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Form 1040-EZ

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

Using Form 1040-EZ, you cannot itemize deductions or claim any adjustments to income or tax credits, other than the earned income tax credit. To use this form, the following conditions must be met:

	filing status single or married filing jointly
	no dependents are claimed
	under age 65 on January 1 following the tax year
	not blind at the end of the tax year
	taxable income less than $100,000
	only income is wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarship and fellowship grants, unemployment compensation, qualified state tuition program earnings, or Alaska Permanent Fund dividends, and taxable interest not over $1,500
	you did not receive any advance earned income credit payments
	you do not owe any household employment taxes on wages paid to a household employee
	you are not a debtor in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed after October 16, 2005
	no alternative minimum tax is owed
	no claims for student loan interest deduction, educator expense deduction, or tuition and fees deduction
	no claims for education credit, retirement savings contributions credit, or health coverage tax credit

Links to Forms (pdf files) on IRS website

Form 1040-EZ

Inst 1040-EZ Instructions

Form 8888 Direct Deposit of Refund to More Than One Account

Revised: May 17, 2010

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