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Personal Tax -> Federal Individual Income Tax Return Forms

The three forms normally used for filing individual federal income tax returns are:

Form 1040-EZ

Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers With No Dependents - this is the simplest form to fill out.

 

Form 1040-A

U.S. Individual Income Tax Return - using this form, you cannot itemize deductions

 

Form 1040

U.S. Individual Income Tax Return - this is the most detailed income tax return to fill out.

 

IRS Topic 352 - Which Form - 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ? - If , after reading the articles on the three forms, you are not clear on which form to use, see this information on the IRS website. 

 

Less commonly used income tax return forms:

Form 1040-C U.S. Departing Alien Income Tax Return and Inst 1040-C Instructions

Form 1040-NR U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return and Inst 1040-NR Instructions

Form 1040-NR-EZ U.S. Income Tax Return for Certain Nonresident Aliens With No Dependents and Inst 1040-NR-EZ Instructions

Form 1040-SS U.S. Self-Employment Tax Return (Including the Additional Child Tax Credit for Bona Fide Residents of Puerto Rico) and Inst 1040-SS Instructions

Form 1040-X Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return and Inst 1040-X Instructions

Form 1041 U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts and Inst 1040 Instructions

Form 1041-N U.S. Income Tax Return for Electing Alaska Native Settlement Trusts and Inst 1041-N Instructions

Form 1041-QFT U.S. Income Tax Return for Qualified Funeral Trusts

 

Revised: December 04, 2009

 

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