2021 CITY OF WALKER INCOME TAX RESIDENT FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS Form W-1040R—Individual Return For RESIDENTS of the City of Walker and INDIVIDUALS who lived in Walker at ANY TIME during 2021 FILING DATE: Your return must be filed by May 2, 2022 REMITTANCE: Make remittance payable to: City Treasurer MAILING ADDRESS: Mail your return and remittance, with W-2 forms and required attachments to: Walker City Income Tax P.O. Box 153 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0153 Telephone number: (616) 791-6880 Business hours: Monday through Thursday—7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday—7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Website: www.walkermi.gov |
GENERAL INFORMATION interest for the late payment of tax. To avoid penalty and interest NEW FOR 2021 charges, you must pay in through withholdings and/or quarterly estimated These forms and instructions were prepared prior to the issuance payments at least 70% of your current year or prior year liability, whichever of final 2021 federal forms and schedules. They include references to is lower. federal forms and schedules that were still in draft form at the time of If at any time during the year your income increases to such a level publication. Please contact the Walker Income Tax Department at (616) that one hundred dollars tax or more will be due at the end of the year, a 791-6880 if you have any questions regarding what federal forms need to Declaration of Estimated Tax must be filed. be attached. The Declaration of Estimated Tax Forms W-1040ES (quarterly estimated vouchers for 2022) are available on our website. WHO MUST FILE A RETURN Every resident or part-year resident of Walker who had taxable income LINE BY LINE INSTRUCTIONS in 2021 of $600 or more must file a return by May 2, 2022. See Taxable SCHEDULE 1—EXEMPTIONS Income paragraph below. Married persons may file either a joint return or Lines 1-3 separate returns. All individuals filing a Walker income tax return are allowed one If you do not meet the requirements for filing a return but Walker tax personal exemption even if they are eligible to be claimed as a dependent was withheld or estimated tax was paid, you must file to receive a refund. on another filer’s return. On a joint return both individuals are allowed one WHO MUST USE THIS FORM personal exemption. Full-year resident - If you were a resident of Walker during all of 2021 If you are taking an exemption for your spouse, you must enter their and had taxable income, you must use this form (W-1040R). All taxable social security number and they must sign the return even if they do not income while a resident of Walker must be reported on this form, have any Walker income. regardless of the source of the income. (See Taxable Income paragraph) Individuals who are 65 years of age or older may claim one additional Part-year resident who worked in Walker as both a resident and a personal exemption. On a joint return either one or both individuals if they nonresident - In addition to filing a resident form, individuals who had qualify may claim one additional exemption for being 65 years of age or income subject to the Walker tax both as a resident and as a nonresident older. must fill out and attach a Schedule L. Schedule L is available at Individuals who are legally blind may also claim an additional personal www.walker.city and is necessary to compute the tax on those items of exemption. On a joint return either one or both individuals if they qualify income that are taxed differently to residents and nonresidents. Do not use may claim an additional exemption. Schedule L unless you had income subject to the Walker tax both as a SCHEDULE 2—WAGE DETAIL resident and as a nonresident. Columns A and B Indicate to the left of the dollar amount entered on line 7 that such All wages, salaries, sick pay, tips, bonuses, etc. earned by a resident amount has been transferred from Schedule L. Do not fill in lines 1 through of Walker while a resident of Walker are taxable regardless of where 6 on the front of the form. earned and must be included on Schedule 2. Part-year resident who did not work in Walker as a nonresident - Enter Walker income tax withheld by your employer in Column A as Do not use Schedule L if you were a part-year resident of Walker and did shown on your 2021 W-2 statements. The locality name on your W-2(s) not work in Walker during the part of the year that you lived outside of must be Walker for you to receive credit for Walker income tax withholding. Walker. Report on this form only your taxable income while a resident, The City of Walker copy of your W-2(s) must be submitted with your regardless of the source of the income. Show the period you were a return. resident and your former address in the spaces provided. Enter total wages from box one of your W-2(s) in Column B. