Table of Contents
Contents
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- What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- Filing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Do You Have To File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- When and Where Should You File? . . . . . 8
- Line Instructions for Forms 1040 and
- 1040-SR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
- Name and Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
- Social Security Number (SSN) . . . . . . . 12
- Filing Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
- Dependents, Qualifying Child for
- Child Tax Credit, and Credit for
- Other Dependents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
- Total Income and Adjusted Gross
- Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
- Tax and Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
- Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
- Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
- Amount You Owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
- Sign Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Contents
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- Assemble Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
- 2025 Tax Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
- General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
- How To Get Tax Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
- Refund Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
- Instructions for Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
- Instructions for Schedule 1-A . . . . . . . . . . 101
- Instructions for Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
- Instructions for Schedule 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
- Tax Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
- Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork
- Reduction Act Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
- Major Categories of Federal Income and
- Outlays for Fiscal Year 2024 . . . . . . . . 122
- Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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