TAX help!!?

TAX help!!?
Can a person who has knowledge in the "tax field" explain to me what is a "TAX RETURN FORM", a "1044 FORM", a W-7 FORM", . Does my employer already have one of the forms mentioned above...and i just have to ask for it in order to report my income???? [F.Y.I] When i first started working at my job I remember filling out some tax form BUT i forgot which one it was.....does anyone know what form it could have possible be??...(p.s)im pretty sure it's a form filled out by all people when they first start working at a job


Answers:

StephenWeinstein:  1. There are several forms called a "tax return form". The most common is Form 1040. 2. There no such thing as a "1044 form". I think you meant "1040" (see above). 3. W-7 = Form that you send the government in order to apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. This form is rarely used by U.S. citizens because U.S. citizens normally use their social security number as a taxpayer identification number. If you do need this form, download it from http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw7.pdf, fill it out, and send it to the IRS. However, I think you meant either W-2, W-4, or W-9. W-4 and W-9 are forms that you fill out and give to company that is going to pay you (employer, bank, etc.) before they pay you. W-2 and 1099 are forms that these companies give you later showing how much your were paid so that you can report it. 4. The form that you filled out would have be a W-4 if you are an employee or a W-9 if you are an independent contractor. 5. If you are an employee, your employee must give you a W-2. You do not have to ask for it. If you are an independent contractor, the company may or may not be required to give you a 1099; however, you do not need it in order to report your income.
2008-07-26 11:21:08
v b:  The word employer and form W-7 for the ITIN cannot be used in the same context. If you have an SSN (which you must have to work), you don't need an ITIN.
2008-07-26 11:23:04