diff --git a/cli/commands/export.ts b/cli/commands/export.ts
index b347fbc2a..059f5f541 100644
--- a/cli/commands/export.ts
+++ b/cli/commands/export.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ export async function exportMefCommand(
 export type ExportPdfArgs = ExportReturnArgs & {
   /** Output file path. Defaults to <baseDir>/<returnId>/export.pdf */
   readonly outputPath?: string;
+  /** Receives the form year's PDF notice, if it has one. */
+  readonly notice?: (message: string) => void;
 };
 
 export async function exportPdfCommand(
@@ -283,6 +285,7 @@ export async function exportPdfCommand(
   const outPath = args.outputPath ??
     join(args.baseDir, args.returnId, "export.pdf");
   await writeFile(outPath, outputBytes);
+  if (def.pdfNotice) args.notice?.(def.pdfNotice);
   return outPath;
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/main.ts b/cli/main.ts
index 110612e71..fa6d8eb7f 100644
--- a/cli/main.ts
+++ b/cli/main.ts
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ const COMMANDS: readonly CommandDef[] = [
             force,
             draft,
             outputPath,
+            notice: (message) => console.log(message),
           });
           console.log(`PDF written to ${writtenPath}`);
         });
diff --git a/core/types/form-definition.ts b/core/types/form-definition.ts
index b9187cd85..9646e1f88 100644
--- a/core/types/form-definition.ts
+++ b/core/types/form-definition.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export interface FormDefinition {
   readonly formType: string; // e.g. "f1040"
   readonly taxYear: number; // e.g. 2025
   readonly mefSchemaVersion: string; // e.g. "2025v3.0"
+  /** Shown with every PDF export, e.g. that it prints on IRS draft forms. */
+  readonly pdfNotice?: string;
   readonly inputNodes: readonly InputNodeEntry[];
   readonly registry: Record<string, TaxNode>;
   /** Single form-owned execution entrypoint for validated source inputs. */
diff --git a/docs/architecture/STRUCTURE.md b/docs/architecture/STRUCTURE.md
index 3bca41fc2..ed82b7bbd 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/STRUCTURE.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/STRUCTURE.md
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Public entrypoints are `mod.ts`, `catalog.ts`, `cli/main.ts`, and `forms/f1040/2
 │   │       ├── forms/             # Printed form projections by tax domain
 │   │       └── reviews/           # Retained review fixtures and contracts
 │   ├── 2026/
-│   │   └── index.ts / config.ts    # TY2026 entrypoint: 2025 graph, inputs and builders, 2026 context and schema version
+│   │   ├── index.ts / config.ts    # TY2026 entrypoint: 2025 graph, inputs and builders, 2026 context and schema version
+│   │   └── pdf/                   # 2025 PDF projections retargeted to the IRS 2026 draft forms
 │   ├── nodes/
 │   │   ├── config/                # Tax-year routing
 │   │   ├── inputs/<section>/<group>/<form>/         # Validated source nodes
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/builder.ts b/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/builder.ts
index e239544fa..4a16e8b53 100644
--- a/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/builder.ts
+++ b/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/builder.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ import {
 } from "../../nodes/intermediate/forms/credits/individual/form8839/public_source.ts";
 import { mefTaxYear } from "../mef/support/year-config.ts";
 
+/** The printed form set and return year a packet is rendered for. */
+export interface PdfBuildOptions {
+  readonly descriptors: ReadonlyArray<PdfFormDescriptor>;
+  readonly taxYear: number;
+  /** Recorded as the packet's PDF Subject. */
+  readonly subject?: string;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_PDF_BUILD: PdfBuildOptions = {
+  descriptors: ALL_PDF_FORMS,
+  taxYear: mefTaxYear(),
+};
+
 /** Diagnostic origin of a page in a prepared filled-PDF review packet. */
 export interface PdfPageOrigin {
   readonly pageNumber: number;
@@ -577,6 +590,7 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
   preparedBundleInput?: MefBundle,
   pageOrigins?: PdfPageOrigin[],
   paperOnly4972 = false,
+  options: PdfBuildOptions = DEFAULT_PDF_BUILD,
 ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
   // Preserve the authenticated disclosure identity and XML throughout awaits.
