Tax time can be stressful, and for many, the headaches start with trying to figure out which forms to use. Everyone required to file an individual federal income tax ...

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, ...

Kelly Phillips Erb is a Forbes senior writer who covers tax. If you’re looking for form 1040EZ for the 2018 tax year, you won’t find it: After a few decades, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has ...

When you are ready to file your tax return for income you earned in 2016, you’ll have to pick from among three forms: the 1040, the 1040EZ or the 1040A. Anyone can decide to fill out Form 1040; the ...

Choosing which 1040 tax form you need to file your return on can be a lot harder to figure out than you'd think, but answering just a few basic questions will lead you to the right version. First of ...

Our next tax trivia question is: We all know that the Tax Code is becoming more unmanageable for most taxpayers. These days, the "easiest" individual tax form is the form 1040EZ. The instructions, ...

A late start to the tax season and H&R Block’s decision to drop its free federal 1040EZ promotion combined to cut its early tax return work by 6 percent, the Kansas City-based company said Thursday.