# My 2018 tax filing fit on a postcard.

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**Created:** [February 10, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2018-tax-filing-fit-on-a-postcard/829305 "2019-02-10T22:00:30Z")\
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[The Republican Party has long been promising](https://twitter.com/speakerryan/status/856977012573057024) the country’s downtrodden taxpayers the ability to file their tax returns on a postcard. That day has come!

[My 2018 tax filing fit on a postcard.](https://i.imgur.com/DnZ0gXF.png)

(This is not my work. I stumbled across it on the internet and thought I’d share.)

Background: In an attempt to appease Congress and to keep it from again cutting their budget, the IRS butchered the traditional Form 1040 tax form and reduced it to the size of a postcard – an oversized, double sided postcard. And, oh yeah, it added 6 new schedules that may have to be filed in addition to the 1040.

Not to worry, tax companies like TurboTax have added additional fees to complete the new schedules.