  Report  on      and capital gains.                                        Statement.   If  you  report  on  Schedule  1 
Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z, the amount of         The fiduciary of the estate or trust must tell            (Form  1040),  line  8z,  qualified  settlement  in-
benefits  you  received  during  the  year  that  is   you the type of items making up your share of             come that is less than the gross amount shown 
more than the amount of the premiums you paid          the estate or trust income and any credits you're         on Form 1099-MISC, you must attach a state-
during the year.                                       allowed on your individual income tax return.             ment  to  your  tax  return.  The  statement  must 
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qualified  settlement  income,  the  reductions  for     to  provide  food  to  individuals  eligible  for  help at its FMV in the first year it's your undisputed 
the amount contributed to an eligible retirement         under the program.                                      possession.
plan, and the net amount.
                                                         Foreign currency transactions.     If you have a        Free  tour. If  you  received  a  free  tour  from  a 
Income averaging.        For purposes of the in-         gain on a personal foreign currency transaction         travel agency for organizing a group of tourists, 
come averaging rules that apply to an individual         because  of  changes  in  exchange  rates,  you         you must include its value in your income. Re-
engaged in a farming or fishing business, quali-         don't  have  to  include  that  gain  in  your  income  port the FMV of the tour on Schedule 1 (Form 
fied settlement income is treated as attributable        unless it's more than $200. If the gain is more         1040), line 8z, if you aren't in the trade or busi-
to a fishing business for the tax year in which it's     than $200, report it as a capital gain.                 ness of organizing tours. You can't deduct your 
received. See Schedule J (Form 1040) and its                                                                     expenses in serving as the voluntary leader of 
instructions for more information.                       Foster  care  providers. Generally,  payment            the group at the group's request. If you organize 
                                                         you receive from a state, political subdivision, or     tours  as  a  trade  or  business,  report  the  tour's 
Fees  for  services. Include  all  fees  for  your       a  qualified  foster  care  placement  agency  for      value on Schedule C (Form 1040).
services  in  your  income.  Examples  of  these         caring  for  a  qualified  foster  individual  in  your 
fees are amounts you receive for services you            home is excluded from your income. However,             Gambling  winnings. You  must  include  your 
perform as:                                              you must include in your income payment to the          gambling winnings in your income on Schedule 
   A corporate director;                               extent it's received for the care of more than 5        1 (Form 1040), line 8b. Winnings from fantasy 
   An executor, administrator, or personal             qualified  foster  individuals  age  19  years  or      sports  leagues  are  gambling  winnings.  If  you 
     representative of an estate;                        older.                                                  itemize  your  deductions  on  Schedule  A  (Form 
   A manager of a trade or business you op-            A qualified foster individual is a person who:          1040), you can deduct gambling losses you had 
     erated before declaring chapter 11 bank-                                                                    during  the  year,  but  only  up  to  the  amount  of 
     ruptcy;                                             1. Is living in a foster family home; and               your winnings. If you're in the trade or business 
   A notary public; or                                 2. Was placed there by:                                 of gambling, use Schedule C (Form 1040). For 
   An election precinct official.                                                                              tax years 2018 through 2025, professional gam-
                                                              a. An agency of a state or one of its polit-       bling  losses  and  expenses  are  limited  to  the 
         If you aren't an employee and the fees                 ical subdivisions, or                            amount of your winnings.
TIP      for your services from a single payer in 
         the course of the payer's trade or busi-             b. A qualified foster care placement               Lotteries  and  raffles.    Winnings  from  lot-
ness total $600 or more for the year, the payer                 agency.                                          teries and raffles are gambling winnings. In ad-
should send you Form 1099-MISC.                                                                                  dition  to  cash  winnings,  you  must  include  in 
                                                         Difficulty-of-care  payments.      These  are 
Corporate  director.          Corporate  director        payments that are designated by the payer as            your  income  the  FMV  of  bonds,  cars,  houses, 
fees are self-employment income. Report these            compensation for providing the additional care          and other noncash prizes. However, the differ-
payments on Schedule C (Form 1040).                      that is required for physically, mentally, or emo-      ence  between  the  FMV  and  the  cost  of  an  oil 
                                                         tionally handicapped qualified foster individuals.      and  gas  lease  obtained  from  the  government 
Personal  representatives.          All  personal        A state must determine that the additional com-         through a lottery isn't includible in income.
representatives  must  include  in  their  gross  in-    pensation is needed, and the care for which the         Installment  payments.       Generally,  if  you 
come fees paid to them from an estate. If you            payments  are  made  must  be  provided  in  the        win a state lottery prize payable in installments, 
aren't in the trade or business of being an exec-        foster care provider's home in which the quali-         you must include in your gross income the an-
utor  (for  instance,  you're  the  executor  of  a      fied foster individual was placed.                      nual  payments  and  any  amounts  you  receive 
friend's  or  relative's  estate),  report  these  fees  Certain Medicaid waiver payments are trea-              designated  as  interest  on  the  unpaid  install-
on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z. If you're in         ted  as  difficulty-of-care  payments  when  re-        ments. If you sell future lottery payments for a 
the trade or business of being an executor, re-          ceived by an individual care provider for caring        lump sum, you must report the amount you re-
port these fees as self-employment income on             for an eligible individual (whether related or un-      ceive  from  the  sale  as  ordinary  income  (on 
Schedule C (Form 1040). The fee isn't includi-           related) living in the provider's home. See No-         Schedule  1  (Form  1040),  line  8b)  in  the  year 
ble in income if it's waived.                            tice   2014-7, available     at    IRS.gov/irb/         you receive it.
                                                         2014-4_IRB#NOT-2014-7,  and  related  ques-
Manager of trade or business for bank-                   tions  and  answers,  available  at     IRS.gov/        Form  W-2G.    You  may  have  received  a 
ruptcy estate.  Include in your income all pay-          Individuals/Certain-Medicaid-Waiver-                    Form W-2G showing the amount of your gam-
ments received from your bankruptcy estate for           Payments-May-Be-Excludable-From-Income,                 bling  winnings  and  any  tax  taken  out  of  them. 
managing or operating a trade or business that           for more information.                                   Include the amount from box 1 on Schedule 1 
you  operated  before  you  filed  for  bankruptcy.      You  must  include  in  your  income  diffi-            (Form 1040), line 8b. Include the amount shown 
Report this income on Schedule 1 (Form 1040),            culty-of-care payments to the extent they're re-        in box 4 on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 25c, as 
line 8z.                                                 ceived for more than:                                   federal income tax withheld.
Notary  public. Report  payments  for  these                10 qualified foster individuals under age 
services  on  Schedule  C  (Form  1040).  These               19, or                                             Gifts and inheritances. In most cases, prop-
payments aren't subject to self-employment tax.             Five qualified foster individuals age 19 or        erty  you  receive  as  a  gift,  bequest,  or  inheri-
See the separate Instructions for Schedule SE                 older.                                             tance isn't included in your income. However, if 
                                                                                                                 property you receive this way later produces in-
(Form 1040) for details.                                 Maintaining  space  in  home.           If  you're      come such as interest, dividends, or rents, that 
Election  precinct  official. You  should  re-           paid to maintain space in your home for emer-           income is taxable to you. If property is given to 
ceive a Form W-2 showing payments for serv-              gency  foster  care,  you  must  include  the  pay-     a trust and the income from it is paid, credited, 
ices performed as an election official or election       ment in your income.                                    or distributed to you, that income is also taxable 
worker.  Report  these  payments  on  line  1a  of       Reporting  taxable  payments.           If  you  re-    to you. If the gift, bequest, or inheritance is the 
Form 1040 or 1040-SR.                                    ceive  payments  that  you  must  include  in  your     income from the property, that income is taxa-
                                                         income and you're in business as a foster care          ble to you.
