I know. It was an overly broad generalization, but it is the one that most EITC filers use.
Look, you know if you are a burden or not and whether to be insulted by my comments or not. People that are society’s burden sure as hell aren’t filing the 1040A long form.
Don’t worry, I am not insulted but I do taxes and I am interested in the accuracy of information posted on FR.
If you really want to link “societies’ burdens” with tax forms, then it is the 1040A or even the real “long form,” the venerable 1040 itself, that most would use. Those are the only forms that support all the various child tax credits, and the big dollar value EITC. EZ filers (single, no kids), their EITC caps out at 14K income which is chump change).
Some will go as far as to gin up a 1099 misc to claim small business income to place themselves at the top of the EITC curve. Others will “trade” kids since more than 3 do not increase the Federal goodies that come at tax time.
No, those gaming the system will use the more complicated forms to be sure and claim “everything that is coming to them.”