IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax

Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by ac29 on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @08:47PM (#21926085)

1040EZ died after tax year 2017: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-ez

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Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by MaulingMonkey on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @10:19PM (#21926440)

To nuance this - they've been refactoring/shuffling the forms around.

  2017 Form 1040EZ goes up to box no. 14
  2017 Form 1040 goes up to box no. 79

  2018 Form 1040 has no boxes for $ amounts!
  2018 Form 1040 Schedules 1-3 is where they all went, if you needed them.

  2019 Form 1040 added boxes back up to 11b
  2019 Form 1040 Schedules 1-3 also exist

Basically, Form 1040 is now "EZ" by default. For those with more complicated tax filings, you've had your work scattered to the four winds - I mean, three schedules.

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