Food program payments to daycare provid-                 provider,  report  the  payments  on  Schedule  C       Inherited pension or IRA.    If you inherited 
ers. If  you  operate  a  daycare  service  and  re-     (Form 1040). See Pub. 587 to help you deter-            a pension or an IRA, you may have to include 
ceive payments under the Child and Adult Care            mine the amount you can deduct for the use of           part  of  the  inherited  amount  in  your  income. 
Food Program administered by the Department              your home.                                              See Survivors and Beneficiaries in Pub. 575 if 
of  Agriculture  that  aren't  for  your  services,  the 
payments  aren't  included  in  your  income  in         Found property. If you find and keep property           you inherited a pension. See What if You Inherit 
most cases. However, you must include in your            that doesn't belong to you that has been lost or        an IRA? in Pubs. 590-A and 590-B if you inheri-
income any part of the payments you don't use            abandoned (treasure trove), it's taxable to you         ted an IRA.

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Expected inheritance.         If you sell an inter-     termine the taxable part of social security bene-      you pay qualified higher education expenses in 
est in an expected inheritance from a living per-       fits. If the payments are made in property, your       the  same  year.  Qualified  higher  education  ex-
son,  include  the  entire  amount  you  receive  in    basis  in  the  property  is  its  FMV  when  you  re- penses  are  those  you  pay  for  tuition  and  re-
gross  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form  1040),           ceive it.                                              quired fees at an eligible educational institution 
line 8z.                                                Excludable  restitution  payments  are  pay-           for  you,  your  spouse,  or  your  dependent.  A 
                                                        ments or distributions made by any country or          qualified U.S. savings bond is a series EE bond 
Bequest for services.         If you receive cash       any  other  entity  because  of  persecution  of  an   issued after 1989 or a series I bond. The bond 
or other property as a bequest for services you         individual on the basis of race, religion, physical    must have been issued to you when you were 
performed  while  the  decedent  was  alive,  the       or  mental  disability,  or  sexual  orientation  by   24 years of age or older. For more information 
value is taxable compensation.                          Nazi  Germany,  any  other  Axis  regime,  or  any     on this exclusion, see Education Savings Bond 
Gulf oil spill. If you received payments for lost       other  Nazi-controlled  or  Nazi-allied  country,      Program in chapter 1 of Pub. 550 and in chap-
wages or income, property damage, or physical           whether the payments are made under a law or           ter 10 of Pub. 970.
injury due to the Gulf oil spill, the payment may       as a result of a legal action. They include com-
be taxable.                                             pensation  or  reparation  for  property  losses  re-  Interest on state and local government obli-
                                                        sulting  from  Nazi  persecution,  including  pro-     gations. This  interest  is  usually  exempt  from 
Lost wages or income.         Payments you re-          ceeds  under  insurance  policies  issued  before      federal  tax.  However,  you  must  show  the 
ceived for lost wages, lost business income, or         and during World War II by European insurance          amount of any tax-exempt interest on your fed-
lost profits are taxable.                               companies.                                             eral  income  tax  return.  For  more  information, 
                                                                                                               see State  or  Local  Government  Obligations  in 
Property  damage.             Payments  you  re-        Illegal activities. Income from illegal activities,    chapter 1 of Pub. 550.
ceived for property damage aren't taxable if the        such as money from dealing illegal drugs, must 
payments aren't more than your adjusted basis           be  included  in  your  income  on  Schedule  1        Job interview expenses. If a prospective em-
in the property. If the payments are more than          (Form 1040), line 8z, or on Schedule C (Form           ployer asks you to appear for an interview and 
your adjusted basis, you'll realize a gain. If the      1040) if from your self-employment activity.           either pays you an allowance or reimburses you 
damage was due to an involuntary conversion,                                                                   for  your  transportation  and  other  travel  expen-
you  may  defer  the  tax  on  the  gain  if  you  pur- Indian fishing rights. If you're a member of a         ses,  the  amount  you  receive  isn't  taxable  in 
chase qualified replacement property. See Pub.          qualified Indian tribe that has fishing rights se-     most  cases.  You  include  in  income  only  the 
544.                                                    cured  by  treaty,  executive  order,  or  an  Act  of amount you receive that is more than your ac-
If  the  payments  (including  insurance  pro-          Congress as of March 17, 1988, don't include in        tual expenses.
ceeds) you received, or expect to receive, are          your  income  amounts  you  receive  from  activi-
less than your adjusted basis, you may be able          ties related to those fishing rights. The income       Jury duty. Jury duty pay you receive must be 
to claim a casualty deduction. See Pub. 547.            isn't subject to income tax, self-employment tax,      included  in  your  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form 
Physical  injury.   Payments  you  received             or employment taxes.                                   1040), line 8h. If you must give the pay to your 
                                                                                                               employer because your employer  continues  to 
for  personal  physical  injuries  or  physical  sick-  Indian money account litigation settlement.            pay your salary while you serve on the jury, you 
ness aren't taxable. This includes payments for         Amounts received by an individual Indian as a          can deduct the amount turned over to your em-
emotional  distress  that  is  attributable  to  per-   lump sum or periodic payment pursuant to the           ployer  as  an  adjustment  to  income.  Enter  the 
sonal  physical  injuries  or  physical  sickness.      Class Action Settlement Agreement dated De-            amount you repay your employer on Schedule 1 
Payments  for  emotional  distress  that  aren't  at-   cember  7,  2009,  aren't  included  in  gross  in-    (Form 1040), line 24a.
tributable to personal physical injuries or physi-      come. This amount won't be used to figure AGI 
cal sickness are taxable.                               or MAGI in applying any Internal Revenue Code          Kickbacks. You  must  include  kickbacks,  side 
More  information.            For  the  most  recent    provision that takes into account excludable in-       commissions, push money, or similar payments 
guidance,  go  to  IRS.gov  and  enter  “Gulf  Oil      come.                                                  you  receive  in  your  income  on  Schedule  1 
Spill” in the search box.                                                                                      (Form 1040), line 8z, or on Schedule C (Form 
                                                        Interest  on  frozen  deposits. In  general,  you      1040) if from your self-employment activity.
Historic preservation grants.  Don’t include in         exclude from your income the amount of inter-
your  income  any  payment  you  receive  under         est earned on a frozen deposit. A deposit is fro-      Example  37.       You  sell  cars  and  help  ar-
the  National  Historic  Preservation  Act  to  pre-    zen if, at the end of the calendar year, you can't     range car insurance for buyers. Insurance brok-
serve a historically significant property.              withdraw any part of the deposit because:              ers  pay  back  part  of  their  commissions  to  you 
                                                        The financial institution is bankrupt or in-         for  referring  customers  to  them.  You  must  in-
Hobby losses.   Losses from a hobby aren't de-            solvent, or                                          clude the kickbacks in your income.
ductible from other income. A hobby is an activ-        The state where the institution is located 
ity from which you don't expect to make a profit.         has placed limits on withdrawals because             Manufacturer incentive payments.   You must 
See Activity  not  for  profit,  earlier,  under Other    other financial institutions in the state are        include  as  other  income  on  Schedule  1  (Form 
Income.                                                   bankrupt or insolvent.                               1040),  line  8z  (or  Schedule  C  (Form  1040)  if 
                                                                                                               you're self-employed), incentive payments from 
         If  you  collect  stamps,  coins,  or  other   Excludable amount.     The amount of inter-            a manufacturer that you receive as a salesper-
!        items  as  a  hobby  for  recreation  and      est you exclude from income for the year is the        son. This is true whether you receive the pay-
CAUTION  pleasure, and you sell any of the items,       interest that was credited on the frozen deposit       ment directly from the manufacturer or through 
your gain is taxable as a capital gain. However,        for that tax year minus the sum of:                    your employer.
