Am I Eligible for the Making Work Pay Credit or Government Retiree Credit?
Am I Eligible for the Making Work Pay or Government Retiree Credit:
Making Work Pay Credit: Most wage earners have already benefited from this credit with a larger paycheck as a result of the changes made to the federal income tax withholding tables to implement the Making Work Pay tax credit.
Government Retiree Credit: You must have received a pension or annuity payment in 2009 for service performed for the U.S. government or any U.S. state or local government and the service must not have been covered by Social Security.
Information You Will Need:
- Citizenship status, if you can be claimed as a dependent and if you received a pension or annuity payment in 2009
- You will need to provide basic adjusted gross income information, such as the type and amount of your various income sources.
- If you received an economic recovery payment (2009 only)
Estimated Completion Time: 5 minutes. However: 5 minutes of inactivity will end the interview and you will be forced to start over.
The following interview covers the same questions you would answer if you called our toll-free tax assistance telephone number or if you came into a Taxpayer Assistance Center.
