Get Irs 8959 - Instructions 2024-2025

Is there any place I can go to get tax forms? A) Yes, you may visit a local IRS office or a post office or library that carries tax forms. You may also use computers that are often available for use in libraries to access IRS.gov to download needed forms.

These forms and publications are available on the Internet, on CD-ROM, through fax on demand, over the telephone, through the mail, at local IRS offices, at some banks, post offices, and libraries, and even at some grocery stores, copy centers and office supply stores.

Call 1-800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676) Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time to order current or prior year forms and instructions or IRS publications. Hours of service in Alaska and Hawaii follow Pacific Time. You will receive your order by mail, usually within 7 to 10 days.

See IRS.gov and IRS.gov/Forms, and for the latest information about developments related to Forms 1040 and 1040-SR and their instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form1040.

The tax applies to wages from employment, self-employment income and railroad retirement income, but if you are receiving W-2 income, the tax will most likely be withheld from your wages. Either way, anyone subject to the tax is required to file Form 8959 with their annual income tax filing.

Purpose of Form Use Form 8959 to figure the amount of Additional Medicare Tax you owe and the amount of Additional Medicare Tax withheld by your employer, if any. You will carry the amounts to one of the following returns. Form 1040. Form 1040-SR.

An employer must begin withholding Additional Medicare Tax in the pay period in which the wages or railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation paid to an employee for the year exceeds $200,000. The employer then continues to withhold it each pay period until the end of the calendar year.