BobKamman
Level 15

Remember when we were promised a tax form that was so simple it could be filed on a postcard?

For 2018 returns, the postcard turned into a full sheet of paper on just one side, at least if you printed out the software version.  I don't think IRS received any half-sheet returns filled out on both sides.

For 2019, IRS tacitly admitted defeat.  The 1040 took up about 2/3 of both sides of a full sheet, with room to doodle at the bottom.  It was not known whether doodles were also subject to penalty of perjury. 

Now it's 2020, and there is much less room at the bottom.  The first page of the 1040 has grown from 11 lines, to 15.  The second page ends at Line 37, not Line 24.

(I do like the idea of having separate lines for withholding from W-2s and 1099s.)

I'm not taking any bets on how 2021 will look, because I don't want to take anyone's money.  I know it will be back to the 2017 look.