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...assisters" had the most trouble deciding when to file a 1040A short form, how to report pension income and how to use the new W-4 withholding form. Getting the papers filled out in person does not help. The GAO says Government preparers make as many mistakes in arithmetic as regular folks...
...income tax in 1913. Now at last designers have cleared up the tax form to the extent that the myriad laws, rules and regulations permit. This year 30,000 Georgia taxpayers received a newly designed and simply phrased form called 10405. This test design replaces the old short form 1040A. Deductions, income and credits are listed in logical order. The language, say the designers, can be understood by a ninth-grader. The form looks attractive and-almost-inviting. If the Georgia taxpayers approve, the new layouts will be used on all federal income tax returns...
...instructed the Internal Revenue Service to seek help from experts in simplifying tax forms. The IRS asked for proposals to overhaul the entire system of returns. For individuals, the principal forms are the complex 1040, which covers every eventuality from property losses to lottery prizes, and the short form 1040A, for people with moderate incomes and no itemized deductions...
...again this year. It is crashing into the consciousness of roughly 85 million U.S. taxpayers, who have four weeks to meet the April 15 filing deadline. Form 1040 is more complicated than ever, asks more seemingly unanswerable questions, and requires more aspirin and mental ability to complete. Even Form 1040A, the short version for taxpayers who do not itemize deductions, is trickier than before. Beams Harry Friedenberg, owner of H & R Tax Service in Los Angeles: "Congress in its infinite wisdom simplified the tax form so much that people are calling us and screaming 'Help...
PUNCH-CARD TAX forms are being readied by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for some 35 million U.S. income taxpayers who make less than $5,000 and can use short-form 1040A. The tax card will call for only the taxpayer's name, address, social-security number, dependents and income. It will then be cross-checked mechanically with employers' withholding records, thus enable agents to quickly spot errors or evasions...