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In this video I am going to be talking about who can use the form 1040 EZ. You can use
this form if your filing status is single or married filing jointly. You can use the
form if you can not claim any dependents and if you do not claim any adjustments to income.
The only tax credit you can claim is the earned income credit. If you or your spouse are under
the age of 65 and not blind at the end of 2007 you can use this form. The way you determine
this is you were born on January 1, 1943 you are considered to be age 65 at the end of
2007 and you cannot use the form. Your taxable income that is line 6, form 1040EZ must be
less than $100,000. Your income should only be your wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarship
or scholarship grants, unemployment compensation or Alaska Permanent Fund dividends. Your taxable
interest must be under 1,500. You can not receive any advanced earned income credit
payments. You do not owe any household employment taxes on wages you paid to the household employee.
You can not be debtor and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy case filed after October 16, 2005 and you
cannot owe any alternative minimum tax. Even if you can use form 1040EZ, you may be better
off tax wise to use the form 1040A or 1040. These forms can allow you to itemize your
deduction and this may be beneficial to you for tax purposes.