if you sell items from your collection at a loss,       1. The net amount withdrawn from the de-
you can't deduct the loss.                                posit during that year, and                          Example 38.        You sell cars for an automo-
                                                                                                               bile dealership and receive incentive payments 
Holocaust  victims  restitution. Restitution            2. The amount that could have been with-               from  the  automobile  manufacturer  every  time 
payments you receive as a Holocaust victim (or            drawn at the end of that tax year (not re-           you sell a particular model of car. You report the 
the  heir  of  a  Holocaust  victim)  and  interest       duced by any penalty for premature with-             incentive  payments  on  Schedule  1  (Form 
earned on the payments aren't taxable. Exclud-            drawals of a time deposit).                          1040), line 8z.
able  interest  is  earned  by  escrow  accounts  or    The excluded part of the interest is included in       Medical  savings  accounts  (Archer  MSAs 
settlement  funds  established  for  holding  funds     your  income  in  the  tax  year  it  becomes  with-   and Medicare Advantage MSAs).      In most ca-
prior  to  the  settlement.  You  also  don't  include  drawable.                                              ses,  you  don't  include  in  income  amounts  you 
the restitution payments and interest the funds 
                                                                                                               withdraw  from  your  Archer  MSA  or  Medicare 
earned prior to disbursement in any calculation         Interest  on  qualified  savings  bonds.     You       Advantage MSA if you use the money to pay for 
in which you ordinarily would add excludable in-        may be able to exclude from income the interest        qualified medical expenses. Generally, qualified 
come to your AGI, such as the calculation to de-        from qualified U.S. savings bonds you redeem if 

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medical expenses are those you can deduct on                       iii. The name and address of the or-         Sale  of  home.   You  may  be  able  to  exclude 
Schedule A (Form 1040). For more information                           ganization to receive the prize or       from income all or part of any gain from the sale 
about  Archer  MSAs  or  Medicare  Advantage                           award;                                   or exchange of your main home. See Pub. 523.
MSAs, see Pub. 969.                                                iv. Your name, address, and TIN;             Sale  of  personal  items.  If  you  sold  an  item 
Moving  expense  reimbursements.    For  tax                           and                                      you owned for personal use, such as a car, re-
years beginning after 2017, reimbursements for                     v. Your signature and the date               frigerator,  furniture,  stereo,  jewelry,  or  silver-
certain  moving  expenses  are  no  longer  exclu-                     signed.                                  ware, your gain is taxable as a capital gain. Re-
ded  from  the  gross  income  of  nonmilitary  tax-                                                            port  it  as  explained  in  the  Instructions  for 
payers. See Pub. 521 for more information.                     c. In the case of an unexpected presen-          Schedule  D  (Form  1040).  You  can't  deduct  a 
                                                               tation, you must return the prize or             loss.
Prizes  and  awards. If  you  win  a  prize  in  a             award before using it (or spending, 
lucky  number  drawing,  television  or  radio  quiz           depositing, or investing it, etc., in the        However, if you sold an item you held for in-
program,  beauty  contest,  or  other  event,  you             case of money) and then prepare the              vestment, such as gold or silver bullion, coins, 
must include it in your income. For example, if                statement as described in (b) above.             or  gems,  any  gain  is  taxable  as  a  capital  gain 
                                                                                                                and any loss is deductible as a capital loss.
you win a $50 prize in a photography contest,                  d. After the transfer, you should receive 
you  must  report  this  income  on  Schedule  1               from the payer a written response                Example 39.       You sold a painting on an on-
(Form  1040),  line  8i.  If  you  refuse  to  accept  a       stating when and to whom the desig-              line  auction  website  for  $100.  You  bought  the 
prize, don't include its value in your income.                 nated amounts were transferred.                  painting for $20 at a garage sale years ago. Re-
Prizes  and  awards  in  goods  or  services                                                                    port  your  $80  gain  as  a  capital  gain  as  ex-
must be included in your income at their FMV.             These rules don't apply to scholarship or fel-        plained in the Instructions for Schedule D (Form 
                                                          lowship  awards.  See Scholarships  and  fellow-      1040).
Employee  awards  or  bonuses.             Cash           ships, later.
awards  or  bonuses  given  to  you  by  your  em-                                                              Scholarships  and  fellowships. A  candidate 
ployer for good work or suggestions must gen-             Qualified  opportunity  fund  (QOF).    Effective     for a degree can exclude amounts received as 
erally  be  included  in  your  income  as  wages.        December 22, 2017, section 1400Z-2 provides           a qualified scholarship or fellowship. A qualified 
However,  certain  noncash  employee  achieve-            a  temporary  deferral  of  inclusion  in  gross  in- scholarship or fellowship is any amount you re-
ment  awards  can  be  excluded  from  income.            come for eligible gains invested in QOFs, and a       ceive that is for:
See Bonuses and awards under   Miscellaneous              stepped-up basis to fair market value of the in-         Tuition and fees required to enroll at or at-
Compensation, earlier.                                    vestment  in  the  QOF  at  time  of  sale  or  ex-        tend an eligible educational institution; or
                                                          change, if the investment is held for at least 10        Course-related expenses, such as fees, 
Prize  points.    If  you're  a  salesperson  and         years. See the Form 8949 instructions on how               books, and equipment that are required for 
receive  prize  points  redeemable  for  merchan-         to report your election to defer eligible gains in-        courses at the eligible educational institu-
dise that are awarded by a distributor or manu-           vested  in  a  QOF.  See  Form  8997,  Initial  and        tion. These items must be required of all 
facturer to employees of dealers, you must in-            Annual  Statement  of  Qualified  Opportunity              students in your course of instruction.
clude  their  FMV  in  your  income.  The  prize          Fund  (QOF)  Investments,  and  its  instructions     Amounts used for room and board don't qualify 
points  are  taxable  in  the  year  they're  paid  or    for reporting information. For additional informa-    for the exclusion. See Pub. 970 for more infor-
made  available  to  you,  rather  than  in  the  year    tion,  see  Opportunity  Zones  Frequently  Asked     mation on qualified scholarships and fellowship 
you redeem them for merchandise.                          Questions,  available  at    IRS.gov/Newsroom/        grants.
Pulitzer, Nobel, and similar prizes.       If you         Opportunity-Zones-Frequently-Asked-
were awarded a prize in recognition of accom-             Questions.                                            Payment  for  services.     Generally,  you 
plishments in religious, charitable, scientific, ar-                                                            can't  exclude  from  your  gross  income  the  part 
tistic,  educational,  literary,  or  civic  fields,  you Qualified  tuition  program  (QTP).     A  QTP        of any scholarship or fellowship that represents 
must generally include the value of the prize in          (also known as a 529 program) is a program set        payment  for  teaching,  research,  or  other  serv-
your  income.  However,  you  don't  include  this        up to allow you to either prepay or contribute to     ices  required  as  a  condition  for  receiving  the 
prize in your income if you meet all of the follow-       an  account  established  for  paying  a  student's   scholarship. This applies even if all candidates 
ing requirements.                                         qualified higher education expenses at an eligi-      for  a  degree  must  perform  the  services  to  re-
                                                          ble  educational  institution.  A  program  can  be   ceive the degree.
