How to Find a Link to State Income Tax Forms Which Can Be Downloaded & Printed Free of Charge
Most states require residents to complete income tax returns each year. If you live in a state that requires this, you can go online to your state's website to download and print income tax return documents free of charge. You can usually find the tax forms linked as PDF files, meaning that you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader -- or another PDF reader -- to view the tax return form. To find the free tax forms that you need to complete your tax return, you can utilize the Federation of Tax Administrators, an organization that provides services to state tax authorities.
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Instructions
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Go to the Federation of Tax Administrators' (FTA) website homepage (see Resources). Click the word "Links" in the left column.
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Click on your state from the image of the map of the United States to be taken to your state tax agency's website.
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Look at your state tax agency's page. Click the "Individual Income Tax," "Electronic Forms/Services" or other similarly-named section of the site to find the income tax forms if they are not directly linked on the page you arrive at.
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Read the descriptions of the income tax documents listed on the site. Click the name and year of an income tax form that you need to open it. Click the "Print" icon on the form to print a hard copy of the income tax return document.
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Click the "Save" icon on the form on your screen. Type a name for the form in the "File name" field, select a place on your computer to store the document in the "Save in" box. Click "Save."
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Tips & Warnings
Some online tax return documents that you open are "fillable," meaning that you can type information directly on the form before you save or print it.
