General program limitations Attaching statements — This program does not allow you to attach any documents to your return, except those available through the program. If you need to attach any such documents, you will have to print and mail in the return. Writing in additional information — Instructions for some forms may require you to "write in" additional supporting information. Your ability to do this is limited to Form 1040, Schedules 1, 2, and 3; plus, a few of the most frequently used forms and schedules. When allowed, the form provides designated spaces for this information. You can enter a maximum of one description and amount combination per line, where writing in additional information is permitted. See "Additional Information Areas" in the User's Guide PDF and review your form on the Line-by-Line page. If the form does not provide a space for this information, you may not be able to use this program to e-file your tax return. E-filing forms — To e-file forms, (except Form 4868) they must be attached to Form 1040 Specific form limitations A form limitation may keep you from completing or e-filing your return. Review the list of available (supported) forms you plan to complete and click on the Known Limitations link to determine if the limitation will affect your ability to use the program. Forms available for filing season 2024 (tax year 2023) Form number Form name Available Form 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 1040-V Payment Voucher (Print Only - Cannot e-file) 01/29/2024 Form 1040-ES Estimated Tax Payments (Print Only - Cannot e-file) Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 1040-SR U.S. Tax Return for Seniors – Known Limitations Not Supported (Use Form 1040) Form 1099-R Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc. Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 1099 (All Others) The only 1099 form you'll need to transcribe into the program is Form 1099-R. If you have another type of 1099, read STEP 2 Section 1 and Section 2B about entering federal withholding from another type of 1099 document. 01/29/2024 Schedule 1 (Form 1040) Additional Income and Adjustments to Income Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule 2 (Form 1040) Additional Taxes Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule 3 (Form 1040) Additional Credits and Payments Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule A (Form 1040) Itemized Deductions - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule B (Form 1040) Interest and Ordinary Dividends - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule C (Form 1040) Profit or Loss From Business Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule D (Form 1040) Capital Gains and Losses Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule E (Form 1040) Supplemental Income and Loss - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule EIC (Form 1040) Earned Income Credit - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule F (Form 1040) Profit or Loss From Farming Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule H (Form 1040) Household Employment Taxes Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Schedule J (Form 1040) Income Averaging for Farmers and Fisherman 01/29/2024 Schedule LEP Request for Change in Language Preference 01/29/2024 Schedule R (Form 1040) Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled 01/29/2024 Schedule SE Self-Employment Tax Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 1116 Foreign Tax Credit - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 1116 Schedule B Foreign Tax Carryover Reconciliation Schedule (Add from Form 1116) 01/29/2024 Form 1310 Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer 01/29/2024 Form 2106 Employee Business Expenses Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 2120 Multiple Support Declaration 01/29/2024 Form 2210 Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates, and Trusts Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 2210 Schedule AI Annualized Income Installment Method - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 2210F Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Farmers and Fishermen 01/29/2024 Form 2439 Notice to Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains 01/29/2024 Form 2441 Child and Dependent Care Expenses - Known Limitations (Complete line 1 columns (a) through (d) for each person or organization that provided the care. Don't forget to include their SSN or EIN.) Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 2555 Foreign Earned Income Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 3468 Investment Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 3800 General Business Credit 01/29/2024 Form 3903 Moving Expenses Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 4136 Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels 01/29/2024 Form 4137 Social Security and Medicare Tax on Unreported Tip Income 01/29/2024 Form 4255 Recapture of Investment Credit – Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 4562 Depreciation and Amortization - Known Limitations (Add from Schedules C, E, F or Form 4835, Including Information on Listed Property.) Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 4563 Exclusion of Income for Bona Fide Residents of American Samoa 01/29/2024 Form 4684 Casualties and Thefts 01/29/2024 Form 4797 Sales of Business Property – Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 4835 Farm Rental Income and Expenses 01/29/2024 Form 4868 Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 4952 Investment Interest Expense Deduction 01/29/2024 Form 4972 Tax on Lump Sum Distributions 01/29/2024 Form 5329 Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (Including IRAs) and Other Tax-Favored Accounts Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 5405 Repayment of the First-Time Homebuyer Credit 01/29/2024 Form 5695 Residential Energy Credits Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 5884 Work Opportunity Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 6198 At-Risk Limitations - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 6251 Alternative Minimum Tax-Individuals - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 6252 Installment Sale Income - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 6765 Credit for Increasing Research Activities - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 6781 Gains and Losses from Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8082 Notice of Inconsistent Treatment or Administrative Adjustment Request - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8275 Disclosure Statement - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8275-R Regulation Disclosure Statement - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8283 Noncash Charitable Contribution - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8379 Injured Spouse Allocation 01/29/2024 Form 8396 Mortgage Interest Credit 01/29/2024 Form 8453 U.S. Individual Income Tax Transmittal for an IRS e-file Return (This form can't be e-filed. It must be mailed in.) 01/29/2024 Form 8582 Passive Activity Loss Limitations - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8582-CR Passive Activity Credit Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8586 Low-Income Housing Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8594 Asset Acquisition Statement Under Section 1060 - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8606 Nondeductible IRAs - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8609-A Annual Statement for Low-Income Housing Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8611 Recapture of Low-income Housing Credit 01/29/2024 Form 8615 Tax for Certain Children Who Have Unearned Income 01/29/2024 Form 8689 Allocation of Individual Income Tax to the U.S. Virgin Islands 01/29/2024 Form 8697 Interest Computation Under the Look-Back Method for Completed Long-Term Contracts - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8801 Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax - Individuals, Estates and Trusts 01/29/2024 Schedule 8812 Credits for Qualifying Children and Other Dependents Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8814 Parents' Election To Report Child's Interest and Dividends 01/29/2024 Form 8815 Exclusion of Interest From Series EE and I U.S. Savings Bonds Issued After 1989 01/29/2024 Form 8820 Orphan Drug Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8824 Like-Kind Exchanges 01/29/2024 Form 8826 Disabled Access Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8828 Recapture of Federal Mortgage Subsidy 01/29/2024 Form 8829 Expenses for Business Use of Your Home - Known Limitations (Add from the Schedule C) Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8833 Treaty-Based Return Position Disclosure Under Section 6114 or 7701(b) 01/29/2024 Form 8834 Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8839 Qualified Adoption Expense Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8844 Empowerment Zone Employment Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8845 Indian Employment Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8846 Credit for Employer Social Security and Medicare Taxes Paid on Certain Employee Tips - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8853 Archer MSAs and Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8859 District of Columbia First-Time Homebuyer Credit 01/29/2024 Form 8862 Information To Claim Certain Credits After Disallowance 01/29/2024 Form 8863 Education Credits (American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Credits) - Known Limitations (Complete First Page 2, Part III) Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8866 Interest Computation Under the Look-Back Method for Property Depreciated Under the Income Forecast Method - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8880 Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8881 Credit for Small Employer Pension Plan Startup Costs, Auto-Enrollment, and Military Spouse Participation - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8886 Reportable Transaction Disclosure Statement 01/29/2024 Form 8888 Allocation of Refund (Including Saving Bond Purchases) 01/29/2024 Form 8889 Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8906 Distilled Spirits Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8908 Energy Efficient Home Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8910 Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit - Known Limitations Not Supported Form 8911 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8915-F Qualified Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments 01/29/2024 Form 8919 Uncollected Social Security and Medicare Tax on Wages 01/29/2024 Form 8932 Credit for Employer Differential Wage Payments 01/29/2024 Form 8933 Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Credit 01/29/2024 Form 8936 Clean Vehicle Credits 01/29/2024 Form 8936 Schedule A Clean Vehicle Credit Amount 01/29/2024 Form 8938 Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8941 Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums - Known Limitations 01/29/2024 Form 8949 Sales and other Dispositions of Capital Assets - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8958 Allocation of Tax Amounts Between Certain Individuals in Community Property States 01/29/2024 Form 8959 Additional Medicare Tax Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8960 Net