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE SCHEDULE 3—PAYMENTS The due date of this return may be extended for a period not to exceed Line 1—Tax withheld by your employer six months. When a city extension is granted, tentative tax must be Enter the amount of Walker tax withheld from Schedule 2, Column A, paid by May 2, 2022. Applications for extensions are available online at line 1a. www.walkermi.gov/taxforms Line 2—Estimated payments, credit from a prior year, extension payments Applying for a Federal extension does not satisfy the requirement If you made quarterly estimated payment(s), applied an overpayment to file a Walker extension. from your 2020 Walker return to 2021 or made a payment with an TAXABLE INCOME extension, enter the total of all payments on line 2. Walker residents are required to report the same kinds of taxable In addition, enter any Walker income tax paid on your behalf by a income on their city return as they report on their federal return, with the partnership of which you are a partner on line 2. Please indicate to the following exceptions: right of the amount that the payment was made by a partnership. • Gifts, inheritances and bequests are not taxable income. Line 3—Credit for tax paid to another city. • Pensions (including disability pensions), social security, annuities, IRA If you are a Walker resident subject to city income tax in another city, distributions after age 59 ½, and rollover of amounts from IRA’s to you may claim a credit against Walker income tax for the net amount paid ROTH IRA’s are not taxable income. See the Income Tax FAQ to the other city. This credit may not exceed the tax that a nonresident of section on our website for more information regarding which pension Walker would pay on the same income earned in Walker. Complete codes from Box 7 of form 1099-R are exempt and which are taxable. Worksheet 1 on page 2 of the form to determine the amount of credit to • Proceeds of insurance (except that payments from a health and enter on line 3. If you worked at home during 2021 due to COVID, you accident policy paid for by your employer are taxable to the same must reduce the amount of wages for the credit to the amount actually extent as provided by the Internal Revenue Code). earned in the non-resident city. • Unemployment compensation and supplemental unemployment You must attach a copy of the 2021 city income tax return(s) that you benefits are not taxable income. filed with the other city(ies). • Interest from obligations of the United States, the states, or SCHEDULE 4—OTHER INCOME/LOSS subordinate units of government of the states, and gains or losses on The federal rules concerning passive losses are applicable to losses the sales of obligations of the United States are not taxable income. deducted on this return. • Military pay of members of the National Guard and the Armed Forces Line 1—Interest income of the United States including Reserve pay is not taxable income. Enter interest from your federal return on line 1a. Enter interest Attach a copy of your military W-2. from obligations of the United States Government on line 1b. Subtract line • Michigan State Lottery prizes won before January 1, 1988 are not 1b. from line 1a. and enter the result on line 1c. taxable income. Michigan State Lottery prizes won after December Line 2—Dividend income 31, 1987 are taxable income. Enter dividends from your federal return on line 2a. Enter dividends from obligations of the United States on line 2b. Subtract line 2b. from line 2a. and enter the result on line 2c. DECLARATION OF ESTIMATED TAX Line 3—Income/loss from business (for filers of Federal Schedule C) If you expect that your Walker income in 2022 not subject to Walker residents are taxed on the net profits from their operation of a withholding will be more than $10,000 after deductions ($100 in tax), you business or profession regardless of where it is located. must file a Declaration of Estimated Tax (form W-1040ES) for 2022 by May Enter your Schedule C income/loss on line 3a. Enter your SEP 2, 2022 and pay at least one-fourth (1/4) of the estimated 2022 tax with deduction, if applicable, on line 3b. Subtract line 3b. from 3a. and enter the your Declaration. The three remaining payments are due at the end of result on line 3c. You must attach a copy of Federal Schedule C. If you June, September and January. have deducted a SEP contribution on line 3b. you must attach a copy of Failure to file a Declaration of Estimated Tax and make the Schedule 1 of your Federal Form 1040. required payments will result in the assessment of penalty and A net operating loss carryover may be deducted if the loss was incurred after January 1, 1988. Attach a schedule showing the calculation |
CITY OF WALKER RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN W-1040R Due May 2, 2022 2021 Please print. Your first name & initial Last name Your Social Security Number--REQUIRED Complete social security If joint, spouse's first name & initial Last name numbers Spouse's Social Security Number are required. Home address (Number and street or rural route) SEE City, town or post office State Zip code Day phone Evening phone INSTRUCTIONS Taxpayer only Part Year Resident from _____/_____/_____ to _____/_____/_____ Spouse only If married, is spouse filing Yes No Former Address: Both a separate return? Schedule 1 Exemption Amount 1. Check boxes that apply: Regular 65 or over Blind 1. Number of boxes checked Yourself 2. Number of dependent children and/or other dependents 2. which you listed on your federal return Spouse ** 3. Total number of exemptions--add lines 1 and 2 3. **If this box is checked, you must enter spouse's social Multiply number of exemptions in line 3 by $600 security number above and spouse must sign return and enter on line 5 of return summary below. Schedule 2 Wage Detail ATTACH WALKER COPY OF FORM(S) W-2 Column A Column B Walker tax Total wages from Employer's name Street address of actual work location(s) withheld Box 1 of W-2 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 Totals 1a. .00 1b. .00 Schedule 3 Payments 1. Tax withheld by your employer from line 1a. of Schedule 2 1. .00 2. 