Official Minnesota M1X Form in PDF

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Reason for amending

Taxable income

Determining tax

Stock No . 1010090

If you show a refund on line 29 or tax due on line 31, you must report an increase or decrease in column B for at least one of the income, tax or credit lines (lines 1–24).

6Tax from the table on pages 22-27 of the M1 booklet . . . . . . 6. . .

9Part-year residents and nonresidents: (Schedule M1NR) a Corrected amount from

10Full-year residents: Amount from line 8 .

Part-year residents and nonresidents: Amount

from line 27 of Schedule M1NR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

13Marriage credit for joint return when both spouses have earned

income or retirement income (see M1 instructions, page 14) . . . 13

14Credit for taxes paid to another state (Schedule M1CR) . . . . . . .14

15Other nonrefundable credits (Schedule M1C) . . . . . . . . . . . .15. .

Credits and tax paid

Refund or tax due

Sign here

30To have your refund direct deposited, enter the following . Otherwise, you will receive a check .

32If you failed to timely report federal changes or the

To complete Form M1X, you will need the 2010 Minnesota income tax instruction booklet.

the year you are amending. Other deadlines may apply if:

•฀ your฀federal฀return฀has฀been฀changed฀since฀ you originally filed, or

•฀ you฀have฀been฀assessed฀additional฀income฀ tax by the department within the last year.

If any of the above situations applies to the year being amended and you need clarifica- tion, contact the department.

If you owe additional tax, you must file Form M1X within 3½ years of the due date of your return or the date you filed the return, which- ever is later. If the tax and interest is not fully paid when you file Form M1X, a late payment penalty and additional interest will be assessed on your first bill.

Married filing separate returns

Do not include the name and Social Security number of your spouse if you are married and filing separate returns.

Column A, lines 1–24

In most cases, enter the amounts from the appropriate lines of your original 2010 return. However, if your original Form M1 was changed during processing or if you have filed an amended return prior to this one, enter the corrected amounts. If you received a notice of change or an audit report from the department which changed amounts on your original return, use the amounts as shown in that notice or audit report.

Column B, lines 1–24

Enter the dollar amount of each change as an increase or decrease for each line you are changing. Show all decreases in parentheses. See the instructions for lines 6 and 10 to determine the amounts to enter in column B for those lines.

If the changes you are making affect the amounts reported on a schedule, you must complete and enclose a corrected schedule.

If you do not enter an amount when there is a change, the processing of your amended return will be delayed. Briefly explain each change in the space on the back of Form M1X and enclose any related schedules or forms.

If you are not making a change for a given line, leave column B blank.

Column C, lines 1–24

Add the increase in column B to column A, or subtract the column B decrease from column A. For any item you do not change, enter the column A amount in column C.

Line instructions

Refer to the 2010 Form M1 instructions for de- tails on the types of income included in the total income, any allowable adjustments and how to compute and claim various credits, etc.

Line 1—Federal taxable income

Enter the amount from line 1 of your original 2010 Form M1. If your original federal taxable income was previously adjusted by the IRS or the Minnesota Department of Revenue, enter the corrected amount.

Changes to your federal taxable income may also affect child and dependent care, working family and education credits. Your property tax refund return (if filed) may also be af- fected. If it is, complete and file Form M1PRX, Amended Minnesota Property Tax Refund Return.

Line 4—Total subtractions

If you are changing your total subtractions, you must enclose a list of the corrected sub- tractions you reported on lines 5–8 of Form M1 and/or a corrected Schedule M1M.

Changes to your total subtractions may also affect the alternative minimum tax you may be required to pay.

Line 5—Minnesota taxable income

If your taxable income on line 5C has changed, it will affect your tax from the table. Continue with line 6.

Line 6—Tax from the table

If the taxable income on line 5C has changed, you must look up the corrected tax using the tables in the 2010 instruction booklet. Enter the correct tax amount on line 6C and the dif- ference between lines 6A and 6C on line 6B.

Lines 9a–9b—Part-year residents and nonresidents

Changes to your Schedule M1NR will also affect many credits you may claim, such as the child and dependent care, working family and education credits.

Line 10

Enter the difference (increase or decrease) between lines 10A and 10C on line 10B.

Line 13—Marriage credit

If you are changing your marriage credit, complete the worksheet on page 14 of the Form M1 instruction booklet.

Lines 14 and 15—Credits against tax

If you are changing any credits against tax on lines 14 or 15, you must enclose a corrected copy of the appropriate schedule.

Lines 19–24—Payments and credits

If you are changing any payments or credits on lines 19 through 24, you must enclose a corrected copy of the appropriate schedule.

Line 25

Enter the total of the following tax amounts, whether or not paid:

•฀ amount฀from฀line฀34฀of฀your฀original฀M1,

•฀ amount฀from฀line฀31฀of฀a฀previously฀filed฀ Form M1X, and

•฀ additional฀tax฀due฀as฀the฀result฀of฀an฀audit฀ or notice of change.

