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Federal Additional Medicare Tax
Extracted from PDF file 2023-federal-form-8959.pdf, last modified December 2023Additional Medicare Tax
Form 8959 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Additional Medicare Tax 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 Your social security number 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 8 had a loss, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 14 Attachment Sequence No. 71 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 2023 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 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 (2023)
2023 Form 8959
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