Individual Income Tax FAQs
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General Information
Yes, please see the ARPA Unemployment Exclusion Adjustments notice, dated June 30, 2021, which provides information regarding automatic adjustments and Amended Nebraska Individual Income Tax Returns.
At this time, DOR requests that taxpayers do not file amended Nebraska individual income tax returns until DOR determines the appropriate processes for correcting these returns in every situation. DOR is working with the IRS to gather more information. Further guidance will be issued as soon as possible.
See page 5 of the 
Individual Income Tax Booklet
See page 3 of the Individual Income Tax Booklet
Late filed return -- 5% per month (25% maximum) of the unpaid tax at the due date or extended filing date (extension of time).
Late payment -- 5% of unpaid tax at the due date or extended filing date.
Partial payment -- 5% of unpaid tax at the due date or extended filing date.
File an Amended Nebraska Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040XN, for the appropriate tax year; or request appropriate prior year amended forms. Click here to access the amended forms.
If you have not received a Form W-2 from an employer by January 31, call or write to your employer requesting the form, giving them your current mailing address. Nebraska will accept a photocopy of your W-2 if the original is lost. If this is unsuccessful, call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to obtain a substitute Form W-2. Nebraska will accept a copy of the substitute W-2 filed with the IRS. A state amount withheld and "NE" should be written on the form prior to mailing it to the Department of Revenue.
Yes. Nebraska has the Nebraska College Savings Program deduction. The account owner deducts from federal adjusted gross income the annual contributions he or she makes to the Nebraska College Savings Program.
The college savings plans are qualified tuition programs under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, which governs all state programs. There are four plans within the Nebraska Educational Savings Plan Trust – NEST Direct College Savings Plan, NEST Advisor College Savings Plan, the TD Ameritrade 529 College Savings Plan, and the State Farm College Savings Plan. The Nebraska State Treasurer serves as the Program Trustee. First National Bank of Omaha serves as the Program Manager, and all investments are approved by the Nebraska Investment Council.
Effective January 1, 2014, the maximum state deduction is $10,000 for single, head of household, and married, filing jointly filers; and $5,000 for married, filing separately filers. Account owners and parents/guardians who are custodians of an UGMA or UTMA NEST Direct account are eligible for the applicable deduction. For more detailed information about the Nebraska College Savings Program, visit the State Treasurer's website.
No. Only contributions made to the Nebraska College Savings Program, administered by the Nebraska State Treasurer, qualify for the deduction. However, if another state’s plan is rolled over to the Nebraska College Savings Plan, the interest, earnings, and contributions received under an IRC § 529 qualified rollover are eligible for the deduction.
When a Nebraska College Savings Program 529 account, administered by First National Bank, is rolled over to another state’s section 529 savings plan, or to a section 529 plan not administered under the Nebraska College Savings Program, the Nebraska College Savings Program account is considered to be cancelled.
In this event, the account owner is required to recapture any Nebraska College Savings Program contributions previously deducted for the years the cancelled (rollover) account was in existence. The recapture is reported on Nebraska Schedule I of the Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040N, for the tax year of the account rollover.
There are four plans within the Nebraska Educational Savings Plan Trust – NEST Direct College Savings Plan, NEST Advisor College Savings Plan, the TD Ameritrade 529 College Savings Plan, and the State Farm College Savings Plan.
Any 529 accounts outside of these plans (which are offered by other banks in Nebraska; or by banks in another state; or which are administered by a state other than Nebraska) will not qualify for the Nebraska income tax deduction.
Nonresidents, Partial-year Residents, or Income from Another State
Residents must report all income to Nebraska, and will receive a credit for taxes paid to other states by completing Form 1040N and Nebraska Schedule I.
Nonresidents and partial-year residents must file a Form 1040N and a Nebraska Schedule I to compute the Nebraska tax due.
Yes. You must file a Form 1040N.
For regular income, you will receive credit for any taxes paid to the other state by completing a Nebraska Schedule I and attaching a copy of the other state's income tax return. Nebraska income tax is imposed on all income which is earned while a resident of this state.
You may reduce your federal adjusted gross income on the Nebraska Schedule I for pass-through income received from an S corporation or LLC in a state other than Nebraska.
These winnings are part of your federal adjusted gross income and need to be included on your Nebraska return. You may also need to complete an income tax return for the other state to report these winnings to that state.
After filing an individual income tax return with the other state, you will receive a credit for any taxes properly paid to the other state by completing a Nebraska Schedule I and attaching it to your Form 1040N, along with a copy of the other state's return.
Further Questions?
Contact Nebraska Taxpayer Assistance
at 800-742-7474 (NE & IA) or 402-471-5729