   const preparedBundle = preparedBundleInput
@@ -592,11 +606,11 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
     pending,
     (inputs) =>
       executeComposedSourceReturn(inputs, {
-        taxYear: mefTaxYear(),
+        taxYear: options.taxYear,
         formType: "f1040",
       }),
   );
-  assertSingleFarmQbiReturn(normalized, mefTaxYear());
+  assertSingleFarmQbiReturn(normalized, options.taxYear);
   if (normalized.f1040) {
     assertF1040FinalHeader(normalized.f1040, filer);
     assertLine1hSupportedSource(normalized.f1040, 2025, normalized, filer);
@@ -609,7 +623,7 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
   assert1099RRecipientOwner(normalized.f1099r, filer, 2025);
   assertPositiveW2GRecipient(normalized.w2g, filer, 2025);
   assertNecWithholdingRecipient(normalized.f1099nec, filer);
-  assert1099BRecipientOwner(normalized.f1099b, filer, mefTaxYear());
+  assert1099BRecipientOwner(normalized.f1099b, filer, options.taxYear);
   assertNoRepeatedBrokerSaleSources(normalized.f1099b, normalized.f8949);
   assertCapitalSaleSourceRows(normalized, 2025);
   assertPatrIssuedCopies(normalized.f1099patr);
@@ -619,18 +633,18 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
     normalized,
     filer,
     preparedBundle?.retainedSourceDocuments !== undefined,
-    mefTaxYear(),
+    options.taxYear,
   );
   await assertForm4852RetainedEvidence(
     normalized,
     filer,
     preparedBundle?.retainedSourceDocuments ?? [],
-    mefTaxYear(),
+    options.taxYear,
   );
   await assertForm8874CdeStatusEvidence(
     normalized,
     preparedBundle?.retainedSourceDocuments ?? [],
-    mefTaxYear(),
+    options.taxYear,
   );
   reconcileForm8606RothInventories(normalized, filer);
   reconcileForm8606RothActivity(normalized, filer);
@@ -646,7 +660,7 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
   assertTaxExemptInterestSource(normalized);
   assertBusinessSchedule1Amounts(normalized);
   assertOwned7203RequiredCopies(normalized, {
-    taxYear: mefTaxYear(),
+    taxYear: options.taxYear,
     formType: "f1040",
   });
   assertHsaExcessRequiredCopy(normalized);
@@ -689,7 +703,7 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
     assertSchedule1Form8621Source({
       ...normalized,
       form8949: pending.form8949,
-    }, { taxYear: mefTaxYear(), formType: "f1040" });
+    }, { taxYear: options.taxYear, formType: "f1040" });
     assertSchedule1NecSourceIdentity(normalized, filer);
     assertSchedule1KSourceIdentity(normalized, filer);
     assertScheduleFFarmSourceIdentity(normalized, filer);
@@ -722,13 +736,13 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
       normalized.f8835,
       filer,
       [],
-      mefTaxYear(),
+      options.taxYear,
     );
     await assertForm8835DomesticStatements(
       normalized.f8835,
       filer,
       [],
-      mefTaxYear(),
+      options.taxYear,
     );
     await assertForm8835IncreaseStatements(normalized.f8835, filer, []);
   }
@@ -746,13 +760,13 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
       normalized.f8835,
       filer,
       preparedBundle.attachments,
-      mefTaxYear(),
+      options.taxYear,
     );
     await assertForm8835DomesticStatements(
       normalized.f8835,
       filer,
       preparedBundle.attachments,
-      mefTaxYear(),
+      options.taxYear,
     );
     await assertForm8835IncreaseStatements(
       normalized.f8835,
@@ -771,7 +785,7 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
       preparedBundle.pending,
       filer,
       preparedBundle.attachments,
-      mefTaxYear(),
+      options.taxYear,
     );
     if (
       (preparedBundle.form3800Parts === undefined) !==
@@ -906,12 +920,12 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
     normalized,
     "pdf",
     preparedBundle?.form8886Packets,
-    mefTaxYear(),
+    options.taxYear,
   );
   const merged = await PDFDocument.create({ updateMetadata: false });
   const copyCounts = new Map<string, number>();
 
-  for (const registeredDescriptor of ALL_PDF_FORMS) {
+  for (const registeredDescriptor of options.descriptors) {
     const descriptor = paperOnly4972 &&
         registeredDescriptor.pendingKey === "form4972"
       ? form4972PaperPdf
@@ -1095,6 +1109,7 @@ async function buildPdfBytesInternal(
       "No PDF forms were generated — return may have no computed data.",
     );
   }
+  if (options.subject !== undefined) merged.setSubject(options.subject);
 
