Tax compliance should work like
infrastructure, not rent extraction
People already pay taxes. They should not also have to bleed unnecessary time, money, and stress into broken compliance systems forever. We are building better roads through the mess.
Run by Ian Joiner, Enrolled Agent — enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service.
What do you need to do?
Self-service software
You do it
File a tax form myself
Prepare and e-file using our software.
You enter your own information. Our software fills in the form, checks it and e-files it with the IRS.
Choose your form
Professional preparation
We do it
Have you file for me
Get tax preparation from an Enrolled Agent.
A person prepares your return from your documents. You review and sign it before anything is filed.
Choose your form
Popular forms right now
File it yourself with our software. Each of these is IRS-approved for e-file, and each opens straight to its form.
- Form 2290The yearly tax on heavy highway vehicles of 55,000 pounds or more — and your stamped Schedule 1.Tax period: July 2026 – June 2027$4.50/truck (max $18) first filing, then $1/truck (max $10)File Form 2290
- Form 720The quarterly federal excise tax return — fuel, air transportation, environmental taxes and more.Quarters: Q1–Q3 2026$5–$9 per filingFile Form 720
- Form 8849A refund of federal excise tax — Form 2290 vehicle credits, nontaxable fuel use and more.$5–$10 per claimFile Form 8849
- Form 941The employer's quarterly return — wages, income tax withheld, and Social Security and Medicare tax.Quarters: Q1–Q3 2026$2 a filing, less in volume: $1.50 each (filings 101–200), $1 each (filings 201+)File Form 941
- Form 941-XA correction to a Form 941 you already filed — as an adjustment or a claim for refund.Corrects returns for 2024–2026$2 a filing, less in volume: $1.50 each (filings 101–200), $1 each (filings 201+)File Form 941-X
- Form 5330Excise taxes on employee benefit plans — prohibited transactions, minimum funding, excess contributions and more.Tax year 2025$20 flatFile Form 5330
Want us to prepare it? Get filing help.
All supported e-file forms
Every form on the site, grouped by who files it. A form marked E-file live you can prepare here and e-file today; the key below says what the others mean.
- E-file live
- The IRS has approved Gideon Tax to e-file it. You prepare it here and it is e-filed with the IRS.
- Preview
- The IRS has not yet approved Gideon Tax to e-file this form. You can fill it in and we prepare it, but it is not transmitted to the IRS as an approved e-file until that approval arrives.
- Paper
- Not e-filed. We fill in the official IRS form for you to sign and mail.
- By request
- The IRS has approved Gideon Tax to e-file it, but there is no self-service form for it here yet. Its page says how to ask us to file it.
- Coming soon
- Not open for filing yet.
Individual income tax
Individuals and families
Your federal return, in English or Spanish, and a monthly payment plan if you cannot pay all at once. Federal only — no state return is filed here.
- Form 1040E-file live
U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
Tax year 2025
- Form 1040-NRE-file live
U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return
Tax year 2025
- Form 1040-SSE-file live
U.S. Self-Employment Tax Return (Puerto Rico and the territories)
Tax year 2025
- Form 9465E-file live
Installment Agreement Request
Excise tax
Trucking and excise
Federal excise taxes on fuel, heavy trucks, air transportation and more — plus the refund claims that go with them.
- Form 720E-file live
Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return
Quarters: Q1–Q3 2026
- Form 2290E-file live
Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax
Tax period: July 2026 – June 2027
- Form 8849E-file live
Claim for Refund of Excise Taxes
- Form 720-XPaper
Amended Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return
Employment tax
Employers
Quarterly and annual payroll returns — wages, withholding, Social Security and Medicare, and unemployment (FUTA) — and their corrections.
- Form 940E-file live
Employer's Annual FUTA Tax Return
Tax year 2025
- Form 941E-file live
Employer's QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return
Quarters: Q1–Q3 2026
- Form 941-XE-file live
Adjusted Quarterly Return or Claim for Refund
Corrects returns for 2024–2026
- Form 943E-file live
Annual Return for Agricultural Employees
Tax year 2025
- Form 943-XE-file live
Adjusted Annual Return for Agricultural Employees
Corrects returns for 2023–2025
- Form 944E-file live
Employer's ANNUAL Federal Tax Return
Tax year 2025
- Form 945E-file live
Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax
Tax year 2025
- Form 945-XE-file live
Adjusted Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax
Corrects returns for 2023–2025
Business income tax
Businesses
The corporation returns — Form 1120 and its family — and the partnership return, Form 1065.
A person reviews every return before it is e-filed. The IRS has not yet opened its 2026 corporate and partnership e-file packages for production filing — its test system takes them from October 13, 2026 — and has not yet approved Gideon Tax to file them. Your return is held and transmitted once both have happened. If we cannot file it, your fee is refunded.
