What is IRS tax forms?
The [[Internal Revenue Service]] (IRS) issues '''tax forms''' to people and organisations who pay [[tax]] in the [[United States]]. These [[document]]s are used by taxpayers to report information about their [[finance]]s. This includes information about [[income]], which is required by the [[Internal Revenue Code]] (IRC) in order to calculate how much tax must be paid to the [[federal government of the United States]]. There are over 800 forms. The best-known of these is [[#1040|Form 1040]] used by individual people. == Types of forms == [[File:Form 1040, 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|First page of Form 1040 for the 2005 tax year]] *Form '''1040''' is used by individual people. It is used to report their [[income]], calculate how much tax they have already paid, and how much more they need to pay. These are issued every year, and each person must send the form back with their information written in. The forms are normally due by April 15 of the next year. *Form '''990''' provides the public with financial information about a specific organization. It is also used by government agencies to make sure organizations that do not have to pay tax (such as [[non-profit organization]]s) comply with the rules. By doing this, they make sure that these organizations are really not making any profits.<ref>{{cite web|last=IRS |url=https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/governance_practices.pdf |title=Governance and Related Topics - 501(c)(3) Organizations |publisher=Online.irs.gov |date=2008-02-04 |accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> *Form '''1040NR''' is used by foreign workers who have earned income from the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040nre.pdf |title=Instructions for Form 1040NR-EZ |format=PDF |accessdate=2012-12-18 |archive-date=2013-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102194344/http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040nre.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Informational returns report information to taxpayers to help them complete their own tax returns. They are prepared by [[employer]]s an