   return merged.save();
 }
@@ -1105,6 +1120,7 @@ export function buildPdfBytes(
   cacheDir = ".pdf-cache",
   preparedBundle?: MefBundle,
   pageOrigins?: PdfPageOrigin[],
+  options: PdfBuildOptions = DEFAULT_PDF_BUILD,
 ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
   return buildPdfBytesInternal(
     pending,
@@ -1112,6 +1128,8 @@ export function buildPdfBytes(
     cacheDir,
     preparedBundle,
     pageOrigins,
+    false,
+    options,
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts b/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts
index 220689763..155b2e31b 100644
--- a/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts
+++ b/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ const fields: ReadonlyArray<PdfFieldEntry> = [
 function line1hType(
   fields: Record<string, unknown>,
   allPending: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>,
+  taxYear: number,
 ):
   | "FEC"
   | "EXCESS DEFERRALS"
@@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ function line1hType(
   if (allPending.w2 !== undefined) {
     const excess = codeDExcessDeferral(
       w2InputSchema.parse(allPending.w2).w2s,
-      mefTaxYear(),
+      taxYear,
     );
     if (excess.amount > 0) {
       sources.push({ type: "EXCESS DEFERRALS", amount: excess.amount });
@@ -763,7 +764,7 @@ function line1hType(
           items.length
       ) {
         throw new Error(
-          "Form 1040 PDF line 1h corrective distributions need identified 2025 Form 1099-R sources",
+          `Form 1040 PDF line 1h corrective distributions need identified ${taxYear} Form 1099-R sources`,
         );
       }
       sources.push({
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ function line1hType(
       });
     }
   }
-  const disability = retainedDisabilityPension(allPending, 2025);
+  const disability = retainedDisabilityPension(allPending, taxYear);
   if (disability > 0) {
     sources.push({ type: "DISABILITY PENSION", amount: disability });
   }
@@ -808,14 +809,16 @@ function line1hType(
   return mixedFecExcess ? "FEC + EXCESS DEFERRALS" : sources[0].type;
 }
 
-export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
+/** Form 1040 projection and guards for the return year; the 2025 layout. */
+export function form1040PdfFor(taxYear: number): PdfFormDescriptor {
+  return {
   pendingKey: "f1040",
   // Year-pinned: /pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf silently changes revision each filing
   // season; this module is the 2025 form and must always fetch the 2025 PDF.
   pdfUrl: "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2025.pdf",
   projectFields(fields, allPending) {
-    assertHohQualifyingChildSource(fields, allPending, 2025);
-    assertQssNonclaimedChildSource(fields, allPending, 2025);
+    assertHohQualifyingChildSource(fields, allPending, taxYear);
+    assertQssNonclaimedChildSource(fields, allPending, taxYear);
     const hasForm8888 = allPending.f8888 !== undefined;
     if (
       hasForm8888 &&
@@ -832,7 +835,7 @@ export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
     assertPositive1099MOwner(fields, allPending);
     assertPositive1099NecOwner(fields, allPending);
     assertPositive1099PatrOwner(fields, allPending);
-    assertJointDependentRefundSource(fields, allPending, 2025);
+    assertJointDependentRefundSource(fields, allPending, taxYear);
     assertNoUnsupportedDeceasedReturn(
       fields,
       allPending?.general as Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
@@ -840,8 +843,8 @@ export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
     assertLine36EstimatedTaxSource(fields, allPending);
     assertPresidentialCampaignSource(fields, allPending);
     assertReturnWideArithmetic(fields);
-    const printLine1hType = line1hType(fields, allPending);
-    assertLine1hSupportedSource(fields, 2025, allPending);
+    const printLine1hType = line1hType(fields, allPending, taxYear);
+    assertLine1hSupportedSource(fields, taxYear, allPending);
     assertDirectCapitalGainDistributionSource(fields, allPending);
     const standard = fields.line12a_standard_deduction;
     const itemized = fields.line12e_itemized_deductions;
@@ -861,7 +864,7 @@ export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
     const printFormerSpouseEstimatedTaxSsn = assertEstimatedPaymentLine26(
       fields,
       allPending,
-      2025,
+      taxYear,
     );
