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"Normal" depends on how much you make, whether or not you have kids or are in school, among several other factors.
If you're single, you can get by with a one page form, called a 1040 EZ. If your tax situation is a bit more complicated, you get a 1040 A, which is about four pages, IIRC, and then there's the 1040 (plus accompanying schedules and forms) if you have some of the more complicated deductions or credits, or if you itemize your deductions. I did all our taxes when I lived in Texas but there was only one working, and only standard deductions so it was easy. Once I moved here and started school, Chris started doing ours with free software and electronic filing because they figure the education credits for you and those can get hairy to figure without help, or at least they're hard for me.
This year, the government decided to extend some previously thought to be expiring tax breaks, so the Internal Revenue Service is behind on those returns that have deductions or credits affected by those laws,which is what Kenny's is held up on.
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