Received My First IRS Tax Form in the Mail

I still do my Tax return by hand, with the help of Excel.  I routinely order form from the IRS in January.   For my 2024 tax return, I ordered the forms in January 2025.   I didn't receive many of the forms until the tax returns were almost due.   Therefore, in March I started downloading the forms.  To my surprise, the forms allowed PDF fill-ins, which I used.

This year, I decided send in a request for 2026 tax forms on December 30.   Yesterday, I received my first form in the mail, form 6198.   Woohoo!   Maybe, I will get the rest of the forms on by February this year.

However, I may still use the PDF fill-in from since that allows for editing, if I make an error, and I don't have to rewrite the whole form by hand.  

Edit:  Most of PDF forms for 2025 tax year are already available to download.   Woohoo!  I am impressed. I have already downloaded and started filling out some of the forms in preparation for receiving 1099 forms with the info.

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