     assertOtherFormsWithholding(fields, allPending);
     assertReturnScheduleJoins(fields, allPending);
@@ -903,7 +906,7 @@ export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
         (dep.ssn ?? dep.itin ?? dep.atin)?.replaceAll("-", "");
       printedDependents[`dependent_${i}_relationship`] = dep.relationship;
       printedDependents[`dependent_${i}_home`] =
-        dependentLivedWithFilerOverHalfYear(dep, mefTaxYear());
+        dependentLivedWithFilerOverHalfYear(dep, taxYear);
       printedDependents[`dependent_${i}_home_us`] =
         dep.lived_in_us_over_half_year;
       printedDependents[`dependent_${i}_full_time_student`] =
@@ -937,7 +940,7 @@ export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
           "Form 1040 PDF line 5c needs valid Form 1099-R source facts",
         );
       }
-      assertIraRolloverEvidence(source.data.f1099rs, 2025);
+      assertIraRolloverEvidence(source.data.f1099rs, taxYear);
       if (rollover !== source.data.f1099rs.some(isPensionDirectRollover)) {
         throw new Error(
           "Form 1040 PDF line 5c rollover does not match the payer-reported Form 1099-R code G",
@@ -1297,4 +1300,7 @@ export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
       pdfField: "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Address_ReadOrder[0].f1_27[0]",
     },
   ],
-};
+  };
+}
+
+export const irs1040Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = form1040PdfFor(mefTaxYear());
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts b/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts
index 87cf73ccd..78fea62f1 100644
--- a/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts
+++ b/forms/f1040/2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { mefTaxYear } from "../../../../mef/support/year-config.ts";
 import type { PdfFieldEntry, PdfFormDescriptor } from "../../../review-support/form-descriptor.ts";
 import { scheduleR } from "../../../../mef/forms/credits/elderly-disabled/schedule_r.ts";
 import { assertSchedule3Line8Join } from "../../../../domains/credits/individual/schedule3_line8_join.ts";
@@ -176,7 +177,9 @@ const fields: ReadonlyArray<PdfFieldEntry> = [
   },
 ];
 
-export const schedule3Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
+/** Schedule 3 projection and guards for the return year; the 2025 layout. */
+export function schedule3PdfFor(taxYear: number): PdfFormDescriptor {
+  return {
   pendingKey: "schedule3",
   pdfUrl: "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2025.pdf",
   fields,
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ export const schedule3Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
       ? { ...fields, line6l_form8978_credit: line6l }
       : fields;
     assertSchedule3PrintedTotals(projected, allPending);
-    assertSchedule3PaymentSources(projected, allPending, 2025);
+    assertSchedule3PaymentSources(projected, allPending, taxYear);
     assertSchedule3Line6jSource(
       fields.line6j_alt_fuel_vehicle_refueling,
       allPending.f8911,
@@ -222,4 +225,7 @@ export const schedule3Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = {
       pdfField: "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_02[0]",
     },
   ],
-};
+  };
+}
+
+export const schedule3Pdf: PdfFormDescriptor = schedule3PdfFor(mefTaxYear());
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/README.md b/forms/f1040/2026/README.md
index ab744b838..e886c0730 100644
--- a/forms/f1040/2026/README.md
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@
 `ctx.taxYear = 2026`, on the 2025 registry, staged return pipeline
 (`2025/return-processing/execute_return.ts`), MeF builder and pending
 normalization with the 2026v1.0 schema. It accepts every input TY2025 accepts;
-there is no allowlist. PDF output is refused.
+there is no allowlist.
+
+PDF output (`pdf/builder.ts`) prints Form 1040 and Schedules 1, 2 and 3 on the
+IRS 2026 early-release drafts, fetched from `irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/` and pinned by
+SHA-256 like the 2025 templates; the IRS cover sheet is dropped and the packet's
+PDF Subject and the CLI say it uses draft forms. Each overlay in `pdf/forms/`
+reuses the 2025 projection and renames only the fields the 2026 form moved.
+Every other form refuses by name when the return needs it, as do refundable
+credits that need Schedule 3-A (Form 1040 lines 27a-30). A redrafted IRS PDF
+fails its digest until the mapping is reviewed.
