makbo wrote:missingdonut wrote:Congress passed a bill which mandated the creation of Form 1040-SR for seniors; they did not mandate the creation of a form for vision impaired taxpayers. Maybe the IRS is being passive-aggressive against the statute?
Must be that new Trump appointee Rettig, huh? Seriously, what an absurd accusation to make. The IRS has plenty of documents already with large print, braille, and other accessible features.
https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/accessib ... x-products
I don't understand why you would think my comment had anything to do specifically with the new Commissioner.
Congress specifically required the creation of this form for seniors; the form number is even in the statute. The statute says that it's supposed to be like the 1040-EZ but for the age-advanced and it must also be able to report interest and dividends, retirement distributions, social security, and capital gains. At that point you're pretty much at the "postcard", and the 1040-EZ is toast these days, but the IRS is still required to create a 1040-SR.
So they republish the 1040 with larger print. That's the part that seems passive-aggressive, or at the very least snarky.