{"id":97,"date":"2016-02-28T16:52:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/blogs\/eitc\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2016-04-07T18:19:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T22:19:24","slug":"relevant-forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/en\/how-do-i-claim-eitc\/relevant-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"How to file?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simply file your federal tax return with IRS <strong>Form 1040<\/strong> (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f1040.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), <strong>1040A<\/strong> (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f1040a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OR<\/span>\u00a0<strong>1040EZ<\/strong> (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f1040ez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/taxact-instructions\/\">here<\/a> for a free tool you can use to help you\u00a0file your taxes electronically.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can always use <strong>Form 1040<\/strong>, regardless of whether you qualify to use <strong>1040A<\/strong> or <strong>1040EZ<\/strong>, which are just simplified, shorter versions of <strong>Form 1040<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>For more information on which form you should choose,\u00a0click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/taxtopics\/tc352.html\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have a qualifying child\u00a0<\/strong>(click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/tests-for-qualifying-child\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to find out if you do), you must file:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The <strong>Schedule EIC<\/strong> (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f1040sei.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and<\/li>\n<li>Either the <strong>Form 1040A<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OR<\/span>\u00a0the <strong>Form 1040<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>If you do not have a qualifying child\u00a0<\/strong>(click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/9b-if-you-do-not-have-a-qualifying-child\/\">here<\/a> for the three conditions you must meet in this case), you must file:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Form 1040EZ<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Form 1040A<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Form 1040<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OR<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next step:\u00a0<\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/where-to-file\/\">Where to file?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simply file your federal tax return with IRS Form 1040 (click here), 1040A (click here) OR\u00a01040EZ (click here). Click here for a free tool you can use to help you\u00a0file your taxes electronically. You can always use Form 1040, regardless &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/en\/how-do-i-claim-eitc\/relevant-forms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":0,"parent":84,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}