You may use Form 1040EZ if you meet all the following conditions:
- Your filing status is single or married filing joint
- You claim no dependents
- You, and your spouse if filing a joint return, are under age 65, and not blind at the end of the year
- You have only wages, salaries, tips, taxable scholarship and fellowship grants, unemployment compensation, qualified state tuition program earnings, or Alaska Permanent Fund dividends, and your taxable interest was not over $1,500
- Your taxable income is less than $100,000
- Your earned tips, if any, are included in boxes 5 and 7 of your Form W-2
- You do not owe any household employment taxes on wages you paid to a household employee
- You are not a debtor in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed after October 16, 2005
- You are not claiming the additional standard deduction for real estate taxes, net disaster losses, or qualified motor vehicle taxes
- You do not claim a student loan interest deduction, an educator expense deduction, or a tuition and fees deduction, and
- You do not claim an education credit, retirement savings contributions credit, or a health coverage tax credit
References: IRS: Form 1040EZ Instructions
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