Taxes may be fact of life, but have you ever been up close and personal with a Form 1040? Here's a beginner's guide to understanding how federal income tax returns work. Many, or all, of the products ...

What Is Form 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return? The 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual U.S. Income Tax Return is a form used by taxpayers who need to ...

The federal income tax Form 1040 EZ is a simplified tax form. You should use this form only if you are single or married filing jointly, claim no dependents and claim no adjustments to your income, ...

The new Form 1040 that all tax filers will file this year is a one-page document with just 23 lines. It replaces the old 1040 as well as the Form 1040A and Form 1040EZ, and for most tax filers with ...

Tax Day is April 15, and it’s still not too late to gather the documents you need to file your taxes. This includes Form 1040 from the IRS. Read on to learn more about this form and why it’s important ...

The 1040 tax form is the one most people use for filing taxes. It’s not the easiest to understand, though. Form 1040 received an overhaul and revamp in 2018 designed to make it shorter and less ...

As April 15 nears, millions of taxpayers this year will have to navigate the IRS' new Form 1040. It's the result of a campaign promise by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to simplify tax rules ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce makes the law and tax code understandable to everyone. Ready or not, tax return reporting has changed yet again for the 2020 ...

The IRS is working on a draft version of the 2018 Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, that reduces the size of the form to two half-pages in length and eliminates more than 50 lines, ...

Individual taxpayers in the United States use IRS Form 1040 when filing their federal income taxes. The form comes in three varieties -- the standard 1040, the 1040A, and the 1040EZ. The purpose of ...

Most people hate filling out tax forms almost as much as they hate forking over dough to Uncle Sam. That’s why you should use the simplest tax return. But choose carefully. While all the personal ...