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Now that tax season has kicked in, steel oneself against some pretty big changes on your 2019 tax forms. you'll even finish up filling out a replacement version of 1040 specifically for people 65 and older. and therefore the W-4 withholding form from employers has been completely revamped.

“I’d say the tax forms are very different this year,” said Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting in Riverwoods, Ill.

Here’s why: The Trump administration wanted to let people fill out “postcard-size” 1040s last year — cutting the shape from 79 lines to 23. But doing so led the interior Revenue Service (IRS) to make six other forms for information that got overlooked. Some taxpayers got to complete these forms, referred to as Schedules, too. The new Schedules led to an outcry within the tax preparation community, with about 540 comments (mostly negative) to the IRS.

"For the second time in two years, the tax forms will look very different.”
So, for 2019 returns, 1040 is longer than a year ago, but the amount of Schedules has shrunk, from six to 3. The new Schedules have 10 to 22 lines. They’re for things just like the child care decrease, education credits, energy tax credits, the choice Minimum Tax, self-employment tax, household employment taxes, alimony received or paid, business income, rental land, social insurance, student loan interest, health savings accounts, and self-employment retirement plans.

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In short, “for the second time in two years, the tax forms will look very different,” said Gregg Wind, a Los Angeles-based partner at the firm Kallman Logan & Co. “But with just three supporting Schedules, I’d say the tax forms are now simpler. I see this as an honest development.”

The New 1040-SR Form for People 65+
The other big form news for 2019 returns is what’s referred to as the 1040-SR: U.S. income tax return for Seniors.

This new 24-line, the two-page form was devised by Congress in 2018, with a push from AARP et al. , to form tax filing a touch easier for older Americans. Those taxpayers couldn’t use the previous simplified 1040-EZ because it lacked lines for Social Security benefits or Individual pension plan distributions. "Now the shape 1040-SR allows seniors to report income more common to them like investment income, Social Security and distributions from qualified [retirement] plans," said Lisa Greene-Lewis, a CPA and tax expert at TurboTax.

You can fill out the 1040-SR no matter your filing status or whether you itemize or claim the quality deduction, as long as you were 65 or older in 2019 — or if you were married filing jointly, a minimum of one among you was. If you'll itemize and file the 1040-SR, you’ll get to fill out Schedule A, Itemized Deductions.

“Interestingly, the 1040-SR is tied to your age, not whether you’re retired,” said Luscombe. “If you’re over sixty-five and still working, you'll use it. And if you’re retired and under sixty-five, you can’t.”

Ultimately, Luscombe said, “I think the 1040-SR was an honest idea. But what ended up is perhaps not what people were hoping for. It’s basically a large-type 1040 with a few changes.”

The font size of the 1040-SR is, indeed, larger than on the 1040 and therefore the spaces to incorporate figures are bigger. The shading within the 1040’s boxes has been eliminated, too, for better legibility.

There’s also a special Standard Deduction Chart, so taxpayers 65 and older ideally won’t miss out on the upper standard deduction they’re entitled to say thanks to their age. Generally, for 2019 returns, single people can claim a typical deduction of $12,200; heads of household can claim $18,350 and couples who are married filing jointly get a $24,400 standard deduction. But there’s an additional $1,650 standard deduction for those 65 or older filing as single or head of household. If you’re married filing jointly and you or your spouse were 65 or older, you'll up your standard deduction by $1,300 to $25,700.

The 1040-SR has room to incorporate interest and dividends, IRA distributions, Social Security benefits, capital gains, and losses, other income, a toddler care decrease, and earned income credit, and American opportunity credit for school and a business income deduction.

One piece of recommendation from Wind: “The 1040-SR isn’t mandatory if you’re sixty-five or older. It’s an option.”

The New W-4 Withholding Form
The IRS has overhauled its W-4 withholding form for 2020, too, the primary time since 1987. the large change here: no more withholding allowances.

You’ll, of course, got to fill out this five-step form from your employer if you get a replacement job this year. But you’ll also likely want to finish it albeit you don’t — as long as you earn income as an employee in 2020. That’ll be very true if you’ve become divorced or widowed within the past year, changing your filing status.

"If you've got an easy tax situation — W-2 income and claim the quality deduction — you'll not get to file the new IRS Form W-4," said Greene-Lewis. But you ought to file the new Form W-4 together with your employer if, for instance, you didn't see the tax outcome you expected once you filed your 2019 taxes this year, she added.

Filling out the new W-4 will assist you to have the proper amount of taxes withheld throughout the year. which pays off in one of two ways. You won’t underpay your taxes and ultimately face an enormous bill (and possibly a tax penalty). And you won’t overpay your taxes, essentially loaning the IRS money in 2020 that you’ll revisit as a refund in 2021.

You’ll also enjoy completing the new W-4 if you’re holding down two jobs this year. There’s a special worksheet for that.

The reason: “If you've got two jobs and one doesn’t realize the opposite, you'll probably find yourself in an under-withheld situation, because both employers will assume you're during a lower income bracket than you actually are,” said Luscombe.

The W-4 got its New Look because the 2017 tax-reform law killed the private exemption and dependent exemptions. “When that went away, you did not have a withholding allowance number to tie it to,” said Luscombe. “So, the new form gets obviate the concept of the withholding allowance.”

Without those simple withholding allowances, however, prepare to spend longer and energy running your numbers for the new W-4.

“I would say the new W-4 may be a little more complicated and a touch longer consuming,” noted Luscombe.

To help, the IRS suggests using its free online Tax Withholding Estimator for what it calls a “paycheck checkup.” But to try to so, you’ll want to possess your most up-to-date pay stub (and your spouse’s if you’re married); information for your other sources of income and your most up-to-date federal tax return.

In other words: fill out your new W-4 reception.

But the IRS suggests people with complex tax situations — long-term capital gains or dividends or those that owe the choice Minimum Tax — skip the Tax Withholding Estimator. Instead, the agency says, follow the instructions in Publication 505, Tax Withholding and income tax.