Form 1040-A of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was a simplified version of Form 1040 used by U.S. taxpayers to file an annual income tax return. To have been eligible to use Form 1040-A, an individual needed to meet certain requirements such as not itemizing deductions, not owning a business, and having a taxable income of less than $100,000. Unofficially known as the “short form,” Form 1040-A was eliminated for the 2018 tax year in favor of the redesigned Form 1040 that debuted that year.
- Form 1040-A was a simplified version of Form 1040 used for filing individual income tax.
- Filers using 1040-A were required to have less than $100,000 in taxable income and not have exercised any incentive stock options during the year.
- The IRS eliminated Form 1040-A for the 2018 tax year in favor of the redesigned Form 1040.
- Another variant of Form 1040 was Form 1040-EZ, which was even simpler than Form 1040-A and was also eliminated starting with the 2018 tax filing.
