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, ...

The tax filing deadline is just days away, but many taxpayers have yet to get their tax returns in. For many, the threshold question in preparing taxes is which tax form to use to file your return.

Source: www.SeniorLiving.org via Flickr. When you file your annual tax return, there are three forms to choose from. The 1040EZ is intended for people with extremely simple tax returns, while the 1040 ...

Form 1040 is a federal income tax form that most people use yearly to report their tax information to the IRS. Taxpayers fill out the form, listing their income and any tax deductions or credits ...

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 pulled the plug on the form. The recently redesigned form 1040 ...

What’s the old saying? If you love something, throw it away and then reintroduce in another tax year? Or something like that? Just as the form 1040 appears to be making a return to a more ...