When you look at the page that makes up 1040EZandFree.com, it is an HTML file that uses javascript.
That means that the entire web site is an application that does all of its processing on your computer, not through the internet.
NONE of your information travels across the internet EVER. It's an entirely self-contained application.
By comparison, other tax preparation web sites will use ASP, JSP or PHP in order to process your tax return.
All of these technologies are dependent upon server-side processing, which means information you enter must travel over the internet.
That means that some of your information will be sent over the internet and MAY EVEN BE STORED IN DATABASES if you use a competitor's web site.
On 1040EZandFree.com, even when you print out your tax return, it goes to the printer as an image and any hackers won't know it's a tax return - unless they somehow beat you to the printer.
In fact, you could run 1040EZandFREE completely disconnected from the Internet!
It's true, if you were to download all the files from my website and save them to your C drive, it would still work!
Who Can Use This Web Site?
You can use 1040EZandFree.com if all of the following apply.
Your filing status is not married filing separately. Choose your correct filing status
If you were a non-resident alien at any time in 2009 you may only use this form if your filing status is married filing jointly.
The only adjustments you claim are IRA contributions, Educator expenses, Student Loan interest, and Tuition and Fees. Adjustment information
The only tax credit you can claim is the earned income credit or the child tax credit. (These will be calculated for you)
Your only income sources were wages, salaries, tips, interest, dividends, unemployment compensation, Alaska Permanent Fund dividends (list under unemployment), social security benefits and advance EIC payments.
If you have income from taxable refunds from state or local government (if you itemized last year), alimony, income from a business you own, capital gains, IRA distributions, pensions, farm income, rental income, taxable social security benefits.
You claim any adjustments to income other than IRA contributions, Student Loan interest, Educator Expense or Tuition and Fees. Adjustment information
You collected social security AND made contributions to a traditional IRA AND participated in your employer's 401(k)
You probably DON'T want to use 1040EZ (because you can get more of your money back) if:
You have non-taxable dividends on investments you owned for less than 90 days. You should contact a professional to make sure they are not taxable. This site might automatically consider them taxable.
You can claim either the Foreign Tax Credit, Education Credit, Retirement Savings Contribution Credit.
You had excess Social Security Tax deducted from your pay. This applies if you had more than one job and your wages exceed $90,000. Excess Social Security information
Or if you just like paying for things you could do for FREE!
Next step: Click on a tab above (like Filing Status or W-2) to get started! You can always return to this information by clicking the top tab.
What's new for this tax season?
Totally streamlined and redesigned user interface
Even greater security!
All saved cookies are encrypted!
Cookies can be password protected.
If a password is forgotten, saved information can be retrieved by matching previously supplied information
Since a single HTML page is used, data is no longer passed from one page to the next
Support for Social Security income
Support for Tuition deductions
Support for greater number of income sources and adjustments.
Streamlined deduction entry
Streamlined summary page
Schedule EIC (for people with children who claim the EIC) now filled out