2021 estimated payments, credit from 2020 W-1040R, payment with extension 2. .00 3. Credit for tax paid to another city--from Page 2, Worksheet 1 3. .00 Attach copy of other return 4. Total payments--enter here and on line 8 of return summary below 4. .00 1. Total wages, salaries and tips from Schedule 2, line 1b. Attach your W-2 form(s) 1. .00 Return 2. Other income/loss from Page 2, Schedule 4, line 11 2. .00 Summary 3. Deductions from Page 2, Schedule 5, Line 5 (Enter as negative amount) 3. .00 4. Combine lines 1, 2 and 3. This is your total Walker income 4. .00 Exemptions 5. Multiply number of exemptions from Schedule 1, line 3 by $600 and enter here 5. .00 Taxable Income 6. Subtract line 5 from line 4. This is your taxable income 6. .00 Tax 7. Multiply line 6 by one percent (.01) This is your Walker tax Tax >>> 7. .00 Payments 8. Total of Walker payments from Schedule 3, line 4 Payments >>> 8. .00 Tax 9. If tax (line 7) is larger than payments (line 8) enter amount you owe. MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO WALKER CITY TREASURER OR PAY WITH A DIRECT ELECTRONIC Pay With Due WITHDRAWAL (Mark pay tax due, line 14b, and complete lines 14 c,d,e & f) Return >>> 9. .00 Overpayment 10. If payments (line 8) are larger than tax (line 7) ENTER OVERPAYMENT Overpayment >>> 10. .00 Credit to 2022 11. Amount of overpayment to be held and applied to your 2022 estimated tax Credit to 2022 >>> 11. .00 Donation 12. Overpayment donated to Education Foundation--See page 2 Donation >>> 12. .00 13. Amount of overpayment to be refunded (For direct deposit, mark refund box, Refund line 14a, and complete lines 14 c,d,e & f) Refund >>> 13. .00 Direct Deposit 14. Direct deposit refund or direct withdrawal payment Mark one: 14a Refund-direct deposit 14b Pay tax due-direct withdraw or c. Routing number e. Type of account: Checking Savings (Default is date processed) Direct Payment d. Account number f. Withdrawal date: I have read this return. Under the penalties of perjury, I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the return is true, correct and accurately lists all amounts and sources of Walker income I received during the tax year. If prepared by a person other than the taxpayer, his/her declaration is based on all information of which he/she has any knowledge. Your signature Spouse's signature if joint return Paid preparer's signature PLEASE SIGN HERE Date Your occupation Date Spouse's occupation If you itemized deductions on your Federal income tax return for 2021, check here: YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF PAGE 1 AND SCHEDULE 1 (IF USED) OF YOUR 2021 FEDERAL 1040 Mail return to: City of Walker Income Tax Dept., PO Box 153, Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0153 |
CITY OF WALKER RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN Page 2 W-1040R 2021 Schedule 4 Other Income/Loss PART YEAR RESIDENTS INCLUDE ONLY INCOME/LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO PERIOD OF RESIDENCY 1. Interest income from Federal return 1a. .00 U.S. interest 1b. .00 1c. .00 2. Dividend income from Federal return 2a. .00 U.S. dividends 2b. .00 2c. .00 3. Income/loss from business--Federal Schedule C 3a. .00 SEP deduction 3b. .00 3c. .00 4. Income/loss from rents/royalties--Federal Schedule E, page 1 4. .00 5. Income/loss from partnerships--Federal Schedule E, page 2 5. .00 6. Income/loss from sale or exchange of property (Capital gains)--Federal Schedule D/Form 8949 6. .00 7. Distributions from Subchapter S corporations--Federal Schedule K-1 7. .00 8. Income from estates/trusts--Federal Schedule E, page 2 8. .00 9. Premature distributions from profit sharing plans, pension plans and/or IRAs 9. .00 10. Other income (alimony received, gambling winnings, taxable scholarships, etc.) 10. .00 11. Total--combine lines 1c. through 10--enter here and on page 1, line 2 of return summary 11. .00 Schedule 5 Deductions PART YEAR RESIDENTS ALLOCATE DEDUCTIONS FOR PERIOD OF RESIDENCY 1. IRA deduction--attach Schedule 1 of Federal 1040 (No deduction is allowed for contributions to a ROTH IRA) 1. .00 2. Employee business expenses--see instructions and attach detailed list 2. .00 3. Moving expenses--see instructions and attach Federal 3903 3. .00 4. Alimony paid--attach Schedule 1 of Federal 1040 4. .00 5. Total--add lines 1 through 4--enter here and on page 1, line 3 of return summary 5. .00 Worksheet 1 Credit for Tax Paid to Another City 1. Total income after deductions (before exemptions) from 2021 non-resident city return 1. .00 2. Less: exemption amount from Walker return--page 1, line 5 2. .00 3. Subtract line 2 from line 1 3. .00 4. Rate 4. .005 5. Multiply line 4 by line 3--enter here and on page 1, schedule 3, line 3 5. .00 (Credit is limited to actual