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Extracted from PDF file 2024-federal-form-8959.pdf, last modified December 2024Additional Medicare Tax
Form 8959 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Additional Medicare Tax If any line does not apply to you, leave it blank. See separate instructions. Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, 1040-NR, or 1040-SS. Go to www.irs.gov/Form8959 for instructions and the latest information. Name(s) shown on return Part I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 Additional Medicare Tax on Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) Compensation 6 7 12 13 16 17 Total Additional Medicare Tax Add lines 7, 13, and 17. Also include this amount on Schedule 2 (Form 1040), line 11 (Form 1040-SS filers, see instructions), and go to Part V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part V 19 Additional Medicare Tax on Self-Employment Income Railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation and tips from Form(s) W-2, box 14 (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Enter the following amount for your filing status: Married filing jointly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 Married filing separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 Single, Head of household, or Qualifying surviving spouse . . . $200,000 15 Subtract line 15 from line 14. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional Medicare Tax on railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation. Multiply line 16 by 0.9% (0.009). Enter here and go to Part IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part IV 18 Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare Wages Self-employment income from Schedule SE (Form 1040), Part I, line 6. If you had a loss, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Enter the following amount for your filing status: Married filing jointly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 Married filing separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 9 Single, Head of household, or Qualifying surviving spouse . . . $200,000 Enter the amount from line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . 11 Subtract line 11 from line 8. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional Medicare Tax on self-employment income. Multiply line 12 by 0.9% (0.009). Enter here and go to Part III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part III 2024 Attachment Sequence No. 71 Your social security number Medicare wages and tips from Form W-2, box 5. If you have more than one Form W-2, enter the total of the amounts from box 5 . . . . . . . . 1 Unreported tips from Form 4137, line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Wages from Form 8919, line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Add lines 1 through 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Enter the following amount for your filing status: Married filing jointly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 Married filing separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 Single, Head of household, or Qualifying surviving spouse . . . $200,000 5 Subtract line 5 from line 4. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional Medicare Tax on Medicare wages. Multiply line 6 by 0.9% (0.009). Enter here and go to Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II 8 OMB No. 1545-0074 18 Withholding Reconciliation Medicare tax withheld from Form W-2, box 6. If you have more than one Form W-2, enter the total of the amounts from box 6 . . . . . . . . . . 19 Enter the amount from line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Multiply line 20 by 1.45% (0.0145). This is your regular Medicare tax withholding on Medicare wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Subtract line 21 from line 19. If zero or less, enter -0-. This is your Additional Medicare Tax withholding on Medicare wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional Medicare Tax withholding on railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation from Form W-2, box 14 (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Additional Medicare Tax withholding. Add lines 22 and 23. Also include this amount with federal income tax withholding on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 25c (Form 1040-SS filers, see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions. Cat. No. 59475X 22 23 24 Form 8959 (2024)
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