 
 Year differences live in two places, never in a 2026 copy of a node:
 
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/index.test.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/index.test.ts
index 5660bdcb9..d77ba3453 100644
--- a/forms/f1040/2026/index.test.ts
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/index.test.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ test("TY2026 accepts every input TY2025 accepts, on the same registry", () => {
   assertStrictEquals(f1040_2026.registry, f1040_2025.registry);
 });
 
-test("TY2026 PDF output is refused rather than printed on 2025 forms", async () => {
+test("TY2026 PDF prints on IRS 2026 forms and says they are drafts", async () => {
   let message = "";
   try {
     await f1040_2026.buildPdfBytes({}, undefined);
   } catch (error) {
     message = String(error);
   }
-  assertEquals(message.includes("TY2026 PDF"), true);
+  assertEquals(message.includes("No PDF forms were generated"), true);
+  assertEquals(f1040_2026.pdfNotice?.includes("IRS draft forms"), true);
+  assertEquals(f1040_2025.pdfNotice, undefined);
 });
 
 const sample = (id: string) => {
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/index.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/index.ts
index 76fa6be75..72f66e3e4 100644
--- a/forms/f1040/2026/index.ts
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import type { MefFormsPending } from "../2025/mef/types.ts";
 import { assertF1040FinalHeader } from "../2025/domains/general/return-assembly/filer-source-reconciliation.ts";
 import { executeF1040Return } from "../2025/return-processing/execute_return.ts";
 import { F1040_2026_CONFIG } from "./config.ts";
+import { buildPdfBytes2026 } from "./pdf/builder.ts";
+import { TY2026_DRAFT_NOTICE } from "./pdf/draft-template.ts";
 
 const context = { taxYear: F1040_2026_CONFIG.taxYear, formType: "f1040" };
 
@@ -17,15 +19,12 @@ function executeReturn(inputs: Record<string, unknown>) {
   return executeF1040Return(inputs, context);
 }
 
-function noPdf(): never {
-  throw new Error("TY2026 PDF forms are not available yet; export MeF XML");
-}
-
 export const f1040_2026: FormDefinition = {
   ...F1040_2026_CONFIG,
   inputNodes,
   registry,
   executeReturn,
+  pdfNotice: TY2026_DRAFT_NOTICE,
   prepareReturn: async (
     pendingInput,
     filerInput,
@@ -50,7 +49,11 @@ export const f1040_2026: FormDefinition = {
       year: F1040_2026_CONFIG.taxYear,
       returnType: "1040",
     });
-    return { bundle, renderPdf: () => Promise.resolve(noPdf()) };
+    return {
+      bundle,
+      renderPdf: () =>
+        buildPdfBytes2026(bundle.pending, filer, ".pdf-cache", bundle),
+    };
   },
   buildMefXml: (pending, filer) =>
     buildMefXml(
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ export const f1040_2026: FormDefinition = {
       F1040_2026_CONFIG.taxYear,
       "1040",
     ),
-  buildPdfBytes: () => Promise.resolve(noPdf()),
+  buildPdfBytes: (pending, filer) => buildPdfBytes2026(pending, filer),
   buildPending: (pending: Record<string, unknown>) =>
     buildPending(pending) as Record<string, unknown>,
 };
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/builder.test.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/builder.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2beea9937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/builder.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { test } from "bun:test";
+import { assertEquals, assertMatch, assertRejects } from "@std/assert";
+import { PDFDocument } from "pdf-lib";
+import * as fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import * as sys from "../../../../scripts/support/sys.ts";
+import { signed } from "../../../../scripts/testing/mef.ts";
+import { pdfReviewFixtures } from "../../2025/pdf/review-fixtures.ts";
+import { extractFilerIdentity } from "../../mef/filer.ts";
+import { Box12Code } from "../../nodes/inputs/income/wages/w2/index.ts";
+import { f1040_2026 } from "../index.ts";
+import { TY2026_DRAFT_NOTICE } from "./draft-template.ts";
+import { TY2026_PDF_MAPPED_FORMS, ty2026PdfForms } from "./builder.ts";
+import { loadPdfTemplate } from "../../2025/pdf/support/template-cache.ts";
+
+const fixture = (id: string) => {
+  const row = pdfReviewFixtures.find((candidate) => candidate.id === id);
+  if (!row) throw new Error(`missing sample ${id}`);
+  return row.inputs as Record<string, unknown>;
+};
+
+async function render(inputs: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  const result = f1040_2026.executeReturn(signed(inputs));
+  const pending = result.pending as Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+  const filer = extractFilerIdentity(pending.f1040 ?? {});
+  return await f1040_2026.buildPdfBytes(
+    f1040_2026.buildPending(pending),
+    filer,
+  );
+}
+
+async function text(bytes: Uint8Array): Promise<string> {
+  const path = await sys.makeTempFile({ suffix: ".pdf" });
+  try {
+    await fs.writeFile(path, bytes);
+    const out = await new sys.Command("pdftotext", {
+      args: ["-layout", path, "-"],
+      stdout: "piped",
+      stderr: "piped",
+    }).output();
+    assertEquals(out.success, true, new TextDecoder().decode(out.stderr));
