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Veterans' disability severance payments received after 1991. There may still be time for some veterans to claim their refund for disability severance payments they received after 1991 and claimed as income. These veterans should take action soon if they received a notice and have not already filed Form 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, to claim a refund or credit of the overpayment attributable to the disability severance payment. See Disability Severance Payments to Veterans, later, for the filing deadline. Alimony and separate maintenance payments. Amounts paid as alimony or separate maintenance payments under a divorce or separation agreement executed after 2018 won't be deductible by the payer. Such amounts also won't be includible in the income of the recipient. Amounts received as alimony or separate maintenance pursuant to a divorce or separation executed on or before December 31, 2018, are includible in the recipient’s income unless that agreement was modified after December 31, 2018, to expressly provide that alimony received isn't included in your income. See your tax return instructions and Pub. 555. New Form 1040-SR. Form 1040-SR, U.S. Tax Return for Seniors, was introduced in 2019. You can use this form if you were born before January 2, 1955. The form generally mirrors Form 1040. If you use Form 1040-SR, you will use the same Schedules 1, 2, and 3 as Form 1040. The Instructions for Form 1040 are now the Instructions for Forms 1040 and 1040-SR. References to Form 1040-SR have been added throughout this publication. Form 1040 and its schedules. Beginning in 2019, Form 1040 will have three numbered schedules (Schedules 1, 2, and 3) instead of six. The line for capital gains and losses has been moved from Schedule 1 to Form 1040, line 6. Line references to Form 1040 and its schedules have been updated to reflect the new line numbers. Many members of the Armed Forces will only need to file Form 1040 and will not need to use the numbered schedules. However, if your return is more complicated (for example, you claim certain deductions or credits or owe additional taxes), you will need to complete one or more of the numbered schedules. If you e-file your return, you generally won't notice much of a change and the software you use will generally determine which schedules you use. For more details, see the 2019 Instructions for Forms 1040 and 1040-SR.
