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Nature abhors a vacuum, so that white space that still remains on the now 2/3 full page, will one day be filled up again.

HRB has probably has the best training class, materials and methodology of any. It also has the highest standards as in CA they exceed the requirements for passing. They cover both the fed and state return. Classes start in Aug. and if you enroll in time, there is usually a discount. The fees, just as their prep fees, probably vary from area to area.

I do like the larger print on the SR.

Link to IRS for all draft forms: https://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/draftTaxForms.html Great, let's waste more time and money on another redesign and programming at IRS and all the vendors. The 2019 1040 draft does allow seniors to file that form with notation for those checking age or blindness to see the instructions for the proper amount of standard deduction. The only difference between the 2019 1040 and the 1040-S (senior) is that the "S" form has a chart at the bottom of page 1 for those checking age/blindness boxes. I guess there were too many mistakes in the standard deduction in 2018 for those self-prepared returns.

I guess the 100 million that were filed this year was a Beta test. Now, they are coming around with the finished product. Th IRS went overboard with the simplification and now they have had to backtrack and make it easier to understand for the taxpayer. Definitely looks like an improvement, though

I had no idea we were going back to two 1040's. this time is called Senior 1040-S Didn't look to see who gets to file this form. Hopefully we can still file them all on the regular 1040. I didn't use 1040A or 1040EZ.