William Perez for About.com writes: Ever wish you could just do your taxes in Excel? Well, thanks to Glenn Reeves, you can. Gleen Reeves created Excel spreadsheets to prepare Form 1040 and
related schedules. For the year 2013, Reeves offers a full 1040 version
(in the .xlsx format) that supports schedules A, B, C, D, E, and SE, and
supporting forms 6251, 8949, 8959, and 8960. He also offers a "lite"
version (in the .xls format) which does not include support for
Schedules C, E and SE and Form 6251.
The spreadsheets are organized with tabs for entering data relating
to Form W-2, Form 1099-R, and Form SSA-1099. After these data input
screens are found tabs for Form 1040, and then tabs for other supporting
forms arranged in alphabetical order beginning with Schedule A. Data
input cells are formatted with a blue background, and once data is
entered, the spreadsheet updates its calculations.
Each tax form is formatted in the spreadsheet to look like the paper
version of the form, which makes the spreadsheet visually appealing and
easy to work with.
Excel1040 is pretty fast and easy to use, especially if one is
comfortable with using spreadsheets and familiar working with the tax
forms manually. I find these spreadsheets a useful and quick way to
calculate federal income taxes.
Reeves has been producing spreadsheet versions of Form 1040 for the
years 1996 through 2013. The spreadsheets are offered free of charge,
and donations can be made to support Mr. Reeves's work.
To learn more and to try out the spreadsheet for yourself, visit
Sunday, June 1, 2014
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