ETax847 Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 Has anyone heard the news that form 1040 is undergoing another face lift? Here is the article highlighting the changes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2019/07/15/everything-old-is-new-again-as-irs-releases-form-1040-draft/#36f6b1f42f75 4 Quote
grandmabee Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 I had no idea we were going back to two 1040's. this time is called Senior 1040-S Didn't look to see who gets to file this form. Hopefully we can still file them all on the regular 1040. I didn't use 1040A or 1040EZ. 2 Quote
RitaB Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 I was thinking last week, "If only they'd go back to the old Form 1040." Fingers crossed. I apologized to a client just a few minutes ago for the 2018 forms. 4 Quote
Max W Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 I guess the 100 million that were filed this year was a Beta test. Now, they are coming around with the finished product. Th IRS went overboard with the simplification and now they have had to backtrack and make it easier to understand for the taxpayer. Definitely looks like an improvement, though 5 Quote
Abby Normal Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 Nature abhors a vacuum, so that white space that still remains on the now 2/3 full page, will one day be filled up again. 8 Quote
jklcpa Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 Link to IRS for all draft forms: https://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/draftTaxForms.html Great, let's waste more time and money on another redesign and programming at IRS and all the vendors. The 2019 1040 draft does allow seniors to file that form with notation for those checking age or blindness to see the instructions for the proper amount of standard deduction. The only difference between the 2019 1040 and the 1040-S (senior) is that the "S" form has a chart at the bottom of page 1 for those checking age/blindness boxes. I guess there were too many mistakes in the standard deduction in 2018 for those self-prepared returns. 4 Quote
Abby Normal Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 I do like the larger print on the SR. 4 Quote
jklcpa Posted July 15, 2019 Report Posted July 15, 2019 32 minutes ago, Abby Normal said: I do like the larger print on the SR. 1 4 Quote
Medlin Software, Dennis Posted July 16, 2019 Report Posted July 16, 2019 A cynic would say those who work in the IRS forms division need work too, or their budget will die... 2 Quote
Max W Posted July 17, 2019 Report Posted July 17, 2019 The Age-Blindness section should go right on top of the chart. It makes no sense to separate it. 3 Quote
grandmabee Posted July 17, 2019 Report Posted July 17, 2019 I am so glad they brought back the" Date" by the preparers information. 2 Quote
Abby Normal Posted July 17, 2019 Report Posted July 17, 2019 2 hours ago, grandmabee said: I am so glad they brought back the" Date" by the preparers information. Great! I didn't even think to check for that. Such a simple thing that a lot of missed a great deal. 1 Quote
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