- Form 1120Preview
U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return
- Form 1120-SPreview
U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation
- Form 1065Preview
U.S. Return of Partnership Income
- Form 1120-HPreview
U.S. Income Tax Return for Homeowners Associations
- Form 1120-FPreview
U.S. Income Tax Return of a Foreign Corporation
- Form 1120-LPreview
U.S. Life Insurance Company Income Tax Return
- Form 1120-PCPreview
U.S. Property and Casualty Insurance Company Income Tax Return
- Form 1120-REITPreview
U.S. Income Tax Return for Real Estate Investment Trusts
- Form 1120-RICPreview
U.S. Income Tax Return for Regulated Investment Companies
Tax-exempt organizations
Nonprofits and benefit plans
The 990-series annual returns, plus the excise and information returns for private foundations, split-interest trusts and employee benefit plans.
- Form 990-NPreview
Electronic Notice (e-Postcard)
- Form 990-TPreview
Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return
- Form 990Preview
Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax
- Form 990-EZPreview
Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax
- Form 990-PFPreview
Return of Private Foundation
- Form 4720Preview
Excise Taxes Under Chapters 41 and 42
- Form 5227Preview
Split-Interest Trust Information Return
- Form 5330E-file live
Excise Taxes Related to Employee Benefit Plans
Tax year 2025
- Form 8038-CPPreview
Credit Payments to Issuers of Qualified Bonds
- Form 1120-POLComing soon
Income Tax Return for Certain Political Organizations
Fiduciary, estate and gift tax
Estates, trusts and gifts
For executors, trustees and donors: notice of a fiduciary relationship, the estate and trust income tax return, and the federal gift and estate tax returns.
- Form 56E-file live
Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship
- Form 1041Preview
U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts
- Form 709 / 709-NAPreview
United States Gift (and GST) Tax Return
- Form 706 / 706-NAComing soon
United States Estate (and GST) Tax Return
Federal extensions
More time to file
Free during each form's filing window. An extension only extends the time to file; any tax owed is still due.
Refund claims
Loss and credit carrybacks
Tentative-refund applications: carry back a net operating loss, net capital loss or unused general business credit for a quick refund of tax already paid.
Foreign withholding
Paying foreign persons
The withholding agent's annual return for U.S. source income paid to foreign persons, reported on Forms 1042-S.
- Form 1042Preview
Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons
Information returns
1099s and other information returns
The 1099, 1098, 5498, W-2G and 1042-S series, e-filed through the IRS Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) on our own transmitter.
- 36 information returnsPreview
Forms 1099, 1098, 5498, W-2G and 1042-S, through the IRS's IRIS system
Change of address
Moving, or a new responsible party
Tell the IRS — free. We fill the official Form 8822 or 8822-B for you to sign and mail. No charge, no upsells.
- Form 8822Paper
Change of Address (Individual)
- Form 8822-BPaper
Change of Address or Responsible Party (Business)
For tax professionals & software partners
The same validator, e-file path and IRS acknowledgements, three ways in. And the transmitter, for a firm that sends returns it builds itself.
The Toll Model
Each paid component of Gideon Tax has a toll target. While it is being built, people pay to use it. When it reaches its target, that component opens under the Christian Open Source License.
The road pays for itself. Then the road becomes public.
The 5-5-5 Model
Total: $3M — then Gideon Tax is fully open source.
Inside the federal “everything else” bucket, the first toll road is Gideon Transmitter with a target of $1,000.
One exception: human labor always stays paid. Code can be opened. Time, judgment, and responsibility cannot.
Form 1040 pricing
No upsells. No “you unlocked a higher tier.” No surprise charge because your taxes turned out to be less simple than you hoped. Two ways to file, and both prices are on this page.
The federal return only — no state return is filed here. You enter your figures; we work out every line and e-file the return.
File Form 1040 →$120 if you already file your excise returns with us. A person prepares the whole return; you review and sign before anything is filed.
Have us prepare it →A nonresident's Form 1040-NR is the same $5, federal only, on its own page. A bona fide resident of Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory files Form 1040-SS for $5 on its own page, in Spanish or English.
Other tax types — excise, employment, exempt-organization, estate and gift — are priced on their own pages.
Our Ethos
- 1.Christian and honest. No bait, no upsell screens, no punishment for finishing your return.
- 2.Simple pricing. You know what you pay before you start. It never gets more expensive mid-return.
- 3.Infrastructure, not rent extraction. Once a component reaches its toll target, it opens to the public forever.
- 4.Minimize compliance waste. Not by slogans. By building better roads through the mess. God willing.
Track toll progress toward open-sourcing each component.
Enrolled Agent Services
Ian Joiner is an Enrolled Agent, enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. Representation, notice responses, penalty abatement, consultations and planning — each at a price said before you start, after a first look that is free.
gideontax.com/enrolled-agent