Chicago Public Library offers resources to help you file your income taxes.
Federal
This year, there's the single 1040 form again (no 1040A or 1040EZ), and a new version of the 1040 form for seniors (anyone born before January 2, 1955), the 1040-SR form. We expect these forms, and Schedules 1-3, to be available at many CPL locations, but the IRS no longer distributes the Publications, other Schedules or Miscellaneous Forms.
Online versions of most forms and publications are available at IRS.gov. If you need to order print copies, go to Order Forms & Publications or call the tax product hotline at (800) 829-3676.
J.K. Lasser's your Income Tax, 2020
State
Like the IRS, the Illinois Department of Revenue has state tax forms to download and print.
Unlike the IRS, the State offers its own account management program, My Tax Illinois, where taxpayers can file returns, make payments and manage their tax accounts.
Get Help
Free tax help for qualified families and individuals is available.
Tax Prep Chicago connects Chicagoans with tax-filing assistance programs throughout the city.
Selected CPL locations offer tax assistance through LadderUp or the Tax Aide Program from the AARP Foundation:
- Austin (tax help hours)
- Avalon (tax help hours)
- Chicago Bee (tax help hours)
- Richard M. Daley (tax help hours)
- Hall (tax help hours)
- Harold Washington Library Center (tax help hours)
- Jeffery Manor (tax help hours)
- Little Village (tax help hours)
- Thurgood Marshall (tax help hours)
- Vodak-East Side (tax help hours)
- Whitney M. Young, Jr. Young (tax help hours)
- Woodson Regional Library (tax help hours)
