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The tax forms you need (and how to download them)
By Kay Bell • Bankrate.com

Use this page to access downloadable tax forms. To download most of the forms, you will need to install a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Forms that are linked in the tables below lead you to downloadable files. The IRS offers additional downloadable forms on this site.

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Which individual forms to use for tax liabilities
If you are (a/an):	You may be liable for:	Use form:
Farmer or fisherman	Income tax	1040-ES
Earning tips	Income tax	1244
Executor of trusts or estates	Estimated tax	1041-ES
Executor of trusts or estates	Income tax return	1041
Late filer	Income tax	4868 then 2688 (tax due April 15)
Individual	Income Tax	1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ
Independent contractor	Estimated tax	1040-ES
Independent contractor	Self-employment tax	1040 and Schedule SE
Hiring a household employee	Employment taxes	Schedule H (with 1040)
Hiring a household employee	Reporting wage compensation or non-wage compensation	W-2 or 1099-MISC

Which individual forms to use for deductions
Type of expense/category	You may be eligible for:	Use form:
Moving	Deducting moving expenses	3903
Moving	Change of address	8822
Medical and dental expenses	Deducting medical and dental expenses that are more than 7.5% of your adjusted gross income.	Schedule A (File with Form 1040)
Child care expenses	Deducting child, household employees and dependent care expenses	2441, Schedule 2 (Form 1040A) Child and Dependent Care Expenses for Form 1040A Filers, Schedule H (Form 1040), or W-10
Selling your home	Excluding any gain from income up to a limit of $250,000	Schedule D (Form 1040) Capital Gains and Losses
Making charitable contributions	Deducting charitable contributions	Schedule A (Form 1040) Itemized Deductions 8283 Noncash Charitable Contributions
Divorced or separated	Claiming innocent spouse relief, which applies to all joint filers. An election to allocate a deficiency, which applies to joint filers who are divorced, widowed, legally separated or have not lived together for the past 12 months. Equitable relief, which applies to all joint filers and married couples filing separate returns in community property states.	8857 to request any of these kinds of relief. Publication 971 explains these kinds of relief and who may qualify for them. 8332 Release of Claim to Exemption for Child of Divorced or Separated Parents

Which business forms to use
If you are a(n):	You may be liable for:	Use form:
Sole proprietor	Income tax	1040 and Schedule C or C-EZ (file a separate schedule for each business)
	Self-employment tax	1040 and Schedule SE
	Estimated tax	1040-ES
	Employment taxes: Social Security and Medicare taxes and income tax withholding Federal unemployment tax (FUTA) Depositing employment taxes	941 (except for farm employees use 943) 940 or 940-EZ 8109* (do not deposit electronically)
	Excise taxes	See Publication 510
	Nonpayroll federal income tax and withholding (backup withholding, withholding on pensions, annuities and gambling winnings)	945
	Reporting wage compensation or non-wage compensation	W-2
Independent contractor	Estimated tax	1040-ES
Independent contractor	Self-employment tax	1040 and Schedule SE
Partnership	Annual return of income	1065
	Employment taxes	Same as sole proprietor
	Excise taxes	See Publication 510
	Nonpayroll federal income tax and withholding	Same as sole proprietor
	Reporting wage compensation or non-wage compensation	W-2 or 1099-MISC
Corporation or S corporation	Income tax	1120 or 1120-A (corporation) 1120S (S corporation)
	Estimated tax	1120-W (corporation only) and 8109*
	Employment taxes	same as sole proprietor
	Nonpayroll federal income tax and withholding	same as sole proprietor
	Reporting wage compensation or non-wage compensation	W-2 or 1099-MISC
S corporation shareholder	Income tax	1040 and Schedule E, Schedule K-1, and/or various other schedules
S corporation shareholder	Estimated tax	1040-ES

*For new employers, the IRS will send you a coupon book of preprinted Forms 8109 after receiving an employer identification number (EIN). If you do not receive a new coupon book before a tax deposit is due, you may use Form 8109-B, an over-the-counter FTD coupon.

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