+    return new TextDecoder().decode(out.stdout).replace(/[ \t]+/g, " ");
+  } finally {
+    await sys.remove(path);
+  }
+}
+
+test("TY2026 PDF prints Form 1040 and Schedule 3 on the 2026 draft lines", async () => {
+  const bytes = await render(
+    fixture("single-two-employers-excess-social-security"),
+  );
+  const doc = await PDFDocument.load(bytes, { updateMetadata: false });
+  assertEquals(doc.getPageCount(), 3);
+  assertEquals(doc.getSubject(), TY2026_DRAFT_NOTICE);
+  const printed = await text(bytes);
+  assertMatch(printed, /Individual Income Tax Return 2026/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /DRAFT/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /1a Total amount from Form\(s\) W-2[^\n]* 1a 200000/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /12e Standard deduction[^\n]* 12e 16100/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /24a Add lines 22 and 23[^\n]* 24a 36734/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /24c Add lines 24a and 24b[^\n]* 24c 36734/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /32c Subtract line 32b[^\n]* 32c 961/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /11 Excess social security[^\n]* 11 961/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /15 Add lines 9 through 12 and 14[^\n]* 15 961/);
+});
+
+test("TY2026 PDF prints Schedule 1 on the 2026 draft", async () => {
+  const printed = await text(
+    await render(fixture("single-mixed-box8-rtaa-taxable-grant-line8z")),
+  );
+  assertMatch(printed, /SCHEDULE 1[\s\S]*2026/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /8 Additional income from Schedule 1, line 10[^\n]* 8 1750/);
+});
+
+test("TY2026 PDF moves W-2 uncollected tax to Schedule 2 line 17c", async () => {
+  const inputs = fixture("single-two-employers-excess-social-security");
+  const [first] = inputs.w2 as Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  const printed = await text(
+    await render({
+      ...inputs,
+      w2: [{
+        ...first,
+        box12_entries: [{ code: Box12Code.A, amount: 300 }],
+      }],
+    }),
+  );
+  assertMatch(printed, /SCHEDULE 2[\s\S]*2026/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /17c Uncollected social security[\s\S]*?17c 300/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /17d Total other employment taxes[^\n]* 17d 300/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /20 Total additional employment[^\n]* 20 300/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /\n 21 [^\n]*\n[^\n]* 21 300/);
+  assertMatch(printed, /23 Additional taxes[^\n]* 23 300/);
+});
+
+test("TY2026 PDF refuses, by name, a form with no TY2026 mapping", async () => {
+  await assertRejects(
+    () => render(fixture("single-form2441-child-care-credit")),
+    Error,
+    "TY2026 PDF export needs form2441",
+  );
+});
+
+test("every TY2026 mapped field exists on its pinned 2026 template", async () => {
+  const forms = await ty2026PdfForms();
+  for (const key of TY2026_PDF_MAPPED_FORMS) {
+    const descriptor = forms.find((row) => row.pendingKey === key)!;
+    const doc = await PDFDocument.load(
+      await loadPdfTemplate(
+        descriptor.pdfUrl,
+        ".pdf-cache",
+        descriptor.pdfSha256,
+      ),
+      { ignoreEncryption: true, updateMetadata: false },
+    );
+    const names = new Set(doc.getForm().getFields().map((f) => f.getName()));
+    const missing = [...descriptor.fields, ...(descriptor.filerFields ?? [])]
+      .flatMap((entry) => [
+        entry.pdfField,
+        ...("extraPdfFields" in entry ? entry.extraPdfFields ?? [] : []),
+      ])
+      .filter((name) => !names.has(name));
+    assertEquals(missing, [], key);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/builder.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/builder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9e945963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/builder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import type { FilerIdentity } from "../../mef/header.ts";
+import type { MefBundle } from "../../2025/mef/builder.ts";
+import type { PdfPageOrigin } from "../../2025/pdf/builder.ts";
+import type { PdfFormDescriptor } from "../../2025/pdf/review-support/form-descriptor.ts";
+import { refusedOnTy2026, TY2026_DRAFT_NOTICE } from "./draft-template.ts";
+import { irs1040Pdf2026 } from "./forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts";
+import { schedule1Pdf2026 } from "./forms/general/return-assembly/schedule1.ts";
+import { schedule3Pdf2026 } from "./forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts";
+import { schedule2Pdf2026 } from "./forms/taxes/other/schedule2.ts";
+
+const MAPPED: ReadonlyMap<string, PdfFormDescriptor> = new Map(
+  [irs1040Pdf2026, schedule1Pdf2026, schedule2Pdf2026, schedule3Pdf2026].map(
+    (descriptor) => [descriptor.pendingKey, descriptor],
+  ),
+);
+
+/** The 2025 print order; forms without a TY2026 mapping refuse when needed. */
+export async function ty2026PdfForms(): Promise<
+  ReadonlyArray<PdfFormDescriptor>
+> {
+  // Loaded on use: a static import of the 2025 PDF modules here makes the
+  // compiled binary emit an undefined async-init helper (Bun 1.4.2).
