The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1993 Page: 2 of 34
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A2 FORT HOOD SENTINEL
Top IRS pub
The Internal Revenue Service’s best-selling
free publication every year is Guide to Free
Tax Services. The pamphlet lists all the free
IRS services ranging from toll free telephone
numbers and publications to tax counseling
and overseas assistance.
In addition it lists every IRS form and
publication available. For your free copy of
Publication 910 call toll free 1-800-829-3676
or write to: Internal Revenue Service
Forms Distribution Center P.O. Box 25866
Richmond VA 23289.
IRS forms publications
The Internal Revenue Service has a free
form or publication that covers every possible
tax situation including money laundering.
Some forms and publications are available at
the Fort Hood Tax Center libraries banks and
post offices and at some U.S. embassies and
consulates. For copies call toll free 1-800-829-
3676 or write to: Internal Revenue Service
Forms Distribution Center P.O. Box 25866
Richmond VA 23289.
Check refund status
If you expect a tax refund and more than
eight weeks have passed since you filed your
federal tax return the Internal Revenue Ser-
vice will check on the status of the refund.
Call the Tele-Tax Refund Status Information
System updated once a week toll free at 1-
800-829-4477 and the IRS will track refund
status down for you. You’ll need to provide
your Social Security number filing status and
the e.xact amount of the refund expected.
Touch-tone telephone users can call 6 a.m.
10:30 p.m. Monday Friday rotary dial 8 a.m.
4 p.m. Monday Friday.
The best time to call said the IRS is
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Since the bus tour which fol-
lows the orientation includes
Killeen Harker Heights and
Copperas Cove as well as Fort
Hood the chambers of com-
merce of each city provide peo-
ple to give information on their
cities.
“It’s a real community ef-
fort” McIntyre said. “It’s not
just Fort Hood although the
bottom line is making the sol
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To make the soldier wel-
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Following an orientation by
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Tax return copies
The Internal Revenue Service can provide
copies of past federal tax returns at $4.25
each. Call toll free 1-800-829-3676 and request
a copy of IRS Form 4506 “Request for Copy of
Tax Form.” Send the completed form and
payment to the IRS center where the tax
return was originally filed. Allow about six
weeks for processing.
Earned income credit
You may qualify for the Earned Income
Credit if your income level qualifies you had
a child living with you are filing for a 12-
month period and live in the United States.
Internal Revenue Service officials said the
credit reduces the federal taxes owed.
The DoD continues to try to get the resi-
dency requirement lifted for service members
living overseas but was again unsuccessful.
For more information call toll free 1-800-829-
3676 and ask for IRS Publication 596 Earned
Income Credit.
Change of address
Avoid delays in getting your income tax
refund check if you moved after filing your tax
return. To process the change of address send
your name old and new addresses. Social
Security number and signature to the Internal
Revenue Service center where you filed your
tax return. If you filed jointly the same
information is required from your spouse. If
you move before you file just change the
information on the preprinted label on your
tax package. Tax officials said tax bills sent to
your last known address are legally binding
even if you never see them. An easy way to let
the Internal Revenue Service know you moved
Heights.
TOUR GUIDES talk about
the history of each community
and point out places of interest
for soldiers and their family
members.
McIntyre said the orienta-
tion and tour provide a lot of
information new Fort Hood sol-
diers might not find out other
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INCOME TAX BULLETINS
is to file an IRS Form 8822 Change of Ad-
dress. Call toll free 1-800-829-3676 for a copy.
Quick IRS telephone numbers
The Internal Revenue Service has a tele-
phone number to answer almost any question
you have. Some of the most important ones
are:
To order publications and forms call toll
free 1-800-829-3676
After allowing at least eight weeks’ pro-
cessing call toll-free 1-800-829-4477 to check
the status of your refund
For answers to tax questions call toll free
1-800-829-1040
To listen to recorded information on about
140 different topics call toll free 1-800-829-
4477 and
For hearing-impaired individuals with ac-
cess to telecommunication device for the deaf
equipment call toll free 1-800-829-4059.
Electronic filing
A quick way to file your federal income tax
and to get any refund you’re owed is by filing
electronically. The forms must be filed by an
individual recognized by the Internal Revenue
Service as an electronic filer. The filer can
complete the tax return or you can but the
IRS stresses that the filer has to be the one to
transmit it.
By filing electronically a refund check could
be in your hands within three weeks instead of
the usual eight weeks’ processing time. If you
owe additional taxes and you decide to do your
taxes electronically you can file now and not
pay until April 15. About 10.9 million tax
returns were filed electronically in 1992.
Automatic filing extension
This time says the Internal Revenue Ser
wise.
The program started in De-
cember 1992 is already grow-
ing. Attendance at the first
orientation was low McIntyre
said but 145 people signed in
at the January session.
“We ran out of information
packets” said Jeanne Isdale of
the Killeen Chamber of Com-
merce. “We weren’t expecting
this many people.”
At Killeen Bank we’re glad you’re here. And we
want you to know that we’re the bank that’s
totally committed to superior customer service.
We provide you with twenty-four hour electronic
banking with access to more than fifty conve
nient Pulse ATM locations in the Killeen-Fort
Hood area as well as world wide access through
the Armed Forces Financial Network. We’ve
implemented responsiveness training for all
employees to provide express service to you at
both our easy access bank locations. So whether
you do your banking walk-in drive-through or
by phone we want to make sure that Killeen
Bank always puts the 2nd AI^ first.
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Reservations are important
McIntyre said because cur-
rently there are only two biuses
for the tour. To make a reser-
vation call 287-4471.
CHILDREN are not allowed
on the bus but free day care is
available for families who at-
tend the program. Parents re-
ceive a slip when they place
their child in any Fort Hood
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vice you can be late filing your federal tax
forms and not have to explain why. To get the
extra four months until August 15 correctly
fill out IRS Form 4868 and file it by April 15*.
Any taxes owed must be paid with the request
for extension because interest on the unpaid
amount begins accumulating on April 15.
Also if you file an extension request yoii
cannot use the tax return Form 1040EZ. For $
copy of Form 4868 Application for Automatic
Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual
Income Tax Return call toll-free 1-800-829*
3676.
Casualty losses
Property damaged or lost in a hurricane-
fire flood or other unexpected event poses a
whole set of tax problems. Generally to figure
the loss said the Internal Revenue Service
determine what was lost or damaged and the
property value before and after the event. Tfr£
difference is the casualty loss.
Also if the property loss is in an are£
declared a federal disaster area you can clainj
the loss on your federal tax either the year it
happened or the preceding year. Call toll-free
1-800-829-3676 and ask for copies of Publica-
tions 547 Nonbusiness Disasters Casualties
and Thefts and 584 Nonbusiness Disaster
Casualty and Theft Loss Workbook. I
Social security tax
The Federal Insurance Contributions Act
says that most employers must withhold Social
Security tax and Medicare tax from an em-
ployee’s paycheck and match the amount. The
maximum amount of wages subject to FICA
taxes is $55500. The employer and employee
contributions are reported to the Social Secu-
rity Administration. Only the employee’s con-
tribution is shown on the pay stub or Form W-
2 said IRS officials.
child development center They
can have the slip validated at
the orientation.
A videotape is also available
for those who do not choose to
take the bus tour McIntyre
said.
“This is a big installation/’
McIntyre said. “It’s easy for
people to get lost. We want to
welcome them and make them
feel part of the family.”
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Phipps, Marilyn. The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1993, newspaper, January 14, 1993; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth309971/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.