1. You were selected without any action on                established  and  maintained  by  a  state,  an 
    your part to enter the contest or proceed-            agency or instrumentality of a state, or an eligi-    Exceptions.       You  don't  have  to  include  in 
    ing.                                                  ble educational institution.                          income the part of any scholarship or fellowship 
2. You aren't required to perform substantial             The  part  of  a  distribution  representing  the     that represents payment for teaching, research, 
    future services as a condition for receiving          amount paid or contributed to a QTP isn't inclu-      or other services if you receive the amount un-
    the prize or award.                                   ded in income. This is a return of the investment     der:
                                                          in the program.                                          The National Health Services Corps Schol-
3. The prize or award is transferred by the               In  most  cases,  the  beneficiary  doesn't  in-           arship Program,
    payer directly to a governmental unit or              clude in income any earnings distributed from a          The Armed Forces Health Professions 
    tax-exempt charitable organization as des-            QTP if the total distribution is less than or equal        Scholarship and Financial Assistance Pro-
    ignated by you. The following conditions              to  adjusted  qualified  higher  education  expen-         gram, or
    apply to the transfer.                                ses. See Pub. 970 for more information.                  A comprehensive student work-learn-
    a. You can't use the prize or award be-                                                                          ing-service program (as defined in section 
        fore it's transferred.                            Railroad retirement annuities. The following               448(e) of the Higher Education Act of 
                                                          types of payments are treated as pension or an-            1965) operated by a work college (as de-
    b. You should provide the designation                 nuity  income  and  are  taxable  under  the  rules        fined in that section).
        before the prize or award is presented            explained in Pub. 575.                                For information about the rules that apply to 
        to prevent a disqualifying use. The               Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits that are        a tax-free qualified tuition reduction provided to 
        designation should contain:                         more than the social security equivalent            employees and their families by an educational 
         i. The purpose of the designation                  benefit.                                            institution, see Pub. 970.
         by making a reference to section                 Tier 2 benefits.
         74(b)(3);                                        Vested dual benefits.                               VA payments.      Allowances paid by the VA 
                                                                                                                for  education,  training,  or  subsistence  under 
         ii. A description of the prize or                Rewards. If you receive a reward for providing        any law administered by the Department of Vet-
         award;                                           information, include it in your income.               erans  Affairs,  aren't  included  in  your  income. 

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These  allowances  aren't  considered  scholar-        The amount of the rate reduction or nonrefund-            Method 1.      Figure your tax for the year of 
ship or fellowship grants.                             able credit isn't included in your income.                repayment  claiming  a  deduction  for  the  repaid 
                                                                                                                 amount.
Prizes. Scholarship prizes won in a contest            Whistleblower's award. If you receive a whis-
aren't  scholarships  or  fellowships  if  you  don't  tleblower's  award  from  the  IRS,  you  must  in-       Method 2.      Figure your tax for the year of 
have  to  use  the  prizes  for  educational  purpo-   clude it in your income. Any deduction allowed            repayment  claiming  a  credit  for  the  repaid 
ses. You must include these amounts in your in-        for attorney fees and court costs paid by you, or         amount. Follow these steps.
come  on  Schedule  1  (Form  1040),  line  8i,        on your behalf, in connection with the award are          1. Figure your tax for the year of repayment 
whether or not you use the amounts for educa-          deducted as an adjustment to income, but can't                without deducting the repaid amount.
tional purposes.                                       be more than the amount included in income for 
                                                       the tax year.                                             2. Refigure your tax from the earlier year 
Smallpox  vaccine  injuries. If  you're  an  eligi-                                                                  without including in income the amount 
ble  individual  who  receives  benefits  under  the                                                                 you repaid in the year of repayment.
Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act 
of  2003  for  a  covered  injury  resulting  from  a  Repayments                                                3. Subtract the tax in (2) from the tax shown 
covered countermeasure, you can exclude the                                                                          on your return for the earlier year. This is 
payment from your income (to the extent it isn't       If you had to repay an amount that you included               the credit.
allowed  as  a  medical  and  dental  expense  de-     in  your  income  in  an  earlier  year,  you  may  be    4. Subtract the answer in (3) from the tax for 
duction  on  Schedule  A  (Form  1040)).  Eligible     able to deduct the amount repaid from your in-                the year of repayment figured without the 
individuals  include  health  care  workers,  emer-    come for the year in which you repaid it. Or, if              deduction (step 1).
gency  personnel,  and  first  responders  in  a       the amount you repaid is more than $3,000, you 
smallpox  emergency  who  have  received  a            may be able to take a credit against your tax for         If  method  1  results  in  less  tax,  deduct  the 
smallpox vaccination.                                  the year in which you repaid it. In most cases,           amount repaid. If method 2 results in less tax, 
                                                       you can claim a deduction or credit only if the           claim  the  credit  figured  in  (3)  above  on  Form 
Stolen  property. If  you  steal  property,  you       repayment  qualifies  as  an  expense  or  loss  in-      1040  or  1040-SR.  (If  the  year  of  repayment  is 
must report its FMV in your income in the year         curred in your trade or business or in a for-profit       2021,  and  you're  taking  the  credit,  enter  the 
you steal it, unless in the same year you return it    transaction.                                              credit on Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 13d, and 
to its rightful owner.                                                                                           see the instructions for it.)
                                                       Type  of  deduction.   The  type  of  deduction 
Transporting  school  children.   Don’t  include       you're  allowed  in  the  year  of  repayment  de-        Example  40.   For  2021,  you  filed  a  return 
in  your  income  a  school  board  mileage  allow-    pends on the type of income you included in the           and reported your income on the cash method. 
ance  for  taking  children  to  and  from  school  if earlier year. In most cases, you deduct the re-           In  2022,  you  repaid  $5,000  included  in  your 
you aren't in the business of taking children to       payment  on  the  same  form  or  schedule  on            2021 income under a claim of right. Your filing 
school.  You  can't  deduct  expenses  for  provid-    which you previously reported it as income. For           status in 2022 and 2021 is single. Your income 
ing this transportation.                               example, if you reported it as self-employment            and tax for both years are as follows.
                                                       income,  deduct  it  as  a  business  expense  on 
Union benefits and dues.   Amounts deducted            Schedule C (Form 1040) or Schedule F (Form                                                   2021
from  your  pay  for  union  dues,  assessments,       1040).  If  you  reported  it  as  a  capital  gain,  de-          With Income                        Without Income
contributions,  or  other  payments  to  a  union      duct it as a capital loss as explained in the In-         Taxable 
can't be excluded from your income.                    structions  for  Schedule  D  (Form  1040).  If  you      Income         $15,000                           $10,000 
For tax years beginning after 2017, you can            reported  it  as  wages,  unemployment  compen-           Tax            $1,604                            $1,004
no longer deduct job-related expenses or other         sation, or other nonbusiness income, you may 
miscellaneous  itemized  deductions  subject  to       be able to deduct it as an other itemized deduc-                                             2022
the 2%-of-adjusted-gross-income floor.                 tion if the amount repaid is over $3,000.                         Without Deduction                  With Deduction
Strike and lockout benefits.      Benefits paid                 For tax years beginning after 2017, you          Taxable 
                                                                                                                 Income         $49,950                           $44,950 
including both cash and the FMV of other prop-         CAUTION  itemized deductions; so, if the amount 
to you by a union as strike or lockout benefits,       !        can no longer claim any miscellaneous            Tax            $6,606                            $5,506
erty,  are  usually  included  in  your  income  as    repaid  was  $3,000  or  less,  you  aren’t  able  to 
compensation. You can exclude these benefits           deduct it from your income in the year you re-            Your tax under method 1 is $5,506. Your tax 
from  your  income  only  when  the  facts  clearly    paid it.                                                  under method 2 is $6,006, figured as follows.

