I worked 5 different jobs last year. Can I do multiple forms of tax returns to ensure I get a refund from those jobs?

[TomYoung]

NO, absolutely not.

You report, accurately, your income for the entire year, irrespective of if you worked for one employer or a dozen.

Tom Young

[brucedragon1940]

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, but basically I'm going to get 5 different W2 forms from the 5 different jobs that I had last year. Should I wait for all the forms to come in or can I do them one by one is what I'm asking.

[xmasbaby0]

NO  You wait until you have ALL of them and put them on ONE tax return together.  If you try to file them one at a time you will create a train wreck with the IRS and for yourself.

[TomYoung]

@brucedragon1940

I think what you are asking is if you can enter the W-2s "piecemeal" - 1 or 2 at a time as you receive them -  until all 5 show up.  The answer to that question is "Yes".  There's no need to enter all 5 at one sitting.  You can keep going back to the W-2 interview, entering W-2's as they show up.

(It did sound like you were asking if you could submit 5 different income tax returns, each one with only 1 W-2, in order to get ALL the taxes withheld refunded to you.)

[xmasbaby0]

That was my interpretation.

[Anonymous]

But what if the pay for one job is different from another? How will the deductions be calculated? I would think a document for each job would make more sense.

Here's an example:

I worked a contract job from April to June with a rate of $32/hr. Then I worked another contract job from June to December with a rate of $38/hr. Do I add all income at the end of the year by summing the numbers from the two separate W4s?

[Vanessa A · Accepted solution]

Your income and deductions are cumulative.  You enter your income from EVERY job separately on the SAME return.  So, if you get FIVE W-2's, you will go back and enter each W2 on the same return by clicking on Add another W-2.  

You are taxed on your income as a whole. All of your income is added together and all of your deductions are added together.

 This means if at each of your 5 jobs you made $12,000 and you had no other income, line 7b of your 1040 would be $60,000.  

Again, all of your income is to be accounted for on ONE 1040 form.  

[Anonymous]

yes you can enter each w-2 as you get it. but note all 5 W-2's get reported on the same return.