Скачать или смотреть The Introduction of the Tax Form 1040 EZ (November 17, 1982)

IRS Introduces EZ. Voiceover. Reporter Sheilah Kast details the introduction of the 1040 EZ tax form. Footage includes a busy sidewalk, the EZ form and instructions booklet with text layovers of the qualifications necessary to use the form and a news conference with IRS Commissioner Roscoe Egger on the public outcry for a simpler form.
Reporter: :Kast, Sheilah

The 1040A was introduced by the 1930s to simplify the filing process and discontinued after tax year 2017.[64] It was limited to taxpayers with taxable income below $100,000 who take the standard deduction instead of itemizing deductions.[65]

The 1040EZ was used for tax years 1982–2017. Its use was limited to taxpayers with no dependents to claim, with taxable income below $100,000 who take the standard deduction instead of itemizing deductions.[66]

Electronic filing was introduced in a limited form in 1986, with the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and starting 1992, taxpayers who owed money were allowed to file electronically.[61] The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, jointly managed by the IRS and Financial Management Service, started in 1996 and allowed people to make estimated payments.[30][61]

With the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, a new, redesigned Form 1040 was released for tax year 2018. It reduced the number of lines from 79 to 23, removed two of the variants (1040A and 1040EZ) in favor of the redesigned Form 1040, and redesigned the supplemental schedules.