+  const { ALL_PDF_FORMS } = await import("../../2025/pdf/forms/index.ts");
+  return ALL_PDF_FORMS.map((descriptor) =>
+    MAPPED.get(descriptor.pendingKey) ?? refusedOnTy2026(descriptor)
+  );
+}
+
+export const TY2026_PDF_MAPPED_FORMS: readonly string[] = [...MAPPED.keys()];
+
+export async function buildPdfBytes2026(
+  pending: Record<string, unknown>,
+  filer: FilerIdentity | undefined,
+  cacheDir = ".pdf-cache",
+  preparedBundle?: MefBundle,
+  pageOrigins?: PdfPageOrigin[],
+): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+  const { buildPdfBytes } = await import("../../2025/pdf/builder.ts");
+  return await buildPdfBytes(
+    pending,
+    filer,
+    cacheDir,
+    preparedBundle,
+    pageOrigins,
+    {
+      descriptors: await ty2026PdfForms(),
+      taxYear: 2026,
+      subject: TY2026_DRAFT_NOTICE,
+    },
+  );
+}
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/draft-template.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/draft-template.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad31ebc5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/draft-template.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import type {
+  PdfFieldEntry,
+  PdfFormDescriptor,
+} from "../../2025/pdf/review-support/form-descriptor.ts";
+
+/** A pinned IRS TY2026 form PDF and the pages that carry the form. */
+export interface Ty2026Template {
+  readonly pdfUrl: string;
+  readonly pdfSha256: string;
+  /** Draft PDFs open with an IRS cover sheet that is not part of the form. */
+  readonly formPages: readonly number[];
+}
+
+export const TY2026_DRAFT_NOTICE =
+  "TY2026 PDF uses IRS draft forms (DRAFT — DO NOT FILE); file the MeF XML";
+
+function renameEntry(
+  entry: PdfFieldEntry,
+  rename: Readonly<Record<string, string>>,
+): PdfFieldEntry {
+  const name = (field: string) => rename[field] ?? field;
+  return "extraPdfFields" in entry && entry.extraPdfFields
+    ? {
+      ...entry,
+      pdfField: name(entry.pdfField),
+      extraPdfFields: entry.extraPdfFields.map(name),
+    }
+    : { ...entry, pdfField: name(entry.pdfField) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * The 2025 projection printed on a 2026 template. `rename` maps a 2025 field
+ * name to its 2026 name; `drop` removes domain keys the 2026 form has no box for.
+ */
+export function onTy2026Template(
+  base: PdfFormDescriptor,
+  template: Ty2026Template,
+  rename: Readonly<Record<string, string>>,
+  drop: readonly string[] = [],
+  added: readonly PdfFieldEntry[] = [],
+): PdfFormDescriptor {
+  const keep = (entry: PdfFieldEntry) => !drop.includes(entry.domainKey);
+  return {
+    ...base,
+    pdfUrl: template.pdfUrl,
+    pdfSha256: template.pdfSha256,
+    pageIndices: () => template.formPages,
+    fields: [
+      ...base.fields.filter(keep).map((entry) => renameEntry(entry, rename)),
+      ...added,
+    ],
+    filerFields: base.filerFields?.map((entry) => ({
+      ...entry,
+      ...renameEntry(entry, rename),
+    })),
+  };
+}
+
+/** Throws when the return needs a form that has no TY2026 PDF mapping yet. */
+export function refusedOnTy2026(base: PdfFormDescriptor): PdfFormDescriptor {
+  const form = base.printedFormKey ?? base.pendingKey;
+  const pdf = base.pdfUrl.split("/").pop() ?? base.pdfUrl;
+  return {
+    pendingKey: base.pendingKey,
+    printedFormKey: base.printedFormKey,
+    pdfUrl: base.pdfUrl,
+    presenceKey: base.presenceKey,
+    projectFields: base.projectFields,
+    instances: base.instances,
+    fields: base.fields,
+    rows: base.rows,
+    includeWhenNoMappedData: base.includeWhenNoMappedData,
+    includeWhen(fields, allPending) {
+      if (base.includeWhen && !base.includeWhen(fields, allPending)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      throw new Error(
+        `TY2026 PDF export needs ${form} (2025 template ${pdf}), which has no TY2026 PDF mapping yet; export MeF XML`,
+      );
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e5aadaf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+import { form1040PdfFor } from "../../../../../2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/f1040.ts";
+import type { PdfFormDescriptor } from "../../../../../2025/pdf/review-support/form-descriptor.ts";
+import { onTy2026Template } from "../../../draft-template.ts";
+
+// IRS 2026 Form 1040 early-release draft (Created 4/27/26), page 1 is the
+// IRS cover sheet. Against the 2025 form: two citizenship questions add
+// c1_11/c1_12, so later page-1 boxes move +2; line 12f (f2_03) is new; lines
+// 13a and 13b swap (13a is Schedule 1-A, 13b QBI); line 24 becomes 24a/24b/24c
+// and line 32 becomes 32a/32b/32c; the line 28 ACTC opt-out box is gone.
