The 1040 tax form is the form most people use for filing taxes. It's not the easiest to understand, though. Form 1040 received an overhaul and revamp in 2018 that was designed to make it shorter and ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Mira Norian Form 1040 is the primary form U.S. taxpayers use to file their ...