Can someone who actually reads the articles tell me what the big difference is here. I glanced at it..couldn’t even see how old you have to be to fill it out
It made more sense when there were three flavors of the 1040, prior to the TCJA. Back then, seniors were disqualified by age from the 1040EZ and this was meant to be its equivalent. What it does do for seniors is give tax providers an alternate pricing hook. But realistically, it was mooted by the 2018 reforms.