Reduce the total by any amounts that were paid for penalty, interest, underpayment of estimated tax or any contributions you made to the Nongame Wildlife Fund.

Line 27

Enter the total of the following refund amounts:

•฀ amount from line 32 of your original Form M1, even if you have not yet received it,

•฀ amount฀from฀line฀29฀of฀any฀previously฀ filed amended return, and

•฀ refund฀or฀reduction฀in฀tax฀from฀an฀audit฀ adjustment or appeal.

Include any amount that was credited to estimated tax, applied to pay past due taxes, used to pay an outstanding debt to a state or county agency, or donated to the Nongame Wildlife Fund.

Do not include any interest that may have been included in the refunds you received.

Lines 29 and 31

Lines 29 and 31 should reflect the changes to your tax and/or credits as reported on lines

1-24 of Form M1X. If you have unpaid taxes on your original Form M1, Form M1X is not intended to show your corrected balance due.

Line 29

This refund cannot be applied to your esti- mated tax account. Skip lines 31 through 35.

If you owe federal or Minnesota taxes, criminal fines or a debt to a state or county agency, district court, qualifying hospital or public library, the department is required to apply your refund to the amount you owe (including penalty and interest on the taxes). Also, if you participate in the Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral Program, your refund will be applied to your deferred property tax total. Your Social Security number will be used to identify you as the correct debtor.

If your debt is less than your refund, you will receive the difference.

Line 30—Direct deposit of refund

If you want the refund on line 29 to be directly deposited into your checking or sav- ings account, enter the requested informa- tion on line 30.

The routing number must have nine digits.

The account number may contain up to

17 digits (both numbers and letters). If your account number is less than 17 digits, enter the number starting with the first box on the left—leave out any hyphens, spaces and symbols—and leave any unused boxes blank.

If the routing or account number is incorrect or is not accepted by your financial institu- tion, your refund will be sent to you in the form of a paper check.

By completing line 30, you are authorizing the department and your financial institu- tion to initiate electronic credit entries, and if necessary, debit entries and adjustments for any credits made in error.

Line 31

If line 28 is a negative amount, treat it as a positive amount and add it to line 18C. Enter the result on line 31. This is the amount you owe, which is due when you file your amended return. You cannot use any funds in your estimated tax account to pay this amount. Continue with line 32.

Line 32

If only one of the penalties below applies, you must multiply line 31 by 10 percent (.10). If both penalties apply, multiply line 31 by 20 percent (.20). Enter the result on line 32.

•฀ The฀IRS฀assessed฀a฀penalty for negligence or disregard of rules or regulations, and/

or

•฀ You฀failed to report federal changes to the department within 180 days as re- quired (see page 1 of these instructions).

Line 34—Interest

You must pay interest on any unpaid tax plus penalty from the regular due date until paid in full. Interest rates may change each calen- dar year. For 2011, the rate is 3 percent.

To determine the interest you owe, use the for- mula below with the appropriate interest rate:

Interest = line 33 x number of days past the due date x interest rate ÷ 365

To find prior-year interest rates, see our web- site at www.taxes.state.mn.us.

Line 35—Amount due

Pay the amount due electronically or by check. Go to www.taxes.state.mn.us or call

1-800-570-3329 to pay electronically. If you are paying by check, you must complete Form M63 and mail it with Form M1X along with a check made payable to Minnesota Revenue.

Sign your return

If you are married and filing jointly, your spouse must also sign. If you paid someone to prepare your return, that person must also sign and include their preparer identification number.

You may check the box in the signature area to give us your permission to discuss your return with the paid preparer and/or third party.

Checking the box does not give your preparer the authority to sign any tax documents on your behalf or to represent you at any audit or appeals conference. For these types of authorities, you must file a power of attorney or Form REV184 with the department.

Questions or need forms?

Visit our website at www.taxes.state.mn.us to find forms, electronic payment options, etc, or request forms by calling 651-296-4444 or 1-800-657-3676.

If you have questions, call 651-296-3781 or

1-800-652-9094 during business hours. TTY users may call Minnesota Relay at 711. In- formation is available in other formats upon request for persons with disabilities.

Where to file your Form M1X

Send your completed Form M1X and re- quired enclosures to the address provided at the bottom of the second page of Form M1X.

Use of and required information

Information not required. Although not required on Form M1X, we ask for your daytime phone number, in case we have a question about your return, and the phone number and identification number of the person you paid to prepare your return.

All other information is required. You must provide by Minnesota law (M.S. 289A.08, subd. 11) your Social Security number, date of birth and all other information in order to properly identify you and determine your correct tax liability. If you don’t provide it, the department will return your form to you. This will delay your refund or if you owe tax, your payment will not be processed and you may have to pay a penalty for late payment.

Use of information. All information pro- vided on Form M1X is private under state law. It cannot be given to others without your consent except to agencies authorized by law to receive the information. For a list of au- thorized agencies and for the possible uses of your Social Security number, see page 8 of the M1 instruction booklet.