TeresaM
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Deductions & credits

Some tax credits are based on your income and if you have self-employed expenses that lower your income, they lower the refundable tax credit.
 

You can preview the information on your 1040 form by clicking on Tax Tools, on the left

  • Select Tools 
  • Then select View Tax Summary, first on the list under Helpful Links.  This will show basic information about the return.
  • In the upper left-hand area, in the menu, click on Preview My 1040
  • This will show a picture of the information on the tax form and there is a vertical scroll bar on the right-hand side, to scroll down the return. 

 

Some key numbers on your 1040 tax return are:

Line 15 - Taxable Income

Line 24 - Total Tax

Line 25 - Withholdings

Line 33 - Payments including Credits

Line 34 - Overpayments

Line 37 - Tax owed
 

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