show  that  the  union  intended  them  as  gifts  to                                                            Tax previously determined for 2021       . . . . . .   $1,604
you.                                                   Repaid  social  security  benefits.   If  you  re-        Less: Tax as refigured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   − 1,004 
                                                       paid social security or equivalent railroad retire-
Reimbursed  union  convention  expen-                  ment benefits, see Pub. 915.                              Decrease in 2021 tax. . . . . . . . . . . .            $ 600 
ses. If  you're  a  delegate  of  your  local  union 
chapter  and  you  attend  the  annual  convention     Repayment  over  $3,000.   If  the  amount  you           Regular tax liability for 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,606
                                                                                                                 Less: Decrease in 2021 tax   . . . . . . . . . . . .     − 600 
of the international union, don't include in your      repaid was more than $3,000, you can deduct               Refigured tax for 2022. . . . . . . . . . .            $6,006
income  amounts  you  receive  from  the  interna-     the  repayment  as  an  other  itemized  deduction 
tional  union  to  reimburse  you  for  expenses  of   on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 16, if you in-
traveling away from home to attend the conven-         cluded the income under a claim of right. This            You pay less tax using method 1, so you should 
tion.  You  can't  deduct  the  reimbursed  expen-     means that at the time you included the income,           take a deduction for the repayment in 2022.
ses, even if you're reimbursed in a later year. If     it appeared that you had an unrestricted right to 
you're  reimbursed  for  lost  salary,  you  must  in- it. However, you can choose to take a credit for          Repaid  wages  subject  to  social  security 
clude that reimbursement in your income.               the  year  of  repayment.  Figure  your  tax  under       and Medicare taxes.            If you had to repay an 
                                                       both methods and compare the results. Use the             amount that you included in your wages or com-
Utility rebates. If you're a customer of an elec-      method (deduction or credit) that results in less         pensation in an earlier year on which social se-
tric  utility  company  and  you  participate  in  the tax.                                                      curity,  Medicare,  or  tier  1  RRTA  taxes  were 
utility's energy conservation program, you may                                                                   paid,  ask  your  employer  to  refund  the  excess 
receive on your monthly electric bill either:                   When determining whether the amount              amount to you. If the employer refuses to refund 
A reduction in the purchase price of elec-           !        you repaid was less than $3,000, con-            the  taxes,  ask  for  a  statement  indicating  the 
  tricity furnished to you (rate reduction), or        CAUTION  sider the total amount being repaid on           amount  of  the  overcollection  to  support  your 
A nonrefundable credit against the pur-              the  return.  Each  instance  of  repayment  isn't        claim. File a claim for refund using Form 843.
  chase price of the electricity.                      considered separately.

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Repaid  wages  subject  to  Additional  Medi-              fillable forms. However, state tax prepara-       IRS.gov/Forms: Find forms, instructions, 
care  Tax.   Employers  can't  make  an  adjust-           tion may not be available through Free              and publications. You will find details on 
ment  or  file  a  claim  for  refund  for  Additional     File. Go to IRS.gov/FreeFile to see if you          the most recent tax changes and interac-
Medicare  Tax  withholding  when  there  is  a  re-        qualify for free online federal tax prepara-        tive links to help you find answers to your 
payment of wages received by an employee in                tion, e-filing, and direct deposit or payment       questions.
a prior year because the employee determines               options.                                          You may also be able to access tax law in-
liability for Additional Medicare Tax on the em-         VITA. The Volunteer Income Tax Assis-               formation in your electronic filing software.
ployee's income tax return for the prior year. If          tance (VITA) program offers free tax help 
you had to repay an amount that you included in            to people with low-to-moderate incomes, 
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Free Over-the-Phone Interpreter (OPI) Serv-          Approve or reject authorization requests                 the additional child tax credit (ACTC). This ap-
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  Note.   You  can  use  Schedule  LEP  (Form           rights. Their job is to ensure that every taxpayer      TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov/Contact-Us.       You 
1040), Request for Change in Language Prefer-           is  treated  fairly  and  that  you  know  and  under-  can also call them at 877-777-4778.
ence, to state a preference to receive notices,         stand  your  rights  under  the Taxpayer  Bill  of 
letters,  or  other  written  communications  from      Rights.                                                 How Else Does TAS Help 
the IRS in an alternative language. You may not                                                                 Taxpayers?
immediately receive written communications in           How Can You Learn About Your 
the requested language. The IRS’s commitment            Taxpayer Rights?                                        TAS works to resolve large-scale problems that 
to LEP taxpayers is part of a multi-year timeline                                                               affect  many  taxpayers.  If  you  know  of  one  of 
that is scheduled to begin providing translations       The Taxpayer Bill of Rights describes 10 basic          these broad issues, report it to them at IRS.gov/
in 2023. You will continue to receive communi-          rights that all taxpayers have when dealing with        SAMS.
cations, including notices and letters in English       the  IRS.  Go  to TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov  to 
until  they  are  translated  to  your  preferred  lan- help you understand what these rights mean to           TAS for Tax Professionals
guage.                                                  you and how they apply. These are your rights. 
Contacting  your  local  IRS  office.   Keep  in        Know them. Use them.                                    TAS can provide a variety of information for tax 
mind,  many  questions  can  be  answered  on                                                                   professionals,  including  tax  law  updates  and 
IRS.gov  without  visiting  an  IRS  TAC.  Go  to       What Can TAS Do for You?                                guidance, TAS programs, and ways to let TAS 
IRS.gov/LetUsHelp  for  the  topics  people  ask                                                                know about systemic problems you’ve seen in 
about  most.  If  you  still  need  help,  IRS  TACs    TAS  can  help  you  resolve  problems  that  you       your practice.
provide tax help when a tax issue can’t be han-         can’t resolve with the IRS. And their service is 
dled online or by phone. All TACs now provide           free. If you qualify for their assistance, you will     Low Income Taxpayer 
service  by  appointment,  so  you’ll  know  in  ad-    be assigned to one advocate who will work with          Clinics (LITCs)
vance  that  you  can  get  the  service  you  need     you  throughout  the  process  and  will  do  every-
without long wait times. Before you visit, go to        thing  possible  to  resolve  your  issue.  TAS  can    LITCs  are  independent  from  the  IRS.  LITCs 
IRS.gov/TACLocator  to  find  the  nearest  TAC         help you if:                                            represent individuals whose income is below a 
and to check hours, available services, and ap-          Your problem is causing financial difficulty         certain level and need to resolve tax problems 
pointment options. Or, on the IRS2Go app, un-              for you, your family, or your business;              with the IRS, such as audits, appeals, and tax 
der  the  Stay  Connected  tab,  choose  the  Con-       You face (or your business is facing) an             collection disputes. In addition, LITCs can pro-
tact Us option and click on “Local Offices.”               immediate threat of adverse action; or               vide  information  about  taxpayer  rights  and  re-
                                                         You’ve tried repeatedly to contact the IRS           sponsibilities in different languages for individu-
                                                           but no one has responded, or the IRS                 als who  speak English as a second language. 
The Taxpayer Advocate                                      hasn’t responded by the date promised.               Services are offered for free or a small fee for 
Service (TAS) Is Here To                                                                                        eligible taxpayers. To find an LITC near you, go 
Help You                                                How Can You Reach TAS?                                  to TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov/about-us/Low-
What Is TAS?                                                                                                    Income-Taxpayer-Clinics-LITC or see IRS Pub. 
