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FreeTaxUSA supports over 350 credits and deductions. Our free federal service includes basic, premium, and self-employed tax forms.
Common income
- Wages and salaries (Form W-2)
- IRA and pension distributions (Form 1099-R)
- Interest and dividend income (Form 1099-INT, Form 1099-DIV, or consolidated 1099)
- Unemployment compensation (Form 1099-G)
- Social security benefits (Form SSA-1099)
- Taxable state or local refunds (Form 1099-G)
- Capital gain distributions (Form 1099-DIV or consolidated 1099)
- Sales of stocks and mutual funds (Form 1099-B or consolidated 1099)
- Sales of crypto and other digital assets (Form 1099-DA or consolidated 1099)
- Capital loss carryover
Business income
- Self-employment income (Form 1099-NEC, Form 1099-MISC, and Schedule C)
- Payment card and third-party network business sales (Form 1099-K)
- Partnership or S corporation income (Schedule K-1)
- Rental real estate income (Schedule E)
- Farm income (Schedule F)
- Farm rental income (Form 4835)
- Self-employment taxes (Schedule SE)
- Sale of business property (Form 4797)
Less common income
- Gambling income or losses (Form W-2G)
- Original Issue Discount income (Form 1099-OID)
- Estate and trust income (Schedule K-1)
- Seller-financed loan interest income
- Royalty income (Schedule E)
- Unreported tip income (Form 4137)
- Uncollected Social Security and Medicare taxes (Form 8919)
- Sale of home (Form 1099-S)
- Installment sales (Form 6252)
- Cancellation of debt income (Form 1099-C or Form 1099-A)
- Tuition program distributions (Form 1099-Q)
- Long-term care insurance payments (1099-LTC)
- ABLE account distributions (Form 1099-QA)
- Child investment income (Form 8814)
- Undistributed capital gains (Form 2439)
- Section 1256 contracts and straddles (Form 6781)
- Clergy and church employee income
Other income
- Alimony received
- Alaska Permanent Fund Dividends
- Household employee wages
- Taxable scholarships and grants
- Net operating loss carryover
- Jury duty fees
- Prizes and miscellaneous income
Children and dependents
- Earned Income Credit (Schedule EIC)
- Child Tax Credit
- Additional Child Tax Credit (Schedule 8812)
- Credit for Other Dependents
- Child and Dependent Care Credit (Form 2441)
- Adoption Credit (Form 8839)
Education
- American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Credits (Form 8863)
- Refundable American Opportunity Credit (Form 8863)
- Education expenses (Form 1098-T)
- Teacher (educator) expenses
- Student loan interest (Form 1098-E)
Home and real estate
- Home mortgage interest, points, and insurance (Form 1098)
- Real estate taxes (Schedule A)
- Mortgage Interest Credit (Form 8396)
Taxes
- Personal property taxes (Schedule A)
- State and local taxes (Schedule A)
- Sales tax (Schedule A)
- Excess Social Security Credit
- Prior Year Minimum Tax Credit (Form 8801)
Health
- Medical expenses (Schedule A)
- Deduction for Health Savings Account (HSA) (Form 8889)
- Deduction for Archer Medical Savings Account (MSA) (Form 8853)
- Premium Tax Credit (Form 8962)
Investment and retirement
- IRA deduction
- Investment expenses (Schedule A)
- Margin loan interest (Form 4952)
- Series EE or Series I U.S. savings bond interest exclusion (Form 8815)
- Retirement Savings Contribution Credit (Form 8880)
- Penalty paid on early withdrawal of savings
Business
- Qualified business income (QBI) deduction (Form 8995 or 8995-A)
- Self-employed retirement contributions
- Depreciation expense (Form 4562)
- Home office deduction (Form 8829)
- General business credits (Form 3800)
- Credits for Small Employer Pension Plan Startup (Form 8881)
Energy
- Home energy credits (Form 5695)
- Clean Vehicle Credit (Form 8936)
- Clean Vehicle Credit Amount (Schedule A (Form 8936))
- Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels (Form 4136)
Other credits and deductions
- No Tax on Tips (Schedule 1-A)
- No Tax on Overtime (Schedule 1-A)
- No Tax on Car Loan Interest (Schedule 1-A)
- Enhanced Deduction for Seniors (Schedule 1-A)
- Alimony paid
- Donations to charities (Schedule A and Form 8283)
- Qualified charitable distributions (Form 1099-R)
- Employee business expenses (Form 2106)
- Gambling losses (Schedule A)
- Casualty losses (Form 4684)
- Jury duty repayments
- Military moving expenses (Form 3903)
- Elderly or disabled credit (Schedule R)
- Investment credit (Form 3468)
- Foreign Tax Credit (Form 1116)*
* For interest and dividend income only
- Form W-2
- Consolidated 1099
- Form 1095-A
- Form 1095-B
- Form 1095-C
- Form 1098
- Form 1098-C
- Form 1098-E
- Form 1098-T
- Form 1099-A
- Form 1099-B
- Form 1099-C
- Form 1099-DA
- Form 1099-DIV
- Form 1099-G
- Form 1099-INT
- Form 1099-K
- Form 1099-LTC
- Form 1099-MISC
- Form 1099-NEC
- Form 1099-OID
- Form 1099-PATR
- Form 1099-Q
- Form 1099-QA
- Form 1099-R
- Form 1099-S
- Form 1099-SA
- Form 2439
- Form 5498-QA
- Form 5498-SA
- Form CSA-1099-R
- Form CSF-1099-R
- Form RRB-1099
- Form RRB-1099-R
- Form SSA-1099
- Form W-2G
- Mortgage Credit Certificate
- Schedule K-1 from partnerships, S corps, estates and trusts
- Form 1040
- Form 1040-SR
- Form 1040-X
- Form 1040-ES
- Form 1040-V
- Schedule 8812
- Schedule 1
- Schedule 1-A
- Schedule 2
- Schedule 3
- Schedule A
- Schedule B
- Schedule C
- Schedule D
- Schedule E
- Schedule EIC
- Schedule F
- Schedule H
- Schedule LEP
- Schedule R
- Schedule SE
- Form 461
- Form 982
- Form 1116
- Form 1310
- Form 2106
- Form 2120
- Form 2210
- Form 2210-F
- Form 2441
- Form 3468
- Form 3800
- Form 3903
- Form 4136
- Form 4137
- Form 4547
- Form 4562
- Form 4684
- Form 4797
- Form 4835
- Form 4852
- Form 4868
- Form 4952
- Form 5329
- Form 5695
- Form 5884
- Form 6251
- Form 6252
- Form 6781
- Form 7203
- Form 7206
- Form 8283
- Form 8379
- Form 8396
- Form 8453
- Form 8582
- Form 8582-CR
- Form 8606
- Form 8615
- Form 8801
- Form 8814
- Form 8815
- Form 8829
- Form 8839
- Form 8853
- Form 8862
- Form 8863
- Form 8879-TA
- Form 8880
- Form 8881
- Form 8888
- Form 8889
- Form 8911
- Form 8911 Schedule A
- Form 8915F
- Form 8919
- Form 8936
- Form 8936 Schedule A
- Form 8938
- Form 8941
- Form 8949
- Form 8959
- Form 8960
- Foreign employment income (Form 2555)
- Nonresident alien returns (Form 1040NR)
- Customers or preparers living outside the United States when they file their taxes
- At-risk limitations (Form 6198)
- Casualty or theft gain or loss for business and income producing property
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