Most 2018 Federal Income Tax Forms Have Been Published

The US Internal Revenue Service has publish most of their personal income tax forms as of January 7, 2019 including Form 1040 and the Form 1040 Instructions booklet. Based on our experience over the years, the bulk of the federal personal income tax forms that we track are published during the month of December. The remaining unpublished Nonresident, Puerto Rico and Amended tax forms generally publish during the third week of January.

The printable federal tax form links found on our website will usually update within 48 hours after the forms are published. We recommend that you test these links no more than twice per week, each Tuesday and Friday afternoon for example.

The following easy and short federal income tax forms have been discontinued by the IRS for the 2018 - 2019 income tax preparation season. You can of course still use the easy and short forms to file prior year income tax returns.

• Form 1040A (discontinued)
• Form 1040EZ (discontinued)

The following Nonresident, Puerto Rico, and Amended federal income tax forms have NOT been published for the 2018 - 2019 income tax preparation season. These forms are generally published during the third week of January. Residents of Puerto Rico can alternatively file Form 1040-SS instead if they don't want to wait.

• Form 1040NR
• Form 1040PR
• Form 1040X

The following federal income tax forms have been published for the 2018 - 2019 income tax preparation season and are ready for use.

• Form 1040
• Form 1040ES
• Form 1040SS
• Form 1040V
• Schedule 1
• Schedule 2
• Schedule 3
• Schedule 4
• Schedule 5
• Schedule 6
• Schedule 8812
• Schedule A
• Schedule B
• Schedule C
• Schedule C-EZ
• Schedule D
• Schedule E
• Schedule EIC
• Schedule F
• Schedule H
• Schedule J
• Schedule R
• Schedule SE

Use the tax form links above to view the list of published 2018 federal income tax forms. When printing income tax forms from our website, please ensure that each form displays the correct tax year. That's 2018 for all current year federal income tax forms. For prior year forms please visit our 2017 Form 1040 and 2016 Form 1040 pages.

Last updated: January 9, 2019

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