1040EZ 2015 Printable PDF Files:
Update: 2015 1040EZ Form and 2015 1040EZ Instructions links above are the correct links to use as of March 7, 2017. This is a popular but outdated post so we wanted you to know. You can find more 2015 Forms and Instructions on our 2015 1040 Form page.
You may use Form 140EZ if all of the following apply: You are single, or if married, you and your spouse are filing a joint return Your taxable income is less than $50,000 regardless of your filing status. Form 140EZ - Arizona Resident Personal Income Tax Booklet The Arizona Department of Revenue has moved the deadline for filing and paying state income taxes from April 15 to July 15, 2020 following direction by Governor Doug Ducey.
The IRS has updated and published the 1040EZ 2015 Instructions Booklet PDF. This income tax filing season the IRS published the 1040EZ 2015 Form on December 17, 2015, however, the instructions booklet was delayed until January 6, 2016. Use the 1040EZ 2015 printable PDF file links above to view, save, and print the income tax form and instructions booklet for free.
Inside the 1040 2015 Instructions Booklet you will find:
- Checklist for using Form 1040EZ.
- Line instructions for Form 1040EZ.
- Earned Income Credit (EIC) instructions.
- Mailing address for where to send your forms.
- IRS income tax table for 2015.
The IRS will not begin processing paper or electronically filed income tax returns until January 19, 2016. You can print, fill-in, and mail your 1040EZ form before this date. Keep in mind, however, that Forms W-2 from employers, Forms 1099 from banks and sub-contract work, and other important tax documents are generally not due to you until February 1, 2016.
Not a Form 1040EZ filer? You can obtain the printable PDF files for Form 1040A and long form Form 1040 here.
1040ez 2015 Form
Last updated: March 7, 2017
The quick answer to the which income tax form to use question is to use the simplest form possible. The IRSForm 1040EZshort form is the simplest,followed by Form 1040A, leaving theForm 1040long form as the catch allfor those with complex income tax filing situations. Each income tax form has a corresponding instructions booklet. Withinthe first section of each instruction booklet PDF, the IRS explains which income tax form to use. Below is anoverview of the information found inside each 1040EZ, 1040A, and 1040 instructions booklet.
Form 1040EZ
US citizens and resident aliens may use the simplest Form 1040EZ short form if they meet all of the following conditions:
- Your taxable income is less than $100,000.
- Your taxable interest was not over $1,500.
- Your filing status is single or married filing jointly.
- You claim no dependents.
- You (and your spouse) were under age 65 on January 1, 2015.
- You (and your spouse) were not blind at the end of 2014.
- Your income is only from wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarship and fellowship grants, unemployment compensation, or Alaska Permanent Fund dividends.
- Your earned tips, if any, are included in boxes 5 and 7 of your Form W-2.
- You do not claim any adjustments to income.
- You do not claim any credits other than the earned income credit.
- You do not owe any household employment taxes on wages you paid to a household employee.
- You are not a debtor in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
- Advance payments of the premium tax credit were not made for you, your spouse, or any individual you enrolled in coverage for whom no one else is claiming the personal exemption.
If you file Form 1040EZ you can claim the earned income credit. You cannot, however, itemize deductions orclaim any adjustments to income or other income tax credits. Move on to Form 1040A if all of the above conditions are not met.
Form 1040A
1040ez Form 2015 Printable
1040ez Form Instructions
Form 1040A is the simplified version of the long form 1040. If you cannot use the short form 1040EZ, you may use the simplified form 1040A if you meet these conditions:
- Your taxable income is less than $100,000.
- Your income is only from wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarships and fellowship grants, interest, ordinary dividends, capital gain distributions, pensions, annuities, IRAs, unemployment compensation, taxable Social Security or railroad retirement benefits, and Alaska Permanent Fund dividends.
- You do not itemize deductions.
- You did not have an alternative minimum tax adjustment on stock you acquired from the exercise of an incentive stock option.
- Your only adjustments to income are the IRA deduction, the student loan interest deduction, the educator expenses deduction, the tuition and fees deduction.
- The only credits you are claiming are the credit for child and dependent care expenses, the earned income credit, the credit for the elderly or the disabled, education credits, the child tax credit, the additional child tax credit, or the retirement savings contribution credit.
Once again we see income amount and source restrictions, and the fact that you can't itemize deductions on forms 1040EZ and 1040A.If any of the above conditions are not met, move on to the Long Form 1040, which is the catch all.
Form 1040
You must use Form 1040 under certain circumstances such as the following:
- Your taxable income is $100,000 or more.
- You have self-employment earnings, income received as a partner, or are a shareholder in an S corporation.
- You have certain types of income such as unreported tips, dividends on insurance policies, or are a beneficiary of an estate or trust.
- You itemize deductions or claim certain tax credits or adjustments to income.
- You owe household employment taxes.
The first section of each form instructions booklet PDF explains the above conditions and is the definitive source for determining which income tax form to use - 1040EZ, 1040A, 1040. The conditions outlined above are for the 2014 income tax year and the forms are due April 15, 2015.
2015 1040ez Instructions
Reference: IRS Tax Topic 352.