2018 IRS Form 1040 Draft Released Tatyana Bunich CEP.RFC — 410-908-9293 The ratification of the 16th Amendment allowed for the collection of income tax. Starting in 1913, American taxpayers used IRS Form 1040 to prepare and file their tax returns. The first tax return was three pages with only one page of instructions. Over the last 100+ years, the length of …