back in 94, publish mag asked a few design firms to redesign the 1040ez. i can't find a link to their version, but here is one of the others from that project.. this contemporary version doesn't look as compelling to me. it doesn't earn any points in my book that the information designer is ok being quoted as saying that they didn't use helvetica becuase it "signals a lot of bad vibes". kottke suggests that the interface of tubotax is a redesign of sorts itself; now that's an interesting point. [update: kottke has a link to another redesign attempt]

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Matthew Vladimir [ 04/22/2004 11:48]: It now takes the average American 28 hours and 30 minutes to prepare the 1040 "long" form with the three common Schedules A, B, and D, an increase of 34% since 1995. The 1040A, or "short" form, along with the common Schedule 1, takes nearly as long to prepare (11 hours, 32 minutes) as the long form did just nine years ago.