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If you want extra guidance, our Worry-free Audit Support*, or to import your tax data from last year's TurboTax® or TaxCut® returns, our Basic edition might work better for your tax situation. Learn More
A simple return excludes self-employment income (Schedule C), rental and royalty income (Schedule E), farm income (Schedule F) and shareholder/partnership income or loss (Schedule K-1).

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  • Automatic double-checking of your return for errors
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  • 1 federal e-file — get your refund in as few as 8 days when you choose direct deposit

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Forms

Forms

Common IRS forms and schedules:
Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Return
Form 1040A Individual Income Tax Return
Form 1040EZ Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers
Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement
Form 1098-E Student Loan Interest
Form 1098-T Tuition Payment
Form 1099-DIV Dividends and Distributions Income
Form 1099-INT Interest Income
Form 2441 Child and Dependent Care Credit
Form 8863 Education Credits
Form 8917 Tuition and Fees Deduction
Schedule A Itemized Deductions
Schedule B Interest and Dividends
Schedule EIC Earned Income Credit
Schedule L Standard Deduction
Schedule M Making Work Pay and Government Retiree Credit
Schedule SE Self-Employment Tax

Other IRS forms and schedules:
Schedule H Household Employment Taxes
Schedule R Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled
RECWS Taxable Recovery Worksheet
Form W-2G Gambling Winnings Worksheet
Form 982 Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness
Form 1040-ES Estimated Tax
Form 1040-V Payment Voucher
Form 1099-G Certain Government Payments
Form 1099-OID Original Issue Discount
Form Q Payments from Qualified Education Programs
Form 1099-R Distributions from Pensions, Annuities, Retirement, or Profit Sharing
Form 1099-RRB Railroad Retirement
Form 1099-SA Distributions from HSA, Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA
Form 1099-SSA Social Security Distributions
Form 1116 Foreign Tax Credit
Form 1310 Refund Due a Deceased Taypayer
Form 2106 Employee Business Expenses
Form 2106-EZ Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses
Form 2210 Underpayment Penalty
Form 2210-F Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Farmers and Fisherman
Form 2439 Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains
Form 2555 Foreign Earned Income
Form 2555-EZ Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
Form 3903 Moving Expenses
Form 4137 Social Security Tax on Unreported Tips
Form 4562 Depreciation and Amortization
Form 4684 Casualties and Thefts
Form 4797 Sales of Business Property
Form 4868 Automatic Extension of Time to File
Form 4952 Investment Interest Expense
Form 4972 Tax on Lump-Sum Distributions
Form 5329 Return for IRA and Retirement Plan Tax
Form 5405 First-Time Homebuyer Credit
Form 5695 Residential Energy Credits
Form 6251 Alternative Minimum Tax
Form 8283 Noncash Charitable Contributions
Form 8332 Release of Claim to Exemption
Form 8396 Mortgage Interest Credit
Form 8453 Electronic Filing
Form 8582 Passive Activity Loss Limitations/AMT
Form 8606 Nondeductible IRAs
Form 8615 Tax for Children Under Age 14
Form 8812 Additional Child Tax Credit
Form 8814 Election for Child's Income
Form 8815 Exclusion of Interest from Series EE Bonds
Form 8822 Change of Address
Form 8839 Qualified Adoption Expenses
Form 8859 District of Columbia First-time Homebuyer Credit
Form 8862 Information to Claim Earned Income Credit after Disallowance
Form 8880 Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions
Form 8885 Health Insurance Credit for Eligible Recipients
Form 8888 Deposit of Refund to More Than One Account
Form 8889 Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Form 8910 Hybrid and Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit
Form 9465 Installment Agreement Request