What Form Do You Need?

Before you file your taxes you need to make sure you've received all of the forms from your employer, bank, and investments. Learn what these forms are.

Before you can file you need your tax documents. Here are the statements you should expect.

A tax return is a document you must file with the government showing how much income you earned in a particular year. For personal federal income tax filings, there are three forms to choose from: Form 1040, Form 1040A and Form 1040EZ. All taxpayers can choose to file using Form 1040; however, if you prefer to report your income tax on one of the two shorter forms, there are eligibility requirements you must satisfy first.

A guide to all the the tax documents you'll need to complete an accurate income tax return in 2016.

This primer will help you decode the alphabet soup of IRS forms - and understand your tax return.

IRS tax forms are used for taxpayers and tax-exempt organizations to report financial information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States.

You've got three tax return options: 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ. But there are specific rules about who can use which one. Know them, and pick the form that will give you, not the IRS, the best tax result.

Get IRS tax forms and publications at Bankrate.com. Tax forms for individuals - 1040, 1040EZ, W-2. Tax forms for business - 940, Schedule C-EZ.

Understanding the different types of individual income tax returns.