To make tax time less of a chore, refer to this collection of tax the most common forms and instructions, plus find links to important docs from tax years past.
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Here are links to the most common tax forms needed to prepare your income tax returns. All tax forms are in the portable document format (PDF) and require Adobe Acrobat Reader (or another program that can display PDFs). You can use Acrobat Reader to view the documents and print documents. Most of the IRS forms also allow you to type in your information and save a copy with your data to your computer.
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