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To get the extra time you must:

 

Properly estimate your 2012 tax liability using the information available to you,

Enter your total tax liability on line 4 of Form 4868, and

File Form 4868 by the regular due date of your return.

 

Check here if using this form

If you are using this form, select the checkbox.

E-filing

Check Form 4868 without direct debit or Form 4868 with direct debit on the Main Information Sheet, in the PIN section.

Name information is transferred from the Main Information Sheet. Any changes to the name must be made on the Main Information Sheet. Do NOT override the name information on this form. If you select Form 4868 with ACH debit on the Main Information Sheet, you must fill in the information on the ACH Ext (Direct Debit of Balance Due or Gift Tax) form.

Part II: Individual Income Tax

Line 4

When you select the checkbox at the top of this form, Sure-Fire overrides this field to lock in the amount so it won't change when you make changes to the return. Sure-Fire calculates this amount from the form you are using in this return:

 

Form 1040, line 61

Form 1040A, line 35

Form 1040EZ, line 10

Form 1040NR, line 60

Form 1040NR-EZ, line 17

 

If you expect this estimate to be zero, enter zero. If you have not completed Forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040NR, or 1040NR-EZ, enter the estimated tax liability.

Line 5

When you select the checkbox at the top of this form, Sure-Fire overrides this field to lock in the amount so it won't change when you make changes to the return. Sure-Fire calculates this amount from the form you are using in this return:

 

Form 1040, line 72 (excluding line 68)

Form 1040A, line 41

Form 1040EZ, line 9

Form 1040NR, line 69 (excluding line 64)

Form 1040NR-EZ, line 21

 

If you have not completed Forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040NR, or 1040NR-EZ, enter the estimated amount.

Line 6

Sure-Fire subtracts line 5 from line 4. If line 5 is more than line 4, Sure-Fire enters zero.

Line 7

Enter the amount the taxpayer is paying, if applicable.

Line 8

If the taxpayer is a U.S. citizen or resident and is out of the country on the regular due date of the return, select this checkbox.

To qualify as "out of the country" the taxpayer must either:

 

live outside the United States and Puerto Rico with the main place of work being outside the United States and Puerto Rico, or

be in the military or naval service outside the United States and Puerto Rico.

 

Line 9

If the taxpayer did not receive wages subject to U.S. income tax withholding, select the checkbox.