Tax forms

The draft version of the streamlined form tries to deliver on one of the promises of the tax simplification effort, but adds more schedules.

The IRS’s new 1040 tax form doesn’t exactly fit on a standard postcard as Republicans promised, but it’s smaller and simpler than before — and it may push more filers to use software rather than in-person tax preparers.

The short form would fulfill one of the promises of last December’s tax overhaul.

The first quarterly payments are due on April 17.

Late receipt of wage reporting documents is reducing the capabilities of a new system for deterring tax cheats.

The Internal Revenue Service may be changing Schedule UTP, the Uncertain Tax Position Statement, which corporate taxpayers file with their Form 1120 tax returns, because it doesn’t contain enough information to be useful in compliance efforts, according to a new report.

When 2018 taxes are due in April 2019, millions of Americans could find themselves owing the government far more than was withheld. Millions of others could find they paid too much in 2018, resulting in unusually large refunds.

Tax professionals are looking to the IRS for guidance on the new Section 199A.

The Internal Revenue Service has revised the streamlined application form for groups that are applying for tax-exempt status.

The IRS has released a number of draft tax forms, instructions, and related schedules 2017 tax year.