                                                        TAS  has  offices in  every  state,  the  District  of  4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List.
TAS is an independent organization within the           Columbia,  and  Puerto  Rico.  Your  local  advo-
IRS that helps taxpayers and protects taxpayer          cate’s  number  is  in  your  local  directory  and  at 

                        To help us develop a more useful index, please let us know if you have ideas for index entries.
Index                   See “Comments and Suggestions” in the “Introduction” for the ways you can reach us.
 
                               Aircraft      9                                  Retirement pay       16               Business income       17 18, 
1231 property sale 17          Airlines:                                        Veterans benefits     16
401(k) plans 9                          No-additional-cost services       8   Assistance (See Tax help)               C
  Excess contributions  11              Valuation of flights on               Athletic facilities,                    Cafeteria plans     18
403(b) plans 9                               employer-provided aircraft     9   employer-provided               5
  Limit for 10                 Alaska Permanent Fund                          Automobile (See Vehicle,                Campaign contributions         32
457 plans 9                             dividend        32                      employer-provided)                    Campus lodging        8
  Limit for deferrals under 10 Alien status, waiver of               16       Awards (See Damages from                Cancellation of debt      21
501(c)(18)(D) plans 9          Aliens:                                          lawsuits)                             Cancellation of sales 
  Contributions 10                      Nonresident     25                                                                    contracts 32
529 program  36                Alimony       32                               B                                       Capital gains:
                                                                                                                              Recoveries 25 29, 
83(b) election 14              Alternative minimum tax (AMT):                 Babysitting  3                          Capital gains or losses:
                                        Recoveries, refiguring of       29    Back pay, award for       3                     Employee stock option plans 
A                                       Stock options      12                 Backup withholding:                             (ESOPs)     13
                               Annuities:                                       Barter exchange                               ISOs (ISOs) 13
Academic health centers:                Charitable gift    32                           transactions 20                       Sale of personal property  36
  teaching and research 
  Meals and lodging when                Railroad retirement      36           Bankruptcy   3                          Car (See Vehicle, employer-
  organization    8                     Tax-sheltered      10                   Canceled debt not deemed to be                provided)
Accelerated death benefits  24 Archer MSAs              5 35,                           income 22                     Carpools 32
Accident insurance  5          Armed forces             16                    Barter income    20                     Cash or deferred arrangements 
Accidental death benefits   6           Combat zone bonus        16           Below-market loans        32                    (CODAs)  9
Accrual method taxpayers    3           Disability      16                    Bequest for services              35    Cash rebates       32
Accrued leave payment:                  Disability pensions     18            Bitcoin   4                             Casualty insurance:
  At time of retirement or              Health professions                    Black lung benefit payments          20         Reimbursements from  32
  resignation   4                            scholarship   9                  Bonuses   4 36,                         Catch-up contributions       10
  Disability retirement 18              Military action as cause of           Breach of contract:                     Charitable gift annuities      32
Activity not for profit 32                   disability injuries 19             Damages as income               32    Child and Adult Care Food 
Adoption:                               Qualified reservist                   Bribes    32                                    Program:
                                             distribution  16
  Employer assistance   5               Rehabilitative program                Business expenses:                              Payments to daycare 
Advance commissions     3                    payments      16                   Reimbursements       3                        providers   34
                                                                                                                      Child support payments         32
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Childcare providers  3 34,             Unemployment compensation,          Estimated tax:                      Royalties  17
Chronic illness 19                     paid as substitute for    30          Unemployment                      Form 1040, Schedule D:
  Accelerated death benefits paid    Disaster relief:                        compensation      30              Stock options 12
     to  24                            Disaster mitigation payments     31 Excess:                             Stock options reported on 12
Citizens outside U.S.:                 Disaster Relief and Emergency         Annual additions  11              Form 1040, Schedule E:
  Exclusion of foreign income   2      Assistance Act:                       Contributions 11                  Partner's return 17
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII:   Grants     30                         Deferrals  10                     Royalties  17
  Back pay and damages for             Unemployment benefits       29      Expected inheritance  35            Form 1041:
     emotional distress under   32     Payments   30                       Expenses paid by another     33     Estates and trusts 33
Clergy 15                            Discounts:                            Exxon Valdez settlement    33       Form 1041, Schedule K-1:
Coal 17                                Employee discounts    6               Eligible retirement plan 33       Beneficiary's share of income, 
Colleges and universities:             Employee stock purchase               Income averaging  34              deductions, credits, etc.   33
  Faculty lodging 8                    plans    13                           Legal expenses  33                Form 1065:
  Scholarships and fellowships    36   Mortgage loan for early               Reporting                         Partnership return 17
Commissions:                           payment      21                       requirement-statement      33     Form 1065, Schedule K-1:
  Advance   3                        Dividends:                                                                Partner's share of income 17
Commuter highway vehicles       8      Restricted stock  15                F                                   Form 1098:
Compensation:                        Divorced taxpayers:                                                       Mortgage interest statement  24
  Employee   3                         Stock options exercised incident    Faculty lodging 8
  Miscellaneous 3                      to divorce     12                   Fair Market Value (FMV)    3        Form 1099-B:
  Unemployment    29                 Down payment assistance       33      Farming:                            Barter exchange 
                                                                             Qualified farm debt, cancellation transactions     20 21, 
  Workers'  19                                                               of     22                         Form 1099-C:
Compensatory damages       20 33,    E                                                                         Cancellation of debt 21
                                                                           Federal employees:
Constructive receipt of income     2 Educational assistance:                 Accrued leave payment    4        Form 1099-DIV:
Copyrights:                            Employer-provided    6                Compensation Act (FECA)           Restricted stock dividends  15
  Infringement damages    32           Scholarships and fellowships     36   payments      20                  Form 1099-G:
  Royalties 17                       Educational institutions:               Cost-of-living allowances  4      State tax refunds 24
Corporate directors  34                Faculty lodging 8                     Disability pensions 18            Unemployment 
Cost-of-living allowances     4      Elderly persons:                        Thrift Savings Plan for 9         compensation       29
Court awards   32                      Nutrition Program for the           Federal income tax:                 Form 1099-K:
(See also Damages from lawsuits)       Elderly    32                         Refunds  24                       Sharing/Gig economy     29
Credit card Insurance  33              Tax Counseling for the              Fees for services 34                Form 1099-MISC:
Credits:                               Elderly    16                         Financial counseling fees  6      Services totaling $600 or 
  Recoveries, refiguring of unused   Election precinct officials 34        Fellowships  36                     more      34
     credits 28 29,                  Elective deferrals  9                 FICA withholding:                   Stock options exercised incident 
                                                                                                               to divorce    12
Currency transactions,                 Catch-up contributions  10            Foreign employers, U.S. citizens  Form 1099-R:
  foreign   34                         Excess annual additions   11          working for in U.S.     16
                                       Excess contributions  11              Paid by employer  4               Charitable gift annuities 32
D                                      Excess deferrals  10                Fiduciaries:                        Excess annual additions   11
Damages from lawsuits     32           Increased limit for last 3 years      Fees for services 34              Excess deferral amounts   11
  Back pay awards   3                  prior to retirement age   10        Financial counseling fees   6       Surrender of life insurance policy 
  Breach of contract 32                Limit on 9                          (See also Retirement planning       for cash    23
  Compensatory damages        20 33,   Reporting by employer   10            services)                         Form 1120-POL:
