Federal Tax Forms For Current And Previous Years

The agency’s collection at Publications Online provides an exhaustive list of IRS-produced forms and publications. Most of them are available as both PDFs and HTML web pages.

Form 1040 and Form 1040-SR

Taxpayers who are age 65 or older qualify to use the 1040-SR tax form. Younger individuals must use Form 1040.

Form 1040 and 1040-SR Instructions (pdf) Instructions (web)

Both forms come with numerous schedules to provide details about various forms of income and deductions. The majority of them are identified by letter:

Schedule A for Itemized Deductions Schedule B for Interest and Dividends. Instructions are included in the same PDF file as the form Schedule C for Net Profit or Loss from Business Schedule D and Form 8949 for Capital Gains & Losses Schedule E for Supplemental Income & Loss from rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, trusts, and S-corporations, and Instructions Schedule EIC for the Earned Income Credit. See Publication 596 for all the details Schedule F for Net Profit or Loss from Farming and Instructions Schedule H for Household Employment Taxes and IRS Instructions Schedule J for Farm Income Averaging and Instructions Schedule R for the Credit for the Elderly or Disabled and Instructions Schedule SE for the Self Employment Tax and IRS Instructions

Four commonly-used schedules are identified by number:

Schedule 1 for Additional Income and Adjustments to Income Schedule 2 for Additional Taxes Schedule 3 for Additional Credits and Payments Schedule 8812 for the Additional Child Tax Credit.

Other Supporting 1040 forms include:

Form 1116 Foreign Tax Credit and Instructions. Form 2106 for Employee Business Expenses and Instructions. Form 2441 for the Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses and Instructions. Form 2555 for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and Instructions. Form 3903 for Moving Expenses. Form 4137 for Taxes on Unreported Tips. Form 4797 for Sale of Business Property and Instructions. Form 5329 for the Additional Tax on IRAs and other Retirement Accounts and Instructions. Form 6251 for the Alternative Minimum Tax and Instructions. Form 8839 for the Adoption Credit and Instructions. Form 8863 for the Hope and Lifetime Education Credits. Form 8880 for the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit. Form 8889 for the Health Savings Account Deduction and Instructions.

Where To Find Prior Years’ Tax Forms

The IRS has an archive of tax forms, instructions, and publications, accessible on the Prior Year Products page on its Web site.