Investment Income Tax - Individuals, Estates and Trusts 01/29/2024 Form 8962 Premium Tax Credit Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form 8995 Qualified Business Income Deduction Simplified Computation 01/29/2024 Form 8995-A Qualified Business Income Deduction 01/29/2024 Form 8995-A Schedule A Specified Service Trades or Businesses 01/29/2024 Form 8995-A Schedule B Aggregation of Business Operations 01/29/2024 Form 8995-A Schedule C Loss Netting and Carryforward 01/29/2024 Form 8995-A Schedule D Special Rules for Patrons of Agricultural or Horticultural Cooperatives 01/29/2024 Form 9000 Alternative Media Preference 01/29/2024 Form 9465 Installment Agreement Request 01/29/2024 Form 982 Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness (And Section 1082 Basis Adjustment) 01/29/2024 Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement - Known Limitations Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Form W-2C This form is not supported within the application. Review the work-around in the Known Limitations. N/A Form W-2G Certain Gambling Winnings Line-by-Line instructions are available 01/29/2024 Forms with known limitations Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return The program only supports filing for the calendar year (January 1 – December 31). You cannot enter letters where the form is expecting a nine-digit Tax Identification Number (a Social Security, Individual Tax Identification Number, etc.) Back to list Form 1040-SR, U.S. Tax Return for Seniors Use Form 1040. The differences between Form 1040 and Form 1040-SR are in appearance only. Back to list Schedule A, Itemized Deductions Line 8b will only allow one individual's personal information to be entered. Back to list Schedule B, Interest and Ordinary Dividends Line 7b - Up to five selections from the menu are possible. Back to list Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss The program does not support multiple copies of page 2 of Schedule E. Taxpayers who need to list more entities than Parts II, III and IV allow will not be able to use this program to complete their tax return. The program does not support filing Form 4562 with only page 2 (Parts II, III and IV) of Schedule E. To file Form 4562 with Schedule E, you must also transmit page 1 of Schedule E. If you do not have any property to list on page 1 of Schedule E, you will not be able to file Form 4562 with Schedule E. The program does not support foreign country information on Line 1A . Back to list Schedule EIC, Earned Income Credit Qualifying Child Information The program does not support "Kidnapped" as additional information you can enter on the schedule. Back to list Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit Part II column (l) will not accept "909 TAXES" or "1099 TAXES" in lieu of a date. Additionally, you cannot write "LSD" on line 24. Form 1116 will not transfer line 35 to Schedule 3, line 1. Schedule 3, line 1 is direct input. An AMT version of this form is not available. Back to list Form 2210, Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates and Trusts Schedule AI - Free File Fillable Forms supports completing a separate Part II for spouse (only one spouse). Back to list Form 2441, Child and Dependent Care Expenses The form will not accept "LAFCP" or "Tax EXEMPT" on as an entry on Line 1(c). Back to list Form 3468, Investment Credit Only one Form 3468 can be added. Back to list Form 4255, Recapture of Investment Credit Only one Form 4255 can be added. Back to list Form 4562, Depreciation and Amortization (Including Information on Listed Property) Form 4562 is not available from the "Add/View Forms" menu. This form is an attachment to Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F and Form 4835 The form is selected from the "Add" button directly from Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F and Form 4835. If you need to associate more than one Form 4562 to a Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F or Form 4835, you must create another Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F or Form 4835 to associate with the additional Form 4562. The asset shown on Form 4562 must be listed on its "parent" Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F or Form 4835. Back to list Form 4797, Sales of Business Property Only one Form 4797 can be added. Back to list Form 5884, Work Opportunity Credit Only one Form 5884 can be added. Back to list Form 6198, At Risk Limitations Form 6198 is not available from the "Add/View Forms" menu. This form is an attachment to Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F and Form 4835. The form is selected from the "Add" button directly from Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F and Form 4835. Each Schedule C, Schedule E, Schedule F and Form 4835 should contain one associated Form 6198. Back to list Form 6251, Alternative Minimum Tax-Individuals Only one form is supported The program does not support an AMT version of Form 1116 Back to list Form 6252, Installment Sale Income Multiple Form 6252s can be added. Back to list Form 6765, Credit for Increasing Research Activities Only one Form 6765 can be added. Back to list Form 6781, Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles Only one Form 6781 can be added. Back to list Form 8082, Notice of Inconsistent Treatment or Administrative Adjustment Request The program restricts the user to attaching no more than four (4) 8082 Forms. Back to list Form 8275, Disclosure Statement Only one Form 8275 can be added. Page 2 of the form is not supported. Back to list Form 8275-R, Regulation Disclosure Statement Only one Form 8275-R can be added. Page 2 of the form is not supported. Back to list Form 8283, Noncash Charitable Contributions Only