1040a form meaning

• [Finance]
  A simplified version of the 1040 form for individual income tax. To be eligible to use a 1040A form, an individual must fulfill certain requirements such as not itemizing deductions, not owning a business and having a taxable income of less than $100,000.

• You enter that information on line 6c of both the 1040 and 1040A forms.
• That compares with 33 lines for the 1040A form and 65 lines for the 1040 form.
• Enter the credit amount on line 43 of the 1040 form or line 28 of the 1040A form.
• The 1040EZ and 1040A forms have instructions on them, and you can also get IRS-prepared instruction booklets.
• You also must complete form 8812, called Additional Child Tax Credit, and attach it to your 1040 or 1040A form.
• Her 1040A form, plus a Schedule B, are straightforward, and she said she could do them herself, perhaps even on her home computer.
• You should indicate on the front of the 1040 or 1040A form that you have a dependent who was under age 17 at the end of 1998.
• To determine whether you can get the additional credit, you must complete child tax credit worksheets in the instruction packet that came with the 1040 and 1040A forms.
• If you have an additional credit on line 11 of form 8812, carry it to line 60 of the 1040 form or line 38 of the 1040A form.
• To apply for the 2001 credit, households with children must file a 1040 or 1040A form, not a 1040EZ, and attach an Earned Income Credit schedule.