Form 1040 U.S. Individual Tax Return

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TREASURY/IRS AND OMB USE ONLY DRAFT

1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return 2025
Department of the Treasury—Internal Revenue Service

For the year Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025, or other tax year beginning
Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2

OMB No. 1545-0074

IRS Use Only—Do not write or staple in this space.

, 2025, ending

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Combat zone

See separate instructions.

Deceased MM / DD / YYYY Spouse MM / DD / YYYY

Other
Your first name and middle initial

Last name

Your social security number

If joint return, spouse’s first name and middle initial

Last name

Spouse’s social security number

Home address (number and street). If you have a P.O. box, see instructions.
City, town, or post office. If you have a foreign address, also complete spaces below.
Foreign country name

Presidential Election Campaign

ZIP code

Foreign province/state/county

Foreign postal code

Single
Married filing jointly (even if only one had income)

Check only
one box.

Digital Assets

State

Check here if you, or your spouse
if filing jointly, want $3 to go to
this fund. Checking a box below
will not change your tax or refund.
You
Spouse

Head of household (HOH)
Qualifying surviving spouse (QSS)
If you checked the HOH or QSS box, enter the child’s name
if the qualifying person is a child but not your dependent:

Married filing separately (MFS). Enter spouse’s SSN above
and full name here:

If treating a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse as a U.S. resident for the entire tax year, check the box and enter their
name (see instructions and attach statement if required):
At any time during 2025, did you: (a) receive (as a reward, award, or payment for property or services); or (b) sell,
Yes
No
exchange, or otherwise dispose of a digital asset (or a financial interest in a digital asset)? (See instructions.) . .

Dependents

Dependent 1

Dependent 2

Dependent 3

Dependent 4

(see instructions) (1) First name
(2) Last name

If more
than four
dependents,
see instructions
and check
here . .

(3) SSN
(4) Relationship
(5) Check if lived
with you more
than half of 2025
(6) Check if
(7) Credits

(a)

(a)

Yes

(b)
And in the U.S.
Full-time
Permanently
student
and totally
disabled
Child tax
Credit for
credit
other
dependents

(a)

Yes

(b)
And in the U.S.
Full-time
Permanently
student
and totally
disabled
Child tax
Credit for
credit
other
dependents

(a)

Yes

(b)
And in the U.S.
Full-time
Permanently
student
and totally
disabled
Child tax
Credit for
credit
other
dependents

Yes

(b)
And in the U.S.
Full-time
Permanently
student
and totally
disabled
Child tax
Credit for
credit
other
dependents

Check if your filing status is MFS or HOH and you lived apart from your spouse for the last 6 months of 2025, or you are legally
separated according to your state law under a written separation agreement or a decree of separate maintenance and you did not
live in the same household as your spouse at the end of 2025.

Income
Attach Form(s)
W-2 here. Also
attach Forms
W-2G and
1099-R if tax
was withheld.
If you did not
get a Form
W-2, see
instructions.

Attach Sch. B
if required.

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Tip income not reported on line 1a (see instructions) . . . . . . .
Medicaid waiver payments not reported on Form(s) W-2 (see instructions) .
Taxable dependent care benefits from Form 2441, line 26
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Employer-provided adoption benefits from Form 8839, line 31
Wages from Form 8919, line 6 . . . . . . . . . .

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Other earned income (see instructions). Enter type and amount:
Nontaxable combat pay election (see instructions) . . . . . . .
1i
Add lines 1a through 1h
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2a
b Taxable interest
Tax-exempt interest . . .

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Qualified dividends . . .
3a
Check if your child’s dividends are included in 1
IRA distributions . . . .
4a

b Ordinary dividends .
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Line 3b
b Taxable amount . .

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Check if (see instructions)
Pensions and annuities .
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Social security benefits . .
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b Taxable amount . . . . . .
If you elect to use the lump-sum election method, check here (see instructions) . . . . .
If you are married filing separately and lived apart from your spouse the entire year (see inst.), check here

6b

7a
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Capital gain or (loss). Attach Schedule D if required
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Check if:
Schedule D not required
Includes child’s capital gain or (loss)
Additional income from Schedule 1, line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Add lines 1z, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7a, and 8. This is your total income
Adjustments to income from Schedule 1, line 26
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Subtract line 10 from line 9. This is your adjusted gross income
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Total amount from Form(s) W-2, box 1 (see instructions) .
Household employee wages not reported on Form(s) W-2 .

