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Helpful Filing Tips for Individual Income Tax

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Helpful Filing Tips for Individual Income Tax
When to File Your Return
How to File Your Return
Where to File Your Return
If You Need Help With Your Return
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Before you electronically file (or mail) your Georgia Individual Income Tax Return please review the following:

Completing your Return

If handwritten, use black or blue ink only.
Do not staple or attach your check, W-2s or any other documents to your return.
Submit proper documentation (schedules, statements and supporting documentation, including W-2s, other states’ tax returns, or necessary federal returns and schedules).
Use the correct form - forms differ by tax type and tax year. Look at the bottom of the form for the required pages to submit.
Double-check your return.
- Review personal information (social security number (SSN), address, date of birth) on your return for each person listed
- Check your math! Review the calculations on your return
Sign your return.
- Taxpayers must sign and date their returns
- Both spouses must sign the joint return, even if there was only one income reported
- The return preparer should also sign the return
Mail your return, payment, and all necessary documentation to the appropriate address listed on the return. (Need to look-up the mailing address?)

Payments and Vouchers

Make your checks or money order payable to the Georgia Department of Revenue.
Fill out your check or money order correctly. Verify that the written and numerical amounts match, include taxpayer name(s), address, account #/SSN, and tax year.
Cut the payment voucher along the dotted lines.
Please do not staple your payment to the voucher or fold your voucher and check.
Remove your check stub and keep it with your records.
Use current year payment vouchers to file for the current tax year.

Amended Returns

File Form 500X to correct any incorrect information reported on Form 500.
Do not use Form 500 to correct a previously filed return and do not use a Form 500X as an original return.
When filing an amended return, you are not required to send in a copy of your original return.

Common Mistakes

Failing to list your spouse’s SSN when filing a separate return
Incorrectly or failing to list exemptions, dependents, income, and deductions
Failing to enter the amount owed or the refund amount. Do not enter amounts on both lines.
Incorrectly completing Schedule 3 or failing to include it with your return when required
Sending your return by certified mail. Why you should not do this.

Remember!

Register on Georgia Tax Center (GTC) to receive updates on the status of your refund. You can also read letters, make payments, or set up a payment plan on GTC.

Georgia Tax Center

Use the Georgia Tax Center to check on the status of your refund, receive notifications and many other online services.

If you are sending your return without a payment, mail your return to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PO BOX 19041

SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9041

If you are sending a payment with your return, mail your return to:

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
PO BOX 19027
SPRINGFIELD IL 62794-9027

When to File Your Return

If you file your return on a calendar year basis, the 2020 return is due on or before April 15th, 2021. A fiscal year return is due on the 15th day of the 4th month following the end of the taxable year. When the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the return is due on or before the next business day. A fiscal year return should be filed on a tax form for the year in which the fiscal year begins. For example, a 2020 tax form should be used for a fiscal year beginning in 2020. See Directive TA-16-1, When a North Carolina Tax Return or Other Document is Considered Timely Filed or a Tax is Considered Timely Paid if the Due Date Falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Legal Holiday.

Out of the Country: If you are out of the country on the original due date of the return, you are granted an automatic four month extension to file your North Carolina individual income tax return if you fill in the "Out of Country" circle on Page 1 of Form D-400. "Out of the Country" means you live outside the United States and Puerto Rico and your main place of work is outside the United States and Puerto Rico, or you are in military service outside the United States and Puerto Rico. The time for payment of the tax is also extended; however, interest is due on any unpaid tax from the original due date of the return until the tax is paid.

Nonresident Aliens: Nonresident aliens are required to file returns at the same time they are required to file their federal returns.

If you are unable to pay the tax due, you should still file your return by the due date to avoid the failure to file penalty. You may be eligible to enter into a payment agreement with the Department of Revenue.

How to File Your Return

For accurate and efficient processing, the Department strongly recommends taxpayers use an electronic eFile option to file their returns.

For taxpayers filing using paper forms, you should send us...

Your North Carolina income tax return (Form D-400).
Federal forms W-2 and 1099 showing the amount of North Carolina tax withheld as reported on Form D-400, Line 20.
Federal Form 1099-R if you claimed a Bailey retirement deduction on Form D-400 Schedule S, Line 21.
Form D-400 Schedule S if you added items to federal adjusted gross income on Form D-400, Line 7, or you deducted items from federal adjusted gross income on Form D-400, Line 9.
Form D-400 Schedule A if you deducted N.C. itemized deductions on Form D-400, Line 11.
Form D-400 Schedule PN if you entered a taxable percentage on Form D-400, Line 13.
Form D-400 Schedule PN-1 if you entered an amount on Form D-400 Schedule PN, Part B, Line 17e or Line 19h.
Form D-400TC and, if applicable, Form NC-478 and Form NC-Rehab if you claimed a tax credit on Form D-400, Line 16.
A copy of the tax return you filed in another state or country if you claimed a tax credit for tax paid to another state or country on Form D-400TC, Line 7a.
A copy of your federal tax return unless your federal return reflects a North Carolina address.
Other required North Carolina forms or supporting schedules.

Where to File Your Return

Taxpayers using eFile will have their returns processed electronically once they are submitted.

For taxpayers filing using paper forms:

If you expect a refund, be sure to mail your return to the North Carolina Department of Revenue, PO Box R, Raleigh, NC 27634-0001.
If you owe taxes, mail your return and payment to the North Carolina Department of Revenue , PO Box 25000, Raleigh, NC 27640-0640. Make your check or money order payable to the NC Department of Revenue. Important: The Department will not accept a check, money order, or cashier's check unless it is drawn on a U.S. (domestic) bank and the funds are payable in U.S. dollars.

If You Need Help With Your Return

If you are unable to get help filling out your North Carolina return, you can contact a service center for assistance or call toll-free at 1-877-252-3052. Your federal return must be completed before we can assist you in filling out your North Carolina return.

If you are disabled, have a low income, or are a senior citizen, income tax returns can be prepared free of charge through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance or the Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs. For location and dates of assistance call the Internal Revenue Service toll-free at 1-800-829-1040.

https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/individual-income-tax/when-where-and-how-file-your-north-carolina-return