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Taxes

What Forms Do You Need?

Updated on January 5, 2007.

WE PUT TOGETHER a list of forms you're most likely to use when you're filing your taxes. Their uses should be evident from their titles. But if you need more information about a particular form, type its number into the search engine on the IRS Web site. That will turn up a link to the publication that explains who needs to file the form.

You can download any of these forms from the Forms and Publications section of the IRS site. (They're easiest to download if you have Adobe Acrobat on your computer. If you don't have Acrobat, you can download it free.)

Once you've fought your way through this list, don't forget you'll have to complete your state returns as well. Conveniently, there are also state forms available through the IRS site.

See the list of forms below.

 The Forms
1040U.S. Individual Income Tax Return1040, Schedule AItemized Deductions
1040, Schedule BInterest and Ordinary Dividends1040, Schedule CProfit or Loss From Business
1040, Schedule C-EZNet Profit From Business1040, Schedule DCapital Gains and Losses
1040, Schedule ESupplemental Income and Loss1040, Schedule EICEarned Income Credit
1040, Schedule FProfit or Loss from Farming1040, Schedule HHousehold Employment Taxes
1040, Schedule JFarm Income Averaging1040, Schedule RCredit for the Elderly or the Disabled
1040, Schedule SESelf-Employment Tax1040-ESEstimated Tax for Individuals
1040-VPayment Voucher1040XAmended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
1116Foreign Tax Credit (Individual, Estate, Trust, or Nonresident Alien Individual)1310Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer
2106Employee Business Expenses
2120Multiple Support Declaration2210Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates, and Trusts
2439Notice to Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains2441Child and Dependent Care Expenses
2848Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative3115Application for Change in Accounting Method
3903Moving Expenses4506Request for Copy or Transcript of Tax Form
4562Depreciation and Amortization4684Casualties and Thefts
4797Sales of Business Property4868Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
4952Investment Interest Expense Deduction4972Tax on Lump-Sum Distributions
5329Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (Including IRAs) and Other Tax-Advantaged Accounts6251Alternative Minimum Tax — Individuals
6252Installment Sale Income8283Noncash Charitable Contributions
8332Release of Claim to Exemption for Child of Divorced or Separated Parents8379Injured Spouse Claim and Allocation
8453U.S. Individual Income Tax Declaration for Electronic Filing8582Passive Activity Loss Limitations
8582-CRPassive Activity Credit Limitations8586Low-Income Housing Credit
8606Nondeductible IRAs8615Tax for Children Under Age 18 With Investment Income of More Than $1,700
8633Application to Participate in the Electronic Filing Program8801Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax — Individuals and Fiduciaries
8812Additional Child Tax Credit8814Parent's Election to Report Child's Interest and Dividends
8815Exclusion of Interest From Series EE and I U.S. Savings Bonds Issued After 19898818Optional Form to Record Redemption of Series EE and I U.S. Savings Bonds Issued After 1989
8821Tax Information Authorization8822Change of Address
8824Like-Kind Exchanges8829Expenses for Business Use of Your Home
8846Credit for Employer Social Security and Medicare Taxes Paid on Certain Employee Tips8853Archer Medical Savings Accounts and Long-term Care Contracts
8857Request for Innocent Spouse Relief8863Education Credits (Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits)
8889Health Savings Accounts9465Installment Agreement Request

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