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Who must file a Wisconsin state tax return?

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Who must file a Wisconsin state tax return?

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Who Must File
Refer to the table to see if you are required to file a return in Wisconsin.

Filing status

Age as of December 31

You must file if your gross income* (or total gross income of husband and wife) was:

Single

Under 65

65 or Older

$11,900 or more

$12,150 or more

Married-filing joint return

Both spouses under 65

One spouse 65 or older

Both spouses 65 or older

$22,130 or more

 

$22,380 or more

 

$22,630 or more

Married-filing separate return

Under 65

65 or older

$10,550 or more

$10,800 or more (applied to each spouse individually)

Head of household

Under 65

65 or older

$15,170 or more

$15,420 or more

Who Must File

Refer to the table to see if you are required to file a return.

 

Other Filing Requirements

You may have to file a return even if your income is less than the amounts shown on the table. You must file a return if:

You could be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s return and either of the following applies:

(1) Your gross income was more than $1,100 and it included at least $351 of unearned income, or

(2) Your gross income (total unearned income and earned income) was more than –

$11,200 if single,

$14,470 if head of household,

$20,730 if married filing jointly, or

$9,850 if married filing separately.

Unearned income includes taxable interest, dividends, capital gain distributions, and taxable scholarship and fellowship grants that were not reported to you on a W-2. Earned income includes wages, tips, and scholarship and fellowship grants that were reported to you on a W-2.

• You owe a penalty on an IRA, retirement plan, Coverdell education savings account (excess contribution), health savings account, or Archer medical savings account.

• You were a nonresident or part-year resident of Wisconsin for the tax year and your gross income was $2,000 or more. If you were married, you must file a return if the combined gross income of you and your spouse was $2,000 or more. (You must file Form 1NPR.)

 

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Views: 2044 Created on: Jun 15, 2013
Date updated: Dec 16, 2021
Posted in: States, Wisconsin

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