four (4) 8283 forms can be added. Contributions of Motor Vehicles, Boats and Airplanes: Taxpayers are required to submit Form 1098C with Form 8283 if they donate a vehicle valued at $500 or more. Form 1098C is not supported; therefore, the taxpayer must mail in the return with the Form 1098C attached. Back to list Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations You may add page 1, of Form 8582, to your return once. Pages 2 and 3 can be added multiple times. Back to list Form 8586, Low-Income Housing Credit Only one Form 8586 can be added. Back to list Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement Only one Form 8594 can be added. Back to list Form 8606, Nondeductible IRAs Forms 8915-C and 8915-D are not supported in the program. If you need these forms to complete Form 8606, you must mail in the return. Back to list Form 8609-A, Annual Statement for Low-Income Housing Credit Only one Form 8609-A can be added. Back to list Form 8697, Interest Computation Under the Look-Back Method for Completed Long-Term Contracts Only one Form 8697 can be added. Back to list Form 8820, Orphan Drug Credit Only one Form 8820 can be added. Back to list Form 8826, Disabled Access Credit Only one Form 8826 can be added. Back to list Form 8829, Expense for Business Use of Your Home Only 8 8829 forms can be added. This form is not available from the "Add/View Forms" menu. You can only attach Form 8829 by first opening the associated Schedule C. You may only associate one Form 8829 to a Schedule C. If you need to associate more than one Form 8829 to a Schedule C, create another Schedule C's for the same business – associate one form 8829 to one Schedule C and the other form 8829 to the second Schedule C (properly allocating all other income and expense items). Back to list Form 8834, Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit Multiple 8834 forms can be added. Back to list Form 8844, Empowerment Zone Employment Credit Only one Form 8844 can be added. Back to list Form 8845, Indian Employment Credit Only one Form 8845 can be added. Back to list Form 8846, Credit for Employer Social Security and Medicare Taxes Paid on Certain Employee Tips Only one Form 8846 can be added. Back to list Form 8853, Archer MSAs and Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts Taxpayers may only add one Page 2 - Section C Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance Contracts, to page 1 of the form. If your spouse also needs to complete Section C, you will not be able to use Free File Fillable Forms to e-file the return. Back to list Form 8863, Education Credits (American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Credits) Tip: Part III must be completed, for each student, before entering information in Part I and Part II. Back to list Form 8866, Interest Computation Under the Look-Back Method for Property Depreciated Under the Income Forecast Method Up to five copies of Form 8866 can be added. Line 10 must have value greater than zero to e-file Form 8866. Back to list Form 8881, Credit For Small Employer Pension Plan Startup Costs, Auto-Enrollment, And Military Spouse Participation Only one Form 8881 can be added. Back to list Form 8889, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) If the Death of Account Beneficiary provision applies to you and you are not required to complete Part I, you will not be able to e-file your return with form 8889. You may complete your return, using Form 8889 and mail in your return. Line 13 calculates the smaller of line 2 or 12. If you are instructed to add any amount to what is calculated for line 13, you will not be able to do so and still e-file the return. You can manually complete Form 8889 and mail in your return. - Back to list Form 8906, Distilled Spirits Credit Only one Form 8906 can be added. Back to list Form 8908, Energy Efficient Home Credit Only one Form 8908 can be added. Back to list Form 8910, Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit Form 8910 - The alternative motor vehicle credit has expired for TY 2023. Back to list Form 8911, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit Only one Form 8911 can be added. Back to list Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets Taxpayers may only attach one of these forms to their return. The form has two pages. Parts V and VI are on page 2. You may add, as continuation pages, a total 25 copies of page 2 (continuation pages). Back to list Form 8941, Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums Only one Form 8941 can be added. Back to list Form 8949, Sales and other Dispositions of Capital Assets You will be able to enter "VARIOUS", "INHERITED", and "INH-2010" in column (b). You will be able to enter "BANKRUPT" and "WORTHLESS" in column (c). You will be able to enter "WORTHLESS" and "EXPIRED" in column (d). You will be able to enter "EXPIRED" in column (e). Back to list Form W-2, Wages and Tax Statement Only 50 copies of Form W-2 will be added. Can add additional data entries for Line 12, Line 14 and Line 15 in each copy of form W-2. Back to list Form W-2C, Corrected Wage and Tax Statements Form W-2c is issued to make one or more corrections to a Form W-2. If you received both a Form W-2 and W-2c from the same employer, use the entries from the Form W-2 to make your entries into Free File Fillable Forms, except when the Form W-2c shows a different value. In cases where a box or line on the Form W-2c does not show an entry but the Form W-2 does, use the entry from the Form W-2. Back to list Free File topics Validating your electronically filed tax return Get your tax records and transcripts Get your refund faster: Tell IRS to direct deposit your refund to one, two, or three accounts Direct Pay with bank account Where's My Refund?
