If you’re preparing your taxes, you'll file federal income tax Form 1040. Because tax laws change often, Form 1040 might have subtle differences from year to year. Form 1040 is the main form that ...

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Everyone's getting a new experience this tax season. Thanks to tax reform, preparing your return involves a brand new set of forms, and for the first time, millions of taxpayers are having to use the ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Mira Norian Form 1040 is the primary form U.S. taxpayers use to file their ...

Taxes can be complicated. As taxpayers, we find that frustrating. So it would make sense, then, that we would snatch up the easiest tax forms that we can find. Only, that's not always the right choice ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

A new tax form targets a specific audience. One of the biggest changes that taxpayers faced last year as a result of tax reform was a new 1040 tax form. The IRS eliminated the popular 1040-EZ and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce makes the law and tax code understandable to everyone. We knew that would get your attention. While capital gains tax and ...

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 introduced a new tax form for seniors effective for 2019 taxes. Known as the 1040-SR, this form is designed to make filing taxes easier for older Americans. “Form ...

Get line-by-line comments about the newly designed form everyone's using. Everyone's getting a new experience this tax season. Thanks to tax reform, preparing your return involves a brand new set of ...