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For Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions.

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Cat. No. 11320B

Form 1040 (2025) Created 9/5/25

DRAFT — DO NOT FILE

DRAFT — DO NOT FILE

Filing Status

Check here if your main home, and your
spouse’s if filing a joint return, was in
the U.S. for more than half of 2025.

Apt. no.

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Form 1040 (2025)

Tax and
Credits

11b
12a

Standard
deduction for—
• Single or
Married filing
separately,
$15,750
• Married filing
jointly or
Qualifying
surviving
spouse,
$31,500
• Head of
household,
$23,625
• If you checked
a box on line
12a, 12b, 12c,
or 12d, see inst.

Payments
and
Refundable
Credits

Third Party
Designee

Sign
Here

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11b

You were a dual-status alien
Are blind
Is blind
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12e
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Add lines 12e, 13a, and 13b
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Subtract line 14 from line 11b. If zero or less, enter -0-. This is your taxable income

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Tax (see instructions). Check if any from Form(s):

3

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Amount from Schedule 2, line 3
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Add lines 16 and 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Child tax credit or credit for other dependents from Schedule 8812 .

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Amount from Schedule 3, line 8
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Add lines 19 and 20 . . . . . . . . . .
Subtract line 21 from line 18. If zero or less, enter -0-

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Other taxes, including self-employment tax, from Schedule 2, line 21
Add lines 22 and 23. This is your total tax . . . . . . . .

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Federal income tax withheld from:
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Form(s) W-2 . . . . . .
Form(s) 1099 . . . . . .
Other forms (see instructions) .

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Add lines 25a through 25c . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2025 estimated tax payments and amount applied from 2024 return .

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If you made estimated tax payments with your former spouse in 2025,
enter their SSN (see instructions):
27a
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Earned income credit (EIC) . . . . .
Clergy filing Schedule SE (see instructions)

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If you do not want to claim the EIC, check here .

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Additional child tax credit (ACTC) from Schedule 8812. If you do not want
to claim the ACTC, check here . . . . . . . . . . . .

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31

American opportunity credit from Form 8863, line 8 .
Refundable adoption credit from Form 8839, line 13
Amount from Schedule 3, line 15 . . . . . .

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33

Add lines 27a, 28, 29, 30, and 31. These are your total other payments and refundable credits
Add lines 25d, 26, and 32. These are your total payments
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34

If line 33 is more than line 24, subtract line 24 from line 33. This is the amount you overpaid

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Amount of line 34 you want refunded to you. If Form 8888 is attached, check here .
c Type:
Checking
Routing number
Account number

36

Amount of line 34 you want applied to your 2026 estimated tax .

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Subtract line 33 from line 24. This is the amount you owe.
For details on how to pay, go to www.irs.gov/Payments or see instructions .

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Designee’s
name

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Savings

35a

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Estimated tax penalty (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . .
38
Do you want to allow another person to discuss this return with the IRS? See instructions.
Phone
no.

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37

Yes. Complete below.

No

Personal identification
number (PIN)

Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return and accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, they are true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than taxpayer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge.
Your signature

Joint return?
Spouse’s signature. If a joint return, both must sign.
See instructions.
Keep a copy for
your records.
Phone no.

Paid
Preparer
Use Only

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35a
Direct deposit?
b
See instructions.
d

Amount
You Owe

Spouse itemizes on a separate return
c
Were born before January 2, 1961
You:
Was born before January 2, 1961
Spouse:

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Your spouse as a dependent

Standard deduction or itemized deductions (from Schedule A) . . .
Qualified business income deduction from Form 8995 or Form 8995-A .
Additional deductions from Schedule 1-A, line 38 . . . . . . .

c

Refund

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13a
b

d
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If you have a
qualifying child,
you may need to
attach Sch. EIC.

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b
d

Amount from line 11a (adjusted gross income) .
Someone can claim
You as a dependent

Preparer’s name

Date

Your occupation

If the IRS sent you an Identity
Protection PIN, enter it here
(see inst.)

Date

Spouse’s occupation

If the IRS sent your spouse an
Identity Protection PIN, enter it here
(see inst.)

Email address
Preparer’s signature

Date

PTIN

Check if:
Self-employed

Firm’s name

Phone no.

Firm’s address

Firm’s EIN

Go to www.irs.gov/Form1040 for instructions and the latest information.

Form 1040 (2025)