Thank you for the answer.

My Father is "old school' and will probably not accept the idea of NOT needing to file a return.

If my Father chooses to file a return anyway, which form would you suggest and how would he fill it out?

Can you please tell me which lines he is to fill out on the form? Line 3 does not apply to Social security income and I do not know if line 16 applies.

I need to be able to explain to my Father exactly what to do. He has a SSA-1042S form which he can attach and use Line 18 for, but I do not know where to put his income from box 5 on the SSA-1042S form.

I appreciate your time.

that makes a difference.

The rule is that only 85% of the income is subject to the 30% tax. I'm trying to make line 82 work for that. I use column a, but where do I put the income? Do I use cloumn d? I then work through lines 85,86,87, and 88 and end up filling in lines 65 and 52.

I'm sorry to be a pain but I need to know exactly what to fill in.

Thank you,

Thank you very much. It does seem a bit redundant if my Father chooses to file this return. The form seems so overkill.

There really is no place on the form where you show the Social Security Income. Is that true? The income area, lines 18 thru 23, are only for income connected with U.S trade.

Please confirm that question and I will stop bugging you and hit the accept button.

Thank you very much for your time.

Ron