tax liability from other city's return and must be reduced if you worked at home due to COVID) Part year residents: Include income on line 1 of this worksheet only to the extent that it is taxable by Walker as a resident and taxable by another city that imposes an income tax as a non-resident Note: You must complete a separate Worksheet 1 for each city in which you filed a non-resident return YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF PAGE ONE OF THE OTHER CITY'S RETURN Summary of Required Attachments All Filers: If Applicable: All form W-2's Federal Schedule 1 Page 1 of Federal Form 1040 Federal Form 3903 Federal Schedule C Filers Taking a Credit for Tax Paid to Another City: Federal Schedule D, Forms 8949, 4797, 6252 Copy of page one of the other city(ies) return Federal Schedule E including Federal Schedule K-1 for all S corporations shown on Schedule E, if any Copies of all forms 1099-R for taxpayers under age 65 Contribution to Education Foundation You may contribute your overpayment from Page 1, line 10 to one of the Education Foundations listed by checking the appropriate box. If you check a box, the full amount of your overpayment will be sent to the Education Foundation you have chosen. Skip lines 11 and 13. Comstock Park Education Foundation The Grandville Education Foundation Kenowa Hills Education Foundation Third Party Designee Do you want to allow another person to discuss this return with the Income Tax Department? Yes--Complete the following: No Designee's Name: Phone No. ( ) |
of any net operating loss carryover deducted from line 3c. You may not The only deductions allowed by the City of Walker Income Tax deduct a carryback loss. Ordinance are as follows: Line 4—Income/loss from rents/royalties (for filers of Federal Schedule E, • Expenses of travel, meals and lodging while away from home page one) • Expenses as an outside salesperson who works away from his Enter all rent and royalty income included on your Federal Schedule E, employer’s place of business (does not include driver/salesperson page one and received while a resident of Walker. Attach a copy of whose primary duty is service and delivery). Federal Schedule E, page one. • Expenses of transportation (but not transportation to and from Line 5—Income/loss from partnerships (for filers of Federal Schedule E, work). page two) • Expenses reimbursed under an expense account or other Enter your share of the partnership income/loss on line 5 of arrangement with your employer, if the reimbursement has been Schedule 4 as reported on Federal Schedule E, page two. Your share of included in reported gross earnings. qualifying dividends, gains, etc. are treated as belonging to you as an You must attach a detailed list of your employee business expenses. individual and should be reported on the appropriate Federal and Walker Line 3—Moving expenses schedules. Moving expenses for certain Armed Forces members only into the City Attach a copy of Federal Schedule E, page two. of Walker that qualify under the Internal Revenue Code as a deduction If you are claiming a loss from a partnership located outside of Walker, from federal gross income may be deducted on your Walker return. a copy of your Federal Schedule K-1 must be attached. You must attach a copy of Federal Form 3903 or a list of your moving Line 6—Income/loss from sale or exchange of property (for filers of Federal expenses, including the distance in miles from where you moved. Schedule D, Form 8949, Form 4797 and/or Form 6252) Line 4—Alimony deduction (CHILD SUPPORT IS NOT DEDUCTIBLE) Enter on line 6 the gain/loss from the sale or exchange of real or Enter alimony deducted on your 2021 federal return. tangible personal property regardless of where located. The Walker You must attach a copy of Schedule 1 of your Federal Form 1040. Income Tax Ordinance follows the Internal Revenue Code in its treatment of capital gains, with two exceptions: COMPLETING YOUR RETURN Gains on the sales of obligations of the United States are not taxable After completing schedules 1 through 5 as applicable, transfer the on this return. results of schedules 1 through 5 to lines 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8 on the front of the Gain or loss on property purchased prior to January 1, 1988 must be form. determined by one of the following methods: Follow the instructions on the front of the form for lines 4, 6 and 7. a) The basis may be the adjusted fair market value of the property Line 9—Tax due on January 1, 1988 (December 31, 1987 closing price for traded If after computing your Walker Income tax and deducting your securities), or payments and credits, the balance due is one dollar ($1.00) or more, it b) Divide the number of months the property has been held since must be entered on Line 9. January 1, 1988 by the total number of months the property was Make check or money order payable to CITY TREASURER and mail held, and apply this fraction to the total gain or loss as reported on with this return to: WALKER CITY INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT, P.O. your federal income tax return. BOX 153, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49501-0153. For direct electronic Attach Federal Schedule D and Form 8949. Also attach Form 4797 