  Emotional distress under Title     Emergency Homeowners' Loan            Fitness programs:                   Political organizations 32
     VII, Civil Rights Act of          Program  31                           Employer-provided   5             Form 1120-S:
     1964   32                       Emotional distress damages     33     Flights:                            S corporation return 18
  Punitive damages   32              Employee achievement                    Employer-provided aircraft  9     Form 1120-S, Schedule K-1:
Daycare providers   3                  awards   4                            No-additional-cost services  8    Shareholder's share of income, 
(See also Childcare providers)       Employee awards or bonuses         36 Food benefits:                      credits, deductions, etc.   18
  Food program payments to      34   Employee compensation       3 15-       Daycare providers, food program   Form 2441:
De minimis (minimal) benefits     5,   Fringe benefits 5 9-                  payments to     34                Child and dependent care 
  8                                    Restricted property  14 15,           Nutrition Program for the         expenses      6
Death benefits  23                     Retirement plan contributions    9    Elderly    32                     Form 4255:
(See also Life insurance)              Stock options  11 13-               Foreign:                            Recapture of investment 
  Accelerated  24                    Employee discounts     6                Currency transactions   34        credit    29
Debts:                               Employee stock purchase                 Employment    16                  Form 6251:
  Canceled   21                        plans 12 13,                          Governments, employees of    16   Alternative minimum tax   12
  Excluded debt 22                   Employer-owned life                     Income  2                         Form 8839:
  Nonrecourse debts   21               insurance    23                       Service  18                       Adoption assistance  5
  Recourse   21                      Employer-provided:                    Form 1040:                          Form 8853:
  Stockholder's 21                     Educational assistance  6             Excess contributions to elective  Accelerated death benefits  24
Deduction:                             Vehicles 9                            deferrals    11                   Archer MSAs and long-term care 
  Costs of discrimination suits 33   Employer, foreign   16                  Recoveries  25                    insurance contracts     5
Deferred compensation:               Employment:                             Unemployment                      Form 8919:
  Nonqualified plans 4                 Abroad   16                           compensation      29              Uncollected social security and 
Dependent care benefits    6           Agency fees    33                     Wages from Form W-2      3        Medicare tax on wages       3
Depletion allowance  17                Contracts:                          Form 1040, Schedule A:              Form RRB-1099:
Differential wage payments      4      Severance pay for                     Repayment of commissions paid     Railroad retirement board 
  Armed forces  16                           cancellation of 4               in advance    3                   payments      31
Directors' fees 34                   Endowment proceeds      23            Form 1040, Schedule B:              Form SSA-1099:
Disability:                          Energy:                                 Restricted stock dividends  15    Social security benefit 
                                                                                                               statement     31
  Military  16                         Assistance   32                     Form 1040, Schedule C:              Form W-2:
  Pensions  18                         Conservation:                         Bartering  20                     501(c)(18)(D) contributions 10
     Workers' compensation      20     Subsidies      33                     Childcare providers to use 3      Accrued leave payment at time 
  Person with  30                      Utility rebates   37                  Personal property rental,         of retirement or resignation   4
                                     Estate income    33                     reporting income from      17
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  Back pay awards     3              Health:                             Itemized deductions:                Missing children, photographs 
  Bonuses or awards     4              Flexible spending                   Recoveries   24 25,                  of 2
  Elective deferrals, reporting by        arrangement    5                                                   Mortgage:
      employer  10                     Insurance  5                      J                                      Assistance payment (under sec. 
  Failure to receive from              Reimbursement arrangement     5                                             235 of National Housing 
      employer  3                      Savings account   5               Job interview expenses   35               Act)  31
  Fringe benefits reported on  5     Highly compensated employees:       Joint returns:                         Discounted loan  21
  Stock options from                   Excess contributions to elective    Social security benefits or          Interest refund  24
      employers   12                      deferrals  11                       railroad retirement               Qualified principal residence 
                                                                              payments    31                       indebtedness  22
  Wage and tax statement     3       Historic preservation grants  35    Joint state/local tax return:          Relief 21
Form W-2G:                           Hobby losses   35                     Recoveries   24                   Motor vehicle, 
  Gambling winnings     34           Holding period requirement    13    Jury duty pay  35                      employer-provided   9
Form W-4V:                           Holiday gifts 5
  Unemployment compensation,         Holocaust victims restitution   35                                      Moving expenses:
      voluntary withholding          Home, sale of  36                   K                                      Reimbursements     3 36, 
      request  30                    Host  23                            Kickbacks  35                       MSAs (Medical savings 
                                                                                                                accounts)  35
Form W-9:                            Hotels:
      identification number  20
  Request for taxpayer                 No-additional-cost services 8     L                                   N
Foster care 34                       Housing (See Lodging)               Labor unions:                       National Health Service Corps 
Foster Grandparent Program     16,                                         Convention expenses,                 Scholarship Program      9
  17                                 I                                        reimbursed  37                 National Oceanic and 
Found property    34                 Illegal activities 35                 Dues    37                           Atmospheric 
Fringe benefit FMV    9              Income:                               Strike and lockout benefits 37       Administration   18
Fringe benefits   5                    Assigned   2                        Unemployment benefits paid        National Senior Service 
  Accident and health insurance    5   Business and investment    17 18,      from  30                          Corps    16 17, 
  Adoption, employer                   Constructive receipt of 2         Last day of tax year, income        No-additional-cost services     8
                                                                           received on   2                   No-fault car insurance:
      assistance  5                    Estate and trust 33               Leave (See Accrued leave               Disability benefits under 20
  Athletic facilities 5                Foreign employers    16             payment)                          Nobel prize  36
  Commuter highway vehicles    8       Illegal 35                        Length-of-service awards    4       Nonrecourse debt    21
  De minimis benefits   5 8,           Miscellaneous    20               Life insurance:                     Nonstatutory stock options      11
  Dependent care benefits    6         Other   32                          Employer-owned    23              Nontaxable income     2
  Educational assistance   6           Partnership  17                     Proceeds    23                    Not-for-profit activities 32
  Employee discounts     6             Prepaid  3                          Surrender of policy for cash 23   Notary fees  34
  Faculty lodging 8                    S corporation    18               Loans   21                          Notes received for services     4
  Financial counseling fees  6       Indian fishing rights  35           (See also Mortgage)
  Holiday gifts 5                    Indian money account   35             Below-market   32                 Nutrition Program for the 
                                                                                                                Elderly  32
  Meals and lodging     8            Individual retirement                 Student  21
  Moving expenses (See Moving          arrangements (IRAs):              Lockout benefits  37
      expenses)                        Deduction   32                    Lodging:                            O
  No-additional-cost services  8       Inherited IRA 34                    Campus lodging    8               Oil:
  Retirement planning                Inheritance  34                       Clergy  15                           Royalties from   17
      (See Retirement planning 
      services)                        IRA   34                            Employer-paid or reimbursed  8    Options, stock 11 13, 
  Transit pass  8                      Property not substantially          Faculty lodging 8                 Outplacement services     4
  Tuition reduction   9                   vested   15                      Replacement housing               Overseas work      2
  Valuation of  9                    Injury benefits 18 20-                   payments    31
  Vehicle 9                          Insurance                           Long-term care insurance      5 19, P
  Working condition benefits   9       Credit card 33                    Lotteries and raffles 34
Frozen deposits:                       Health  5                         Lump-sum distributions:             Parking fees:
  Interest on  35                      Life (See Life insurance)           Survivor benefits 29                 Employer-paid or reimbursed    8
                                       Long-term care (See Long-term                                         Partner and partnership 
