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College of Engineering Unit: 
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Project Team Member(s): 
Isamu Richmond, Anthony Trinh, Pierre Carr, Kyle Bonner and Daniel Valadez
Physical Location at Expo: 
Kelley Engineering Center
Project ID: 
CS.037
Project Description: 

UsTaxes is an open source tax filing application that can be used to file the Form 1040 United States individual income tax return and some state individual income tax returns. UsTaxes is provided free of charge and requires no sharing of personal data.

Interested in using UsTaxes? The income forms, return attachments, credits, and states of residency are provided below.

Supported Income Forms

The following federal income forms are (mostly) supported:

  • W2
  • 1099-INT
  • 1099-DIV
  • 1099-B
  • 1098-E
  • 1099-R: support for normal distributions from IRA and pension accounts.
  • SSA-1099

UsTaxes can attach the following to your 1040:

  • Schedule 1 (as related to Schedule E and Schedule SE only)
  • Schedule 2
  • Schedule 3 (as related to excess FICA only)
  • Schedule 8812
  • Schedule A
  • Schedule B
  • Schedule D
  • Schedule E
  • Schedule SE
  • F1040-V
  • F6251 (AMT; only supports exercise of incentive stock options)
  • F8889 (Health Savings Accounts)
  • F8949 (Uncovered Investment Transactions)
  • F8959 (Additional Medicare Tax)
  • F8960 (Net Investment Income Tax)
  • F8995/F8995-A (Qualified Business Income Deduction)

These federal income tax credits are supported:

  • Credit for Children and Other Dependents
  • Earned Income Tax Credit

State Income Tax

State tax returns are now in development.

The following states are currently implemented:

  • Illinois
  • Oregon
    • This is our contribution to the project.
    • The following state income forms are (mostly) supported:
      • Form OR-40 (Oregon Individual Income Tax Return for Full-year Residents)
      • Schedule OR-WFHDC (Oregon Working Family Household and Dependent Care Credit)

Note the following states have no income tax filing:

  • Alaska
  • Tennessee
  • Wyoming
  • Florida
  • New Hampshire
  • South Dakota
  • Texas
  • Washington
  • Nevada

11/51 states are supported. If your types of income and state residency are supported, you should be able to use UsTaxes to paper file your return!


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