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Do you qualify for Free File?

If your 2021 income was $73,000 or less, you'll be eligible to file for free using at least one of the options below. Note: The criteria for each provider is different. Review each option carefully to make sure you qualify before you get started. 

Free File Options

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You qualify to file for free if:

  • Your adjusted gross income is $41,000 or less, or 
  • Served active duty military in 2021 with adjusted gross income of $73,000 or less
FreeTaxUSA

You qualify to file for free if:

  • Your adjusted gross income is between $16,000 and $73,000, no age limitations    
  • You are active duty military with adjusted gross income of $73,000 or less
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You qualify to file for free if:

  • Your adjusted gross income is $65,000 or less, and
  • You are age 56 or younger, or
  • Active duty military with adjusted gross income of $73,000 or less
TaxAct

You qualify to file for free if:

  • Your adjusted gross income is $32,000 or less

(Limited to 3 free tax returns per computer)

1040NOW

You qualify to file for free it:

  • Your adjusted gross income is $39,000 or less, or
  • You qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), or
  • Active duty military with adjusted gross income of $73,000 or less
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Resources:

  • From the IRS - Free File: What You Need to Get Started
  • Free File Alliance

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1040U.S. Individual Income Tax Return

Schedule 1Additional Income and Adjustments to Income

Schedule ESupplemental Income and Loss, including rental property

Form 1040XAmended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return

Form 1099-RDistributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement, etc.

Form 1310Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer

Form 4868Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File

Form 8332Release of Claim to Exemption for Child of Divorced or Separated Parents

Form 8453U.S. Individual Income Tax Transmittal for an IRS E-File Return

Form 8862Information to Claim Certain Refundable Credits After Disallowance

Form 9465Installment Agreement Request

Form W-4Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate

Schedule LEPRequest for Change in Language Preference

Commonly Filed Tax Forms and Schedules (new forms for 2021)

Form 1098-CContributions of Motor Vehicles, Boats and Airplanes

Form 1099-AAcquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property

Form 1099-GUnemployment Income and other government payments

Form 1099-KPayment Card and Third Party Network Transactions

Form 1099-SADistributions from an HSA, Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA

Form 4952/AMTAMT Investment Interest Expense Deduction/Investment Interest Expense Deduction

Form 5329Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (including IRAs)

Form 5405First-Time Homebuyer Credit and Repayment of the Credit

Form 8582/AMT/CRPassive Activity Loss Limitations/AMT/Credit Limitations

Form 8615Tax for Certain Children who have Unearned Income

Form 8814Parents' Election To Report Child's Interest and Dividends

Form 8815Exclusion of Interest from Series EE and I U.S. Savings Bonds

Form 8853Archer MSAs and Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts

Form 8859Carryforward of D.C. First-Time Homebuyer Credit

Form 8880Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions

Form 8911Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit

Form 8915AQualified 2017 Disaster Retirement Plan Distribution and Repayments

Form 8915BQualified 2017 Disaster Retirement Plan Distribution and Repayments

Form 8919Uncollected Social Security and Medicare Tax on Wages

Form 8936Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit

Form 8938Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets

Form 8958Allocation of Community Property Amounts

Form 982Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness

Form SS-4Application for Employer Identification Number

Form 8994Employer Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave

Form 8995-AQualified Business Income Deduction Simplified Computation

From 8995-A Sch DSpecial Rules for Patrons of Agricultural or Horticultural Cooperatives

Form 2210-FUnderpayment of Estimated Tax by Farmers and Fishermen

Form 2439Notice to Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains

Form 3800General Business Credit

Form 4136Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels

Form 6781Gains/Losses from Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles

Form 8949Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets

Schedules K-3 (Form 1065)Partner's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.-International

Schedules K-3 (Form 1120S)Shareholder's Share of Income, Credits, etc-International

Form 8829Expenses for Business Use of Your Home

Form 8881Credit for Small Employer Pension Plan Startup Costs

Form 8941Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums

Schedule JIncome Averaging for Farmers and Fishermen

Can I file state return without federal return?

Although state returns can be e-filed with your federal return (or after your federal return has already been accepted), it's no longer possible to e-file state returns before the federal. This adds an extra layer of security to all e-filed state returns.

Can I file my Indiana state taxes for free?

INfreefile allows customers with lower adjusted gross incomes (AGI) to file their federal and state taxes for free using question and answer style applications. Nearly two million Hoosiers qualify for this free service.

Who is exempt from filing returns?

According to the amendment, salaried individual with a taxable income of less than Rs. 5 lakh will not have to file income tax returns in the current assessment year. As such, individuals with a total taxable salary income of less than Rs. 5 lakh & bank interest upto As.