                                          care insurance)                                                       income   17
G                                    Interest:                           M                                   Patents:
Gambling winnings and                  Canceled debt including    21     Manufacturer incentive                 Infringement damages     32
  losses  34                           Frozen deposits   35                payments    35                       Royalties 17
Gas:                                   Mortgage refunds    24            Meals:                              Peace Corps   16
  Royalties from  17                   Option on insurance  23             Employer-paid or reimbursed  8    Pensions:
Gifts 34                               Recovery amounts     24             Nutrition Program for the            Clergy  15
  Holiday gifts from employer  5       Savings bond     35                    Elderly  32                       Disability pensions 18
Government employees                   State and local government        Medicaid waiver payments      2 34,    Inherited pensions  34
  (See Federal employees; State           obligations   35               Medical:                               Military 16
  employees)                         Interference with business            Care reimbursements    20         Personal property:
Grantor trusts  33                     operations:                         Savings accounts    35               Rental income and expense     17
Group-term life insurance:             Damages as income    32           Medicare:                              Sale of  36
  Worksheets    6 7,                 International organizations,          Advantage MSAs    35              Personal representatives 
Gulf oil spill 35                      employees of     16                 Benefits 31                          (See Fiduciaries)
                                     Interview expenses    35              Tax paid by employer   4          Prepaid income     3
H                                    Investment counseling fees    6     Medicare tax (See Social security   Price reduced after purchase     22
                                     (See also Retirement planning         and Medicare taxes)               Prizes and awards   4 36, 
HAMP:                                  services)                         Military (See Armed forces)            Achievement awards     4
  Home affordable modification       Investment income     17 18,        Minerals:                              Employee awards or 
      program:                       IRAs (See Individual retirement       Royalties from 17                       bonuses  36
      Pay-for-performance success      arrangements (IRAs))              Miscellaneous:                         Length-of-service awards   4
        payments      31             Iron ore  17                          Compensation    3                    Pulitzer, Nobel, and similar 
Hardest Hit Fund Program     31      ISOs (ISOs)  12 13,                   Income   20                             prizes 36
                                                                                                                Safety achievement  4

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  Scholarship prizes 37            Retirement:                         Stock options  11 13,                Trusts:
Profit-sharing plan  18              Settlement 2                      Stock options, nonstatutory:          Grantor trusts 33
Public assistance benefits  30     Retirement planning services    6,    Exercise or transfer   12           Income   33
Public Health Service  18            8                                   Grant  11                          Tuition program, qualified 
Public safety officers killed in   Retirement plans  16                  Sale 12                             (QTP)    36
  line of duty   29                (See also Pensions)                 Stock options, statutory:            Tuition reduction 9
Public transportation passes,        Automatic contribution              Exercise  12
  employer-provided     8              arrangements    9                 Grant  12                          U
Publications (See Tax help)          Contributions 9 11 12, ,            Sale 12                            Unemployment 
Pulitzer prize 36                    Elective deferrals (See Elective  Stockholder debts  21                 compensation     29
Punitive damages    32                 deferrals)
                                   Rewards   36                        Stolen property  37                  Unions (See Labor unions)
Q                                  Roth contributions  10              Strike benefits 37                   Unlawful discrimination suits:
                                   Royalties 17                        Student loans:                        Deduction for costs 33
Qualified tuition program                                                Cancellation of debt   21
  (QTP)   36                       S                                   Substantial risk of forfeiture 14    V
                                                                       Substantially vested property     14
R                                  S corporations  18                  Supplemental unemployment            VA payments 36
                                   Safety achievement awards     4       benefits  30                       Valuation:
Raffles 34                         Salary reduction simplified         Surviving spouse:                     Fringe benefits  9
Railroad:                            employee pension plans              Life insurance proceeds paid        Stock options  11
  Retirement annuities  36           (See SARSEPs)                       to    23                           Vehicle:
  Sick pay  20                     Sale of home 36                     Survivor benefits 29                  Commuter highway    8
  Unemployment compensation        Sales contracts:                                                          Employer-provided   9
  benefits     29                    Cancellation of 32                T                                    Veterans benefits 16
Real estate:                       SARSEPs   9                                                               Disability compensation 19
  Qualified real property business   Excess contributions  11          Tables and figures:                   Retroactive VA 
  debt, cancellation of    22      Savings bonds   35                    Group-term life insurance           determination     19
                                                                         (Table 1)     7                     Special statute of limitations 19
  Cash    32                         for employees (See SIMPLE 
Rebates:                           Savings incentive match plans       Tax benefit rule 24                  Viatical settlements 24
  Utility 37                         plans)                            Tax Counseling for the               Virtual Currency 4
Recovery of amounts previously  Scholarships and fellowships       36    Elderly   16
  deducted    24 26,               Self-employed persons:              Tax help 38                          Volunteer work  16
  Itemized deductions   24 25,       U.S. citizens working for foreign Tax-sheltered annuity plans           Tax counseling (Volunteer 
  Non-itemized deductions   29         employers in U.S. treated         (403(b) plans)  9                   Income Tax Assistance 
                                                                                                             Program)      16
  Unused tax credits, refiguring       as   16                           Limit for 10                       Volunteers in Service to America 
  of      28 29,                   Senior Companion Program       16   Terminal illness  24                  (VISTA)  16
  Worksheet of itemized            Service Corps of Retired            Terrorist attacks:
  deductions (Worksheet              Executives (SCORE)       16         Disability payments for injuries   W
  2)      27 28,                   Severance pay   4                     from      19
Refunds:                             Outplacement services    4          Tax relief for victims 2 18,       W-2 form (See Form W-2)
  Federal income tax 24            Sick pay 4                          Thrift Savings Plan 9                Welfare benefits 30
  Mortgage interest  24            Sickness and injury benefits   20   Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964: Whistleblower  37
  State tax  24                    SIMPLE plans  9                       Back pay and damages for           Winter energy payments   32
Rehabilitative program               Limit for deferrals under 10        emotional distress under      32   Withholding:
  payments     16                  Smallpox vaccine injuries    37     Tour guides, free tours for    34     Barter exchange 
Reimbursements:                    Social security and Medicare        Trade Act of 1974:                    transactions     20
  Business expenses    3             taxes:                              Trade readjustment allowances       Unemployment 
  Casualty losses   32               Foreign employers, U.S. citizens    under     30                        compensation      30
  Meals and lodging  8                 working for in U.S. 16          Transferable property    14          Work-training programs  30
  Medical expenses   20              Paid by employer    4             Transit passes  8                    Workers' compensation   19
  Moving expenses    3 36,         Standard deduction:                 Travel agencies:                     Working condition benefits 9
Related party transactions:          Recoveries 26                       Free tour to organizer of group of Worksheets:
  Stock option transfer 12         State employees:                      tourists    34                      Computations for Worksheet 2, 
Religious order members     15       Unemployment benefits paid        Travel and transportation             lines 1a and 1b (Worksheet 
Rental income and expenses:            to 30                             expenses:                           2a)      27
  Personal property rental 17      State or local governments:           Free tours from travel              Group-term life insurance 
                                                                         agencies      34                    (Worksheet 1)     6 7, 
  Reporting of   17                  Interest on obligations of 35       Fringe benefits 8                   Recoveries of itemized 
Repayments    37 38,               State or local taxes:                 Reimbursements    3                 deductions (Worksheet 
Repossession     32                  Refunds  24                         School children, transporting       2)     27 28, 
Restricted property  14 15,        Statutory stock option holding        of    37
Retired Senior Volunteer             period  13
  Program (RSVP)     16 17,        Stock appreciation rights    4

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