withdrawal, mark pay tax due, line 14b, and complete lines 14c, d, e and f. and Form 6252 if applicable. Withdrawal date (line 14f) must be no later than the due date of the return. Line 7—Distributions from Subchapter S corporations. If no date is entered, the default withdrawal date will be the date Enter on line 7 cash or property distributions from S corporations from processed. line 16, code D of Federal Schedule K-1. The Walker City Income Tax Line 10—Overpayment Ordinance does not recognize Subchapter S status. Distributions from an If your total payments and credits on line 8 are more than Walker Tax S corporation are taxable as if paid by a regular corporation as dividends. on line 7, you have overpaid your tax for 2021. If you are a shareholder in a corporation that has elected to file under 1. If you want your overpayment to be HELD and applied to your 2022 Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code, you are not required to report estimated tax, enter the overpayment on line 11. any distributed income from Federal Schedule K-1 lines 1 through 11, nor 2. If you want your overpayment to be DONATED to the Education may you deduct your share of any loss or other deductions distributed by Foundation of your choice, enter the overpayment on line 12. Select the corporation. the Education Foundation on page 2. Attach copies of Federal Schedule K-1 for all S corporations listed on 3. If you want your overpayment MAILED to you, enter the overpayment page two of your Federal Schedule E regardless of whether or not the on line 13. S corporation made distributions. 4. If you want your overpayment REFUNDED VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT, Line 8—Income from estates and/or trusts. enter the overpayment on line 13 and complete the routing number, Enter on line 8 all income from estates and/or trusts reported on your type of account and account number boxes provided in line 14. Federal Schedule E, page two. Income from an estate or trust is taxable to Refunds or credits of less than one dollar ($1.00) cannot be made. a Walker resident regardless of the location of the estate or trust, or the THIRD PARTY DESIGNEE location of property it may own. If you want to allow a friend, family member or any other person you Attach a copy of Federal Schedule E, page two. choose to discuss your 2021 tax return with the Income Tax Department, Line 9—Distributions from profit sharing plans, premature IRA distributions. give the Department any information missing from your return, receive Enter on line 9 all early pension and profit sharing withdrawals and/or copies of notices and/or respond to notices about math errors, offsets and distributions subject to the 10% federal penalty. Also report on line 9 return preparation, check the “Yes” box in the designated area. Enter the premature IRA distributions subject to the 10% federal penalty. designee’s name and phone number. To designate the preparer who Line 10—Other income. signed your return, enter “Preparer” in the space for designee’s name. Enter on line 10 all other income reported on your federal return and ASSISTANCE not specifically exempted by the Walker City Income Tax Ordinance. If you have questions not answered in these instructions or if you need Examples of the types of income reported on line 10 are gambling assistance in preparing your return, call (616) 791-6880. winnings, alimony received and miscellaneous income. We would be happy to prepare your Walker Income Tax Return free of SCHEDULE 5—DEDUCTIONS charge. Please contact the Walker Income Tax Department at 791-6880 Part-year residents must allocate deductions the same way they allocate for an appointment. income. The only deductions allowed by the Income Tax Ordinance are: NOTICE Line 1—IRA deduction These instructions are an interpretation of the Walker City Income Tax The rules governing IRA deductions on this return are the same as Ordinance. If any discrepancy exists between the instructions and the under the Internal Revenue Code. Ordinance, the Ordinance prevails. Contributions to ROTH IRA’s are not deductible. Attach Schedule 1 of Federal Form 1040. A SEP retirement plan deduction must be entered on line 1b. of Schedule 4. Line 2—Employee business expenses The employee business expenses listed below are not subject to the same reductions and limitations required under the Internal Revenue Code. These expenses are, however, allowed only to the extent not paid or reimbursed by your employer and only when incurred in the performance of service for your employer. |
WALKER INCOME TAX DEPT. 4243 Remembrance Road, NW Walker, MI 49534 PLEASE REMEMBER TO: Sign your return. If a joint return, both spouses must sign even if only one had income subject to Walker income tax. Attach a copy of page one of your Federal Form 1040 and Schedule 1, if used. Attach copies of Form(s) W-2. If you are claiming a credit for Walker withholding, the locality name on your W-2 must be Walker. Attach Federal Schedules and other city returns as needed. See Summary of Required Attachments on page 2 of form W-1040R. Estimated payment vouchers for 2022 are available on our website at: www.walkermi.gov/taxforms See instructions to determine if you are required to file quarterly estimated payments. |