What are Tax Returns?

FEDERAL FORMS
FORM 1040, Individual Income Tax Return
FORM 1040A, Individual Income Tax Return
FORM 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
FORM 1040EZ, Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers with No Dependents

FORM 1041, Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts
FORM 1041, Instructions
FORM 1041 ES, Estimated Income Tax for Estates and Trust
FORM 1065, Return of Partnership Income
FORM 1099, Miscellaneous Income
FORM W-2, Wage and Tax Statement
FORM 1120, Corporation Income Tax Return
FORM 1120, Instructions
FORM 1120S, S-Corporation Income Tax Return
FORM 4506-T, Request for Transcript of Tax Return

STATE INCOME REFUND FORMS
Alabama Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1. 2.)
Alaska Forms (Corporate 1.)
Arizona Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
Arkansas Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1. 2.)
California Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1. 2. 3.)
Colorado Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1. 2.)
Connecticut Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1. 2.)
Delaware Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2. 3.)
Florida Forms (Corporate 1. 2. 3.)
Georgia Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1. 2. 3.)
Hawaii Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1.)
Idaho Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1.)
Illinois Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
Indiana Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1.)
Iowa Forms (Indi 1. Copr 1. 2.)
Kansas Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1.)
Kentucky Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1. 2.)
Louisiana Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1.)
Maine Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1.)
Maryland Froms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1. 2.)
Massachusetts Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2. 3.)
Michigan Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
Minnesota Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1. 2. 3.)
Mississippi Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1.)
Missouri Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
Montana Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1. 2.)
Nebraska Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
New Hampshire Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1. 2.)
New Jersey Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
New Mexico Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1. 2.)
New York Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2. 3.)
North Carolina Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
North Dakota Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1.)
Ohio Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1.)
Oklahoma Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1.)
Oregon Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. Corp 1. 2. 3.)
Pennsylvania Forms (Income Tax Return)
Rhode Island Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2.)
South Carolina Forms (Indi 1. 2. Corp 1. 2. Inst)
South Dakota Forms (Corp 1. 2.)
Tennessee Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1. 2.)
Utah Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1. 2.)
Vermont Forms (Indi 1. Corp 1. 2.)
Virginia Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp. 1. 2. 3.)
Washington Forms (Seller, Buyer)
West Virginia Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1.)
Wisconsin Forms (Indi 1. 2. 3. 4. Corp 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.)

A tax return is a fundamental document used by all leviers of a tax. In regards to the united States progressive tax system, a tax return is used by the Internal Revenue Service to organize and collect all tax information for businesses and tax-paying individuals in the country.

Tax returns are essential reports that are filed with the Internal Revenue Service or with coordinating state or local tax agencies. A tax return contains vital information used to calculate taxes, particularly the income tax. The complexity of the tax system and the varying rates attached to an individual's particular return warrant a streamlined system. The tax return forms are thus necessary to organize and detail an individual's or businesses particular tax situation.

There are numerous forms used by the Internal Revenue Service, but each document represents an exacting formula or circumstance surrounding an individuals tax rate. Tax returns are thus informative pieces of documentation or the individual's specific tax application. In the more exacting sense, tax returns are reports that document liabilities and payments for an entity.

Included in these returns is an in-depth analysis of the taxpayer's financial information that is used to compute the tax rate. In more common language, tax returns are used to describe the actual monies obtained from the government. The two definitions have become acceptable because the majority of tax returns (the official document that defines one's tax situation) yields a tax refund or funds given by the government to the taxpayer.

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