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, ...

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 ...

You can use Form 1040EZ regardless of whether you use your Social Security number or an individual tax ID number to file your taxes. If you use an ITIN, make sure it hasn’t expired. Read on to learn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1040 tax form is the form most people use for filing taxes. It's not the easiest to understand, though. Form 1040 received an ...

Taxes can be complicated. As taxpayers, we find that frustrating. So it would make sense, then, that we would snatch up the easiest tax forms that we can find. Only, that's not always the right choice ...

When I was in college, I used to think there were only two federal income tax returns: the form 1040-EZ for students and the form 1040 for everybody else. Of course, many years and a couple of degrees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're staring at your 1040 income tax form and feeling lost, you probably aren't alone. The 1040 tax form was overhauled and ...