The H&R Block software forms are the official forms used by the IRS and your state. They are the electronic equivalent of the forms you get in the mail, or pick up at your local post office or library.
Worksheets are additional documents that the program uses to get the correct numbers onto the official IRS and state tax forms. Often, some additional calculation is required to get the correct number for a particular line on a tax form.
We strongly recommend that you use the Interview to prepare your federal and state tax returns.
However, if you are an advanced user and you know which forms you need, you can enter your data directly on the forms using Forms Central. Forms Central allows you to:
Open a form and fill it out or make changes to it.
Create and work with multiple copies of some forms.
Delete a copy of a form that you don't need.
Search
for a form by name or by the information you are trying to enter.
You can also view the most recent forms you have worked on and display forms without mini-worksheets.
Select Open Forms from the Forms menu.
The Forms Central window opens and displays a Federal tab with a list of all available forms, sorted for quick reference.
Note: The program also displays a state tab (for example, New York) if you have started a state tax return for that state. When you click on a state tab, you will see a list of the available forms for that state.
To list only the forms that have data, click the "Show Forms with Data." option.
Select the form you want and either double-click it or click the Open Form button.