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Why did I file a 1040EZ but when I printed
my return it printed a 1040A?
TurboTax selects the form that is appropriate for the data
you entered. Both 1040EZ and 1040A can
be prepared using the Free Edition.
Form 1040EZ is the simplest of the three tax forms you can
use to file your federal income taxes. If your taxable income is less than
$100,000, you don’t claim any dependents and you file as single or are married
filing jointly, then you may be eligible to file Form 1040EZ.
The only types of income you can list on Form 1040EZ is
wages, salaries, tips, taxable interest of $1,500 or less, unemployment
compensation and Alaska permanent fund dividends. If you have income from
sources other than these, such as alimony or dividends, then you will have to
file your taxes on either Form 1040 or Form 1040A.
Form 1040 A is used when you have dependents and/or if you
have more complicated items in your tax return.
You would use Form 1040A if:
• Your income is only from wages, salaries, tips, interest,
ordinary dividends, capital gain distributions, taxable scholarships and
fellowship grants, pensions, annuities, IRAs, unemployment compensation, Alaska
Permanent Fund dividends, and taxable social security or railroad retirement
benefits
• The only adjustments to income you can claim are the IRA
deduction, the student loan interest deduction, the educator expenses
deduction, and the tuition and fees deduction
• You don't itemize deductions
• Your taxable income is less than $100,000
• The only tax credits you can claim are the credit for
child and dependent care expenses, the credit for the elderly or the disabled,
education credits, the retirement savings contributions credit, the child tax
credit, the additional child tax credit, the earned income credit, and/or the
premium tax credit
• You didn't have an alternative minimum tax adjustment on
stock you acquired from the exercise of an incentive stock option
• You can also use Form 1040A if you received dependent care
benefits or if you owe tax from the recapture of an education credit or the
alternative minimum tax.
