Individual income tax
Your federal Form 1040 for tax year 2025, e-filed to the IRS. You type your W-2s and 1099s box by box; every line of the return is worked out from them and shown with where it came from before you sign.
- What it is: a federal return (Form 1040 or 1040-SR) — an original, or an amended or superseding return with Form 1040-X, for the same $5 — in English or Spanish, signed on Form 8879 with a PIN you choose and e-filed by Gideon Tax as the electronic return originator, with the completed forms and your copy of the authorization emailed to you and the IRS acknowledgment when it comes.
- What it is not: no state return is filed here; no amended return for a year before 2025, no foreign address on a Form 1040, and no return for someone who died other than a surviving spouse's joint return. The page says so before you start. A nonresident's Form 1040-NR and a territory resident's Form 1040-SS have their own pages below.
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U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
Your 2025 federal return, in English or Spanish: type your W-2s and 1099s box by box and every line is worked out from them; sign with a Self-Select PIN and it is e-filed to the IRS. An original return, or an amended or superseding one with Form 1040-X, for the same $5. Federal only — no state return.
$5 for the federal return; no state return is filed here
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Form 1040-NR
U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return
The nonresident's 2025 return, in English or Spanish: Schedule OI, your W-2s and Forms 1042-S box by box, Schedule NEC and Schedule A (Form 1040-NR) worked out from them; sign with a Self-Select PIN and it is e-filed under the form's own IRS software ID. Federal only — no state return; an amended or superseding return with Form 1040-X is filed here too.
$5 for the federal return; no state return is filed here
File Form 1040-NR →Form 1040-SS
U.S. Self-Employment Tax Return (Puerto Rico and the territories)
The 2025 return of a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa or the Northern Mariana Islands, in Spanish first or in English: your 499R-2/W-2PR or W-2 box by box and your business; the self-employment tax, Form 8959 and Puerto Rico's additional child tax credit worked out from them. An original return, or a corrected one replacing a return you filed. Sign with a Self-Select PIN and it is e-filed.
$5 for the return
File Form 1040-SS →Questions people ask
- What does filing a Form 1040 here cost?
- $5 for the federal return, e-filed to the IRS, with the completed forms emailed to you and the IRS acknowledgment. That is the whole charge. Having a tax professional prepare and e-file it for you is $160 a return ($120 if you already file your excise returns with us).
- Do you file my state return?
- No. Only the federal Form 1040 is filed here. No state return is prepared or filed, and nothing is charged for one.
- Which returns can be filed here?
- A 2025 Form 1040 (or 1040-SR) for a U.S. address, signed on Form 8879 with a PIN you choose — an original, or an amended or superseding return with Form 1040-X, for the same $5. A nonresident's Form 1040-NR has its own page, with Schedule OI, the 1042-S and Schedule NEC, original or amended. A bona fide resident of Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory files Form 1040-SS on its own page, in Spanish or English, original or corrected. A foreign address on a Form 1040, a return for someone who died — other than a surviving spouse's joint return — and an amended return for a year before 2025 are not offered; the page says so before you start.
- Do I type my tax, or is it worked out?
- It is worked out. You enter your W-2s, 1099s, 1098s and 1095-A box by box, and every line of the return — income, the standard deduction, the tax, the child tax credit, the earned income credit, the new Schedule 1-A deductions — is computed from them by the IRS's own worksheets and shown with where it came from. Nothing you type is used as a tax figure.
- Is it available in Spanish?
- Yes. The whole interview is in English and Spanish at the same price. The IRS's own signature statements are shown in English on both, as the IRS requires.