+const RENAME: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Checkbox_ReadOrder[0].c1_8[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_8[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Checkbox_ReadOrder[0].c1_8[1]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_8[1]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Checkbox_ReadOrder[0].c1_8[2]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_8[2]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_8[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].HOH-QSS_ReadOrder[0].c1_8[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_8[1]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].HOH-QSS_ReadOrder[0].c1_8[1]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_9[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Nonresident_ReadOrder[0].c1_9[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Dependents_ReadOrder[0].c1_11[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Dependents_ReadOrder[0].c1_13[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_32[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_34[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Checkbox_ReadOrder[0].f1_28[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_28[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent1[0].c1_12[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent1[0].c1_14[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent1[0].c1_13[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent1[0].c1_15[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent1[0].c1_20[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent1[0].c1_22[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent1[0].c1_21[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent1[0].c1_23[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent1[0].c1_28[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent1[0].c1_30[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent1[0].c1_28[1]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent1[0].c1_30[1]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent2[0].c1_14[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent2[0].c1_16[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent2[0].c1_15[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent2[0].c1_17[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent2[0].c1_22[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent2[0].c1_24[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent2[0].c1_23[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent2[0].c1_25[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent2[0].c1_29[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent2[0].c1_31[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent2[0].c1_29[1]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent2[0].c1_31[1]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent3[0].c1_16[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent3[0].c1_18[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent3[0].c1_17[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent3[0].c1_19[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent3[0].c1_24[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent3[0].c1_26[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent3[0].c1_25[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent3[0].c1_27[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent3[0].c1_30[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent3[0].c1_32[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent3[0].c1_30[1]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent3[0].c1_32[1]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent4[0].c1_18[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent4[0].c1_20[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent4[0].c1_19[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row5[0].Dependent4[0].c1_21[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent4[0].c1_26[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent4[0].c1_28[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent4[0].c1_27[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row6[0].Dependent4[0].c1_29[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent4[0].c1_31[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent4[0].c1_33[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent4[0].c1_31[1]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Table_Dependents[0].Row7[0].Dependent4[0].c1_33[1]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_33[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_35[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_34[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_36[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_35[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_37[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_36[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_38[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_38[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_40[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_39[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_41[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_42[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_44[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_43[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_45[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_44[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].c1_46[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_03[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_05[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_05[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_06[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_06[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_07[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_07[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_08[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_08[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_09[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_09[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_10[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_10[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_11[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_11[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_12[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_12[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_13[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_13[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_14[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_14[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_15[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_15[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_16[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_16[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_17[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_17[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].Line25_ReadOrder[0].f2_20[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_18[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_21[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_19[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_22[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_20[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_23[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_21[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_24[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].SSN_ReadOrder[0].f2_22[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].Estimated_ReadOrder[0].f2_25[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_23[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_26[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_24[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_27[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_25[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_28[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_26[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_29[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_27[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].Line31-32_ReadOrder[0].f2_30[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_28[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].Line31-32_ReadOrder[0].f2_31[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_29[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_34[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_30[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_35[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_31[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_36[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_34[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_39[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].c2_15[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].c2_14[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_35[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_40[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_36[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_41[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].RoutingNo[0].f2_32[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].RoutingNo[0].f2_37[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].c2_16[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].c2_15[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].c2_16[1]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].c2_15[1]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].AccountNo[0].f2_33[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].AccountNo[0].f2_38[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_40[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_45[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_41[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_46[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_42[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_47[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_43[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_48[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_44[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_49[0]",
+  "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_45[0]":
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0].f2_50[0]",};
+
+const PAGE2 = "topmostSubform[0].Page2[0]";
+const REFUNDABLE_LINES = [
+  "line27_eitc",
+  "line28_actc",
+  "line29_refundable_aoc",
+  "line30_refundable_adoption",
+] as const;
+
+function assertTy2026Printable(fields: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  const positive = (key: string) =>
+    typeof fields[key] === "number" && (fields[key] as number) > 0;
+  const refundable = REFUNDABLE_LINES.filter(positive);
+  if (refundable.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `TY2026 PDF Form 1040 ${
+        refundable.join(", ")
+      } needs Schedule 3-A (line 32b), which is not modeled; export MeF XML`,
+    );
+  }
+  if (fields.print_do_not_claim_actc === true) {
+    throw new Error("TY2026 draft Form 1040 has no ACTC opt-out box");
+  }
+  if (
+    typeof fields.print_form8814_line7a_note === "string" ||
+    positive("form8621_1294_deferred_tax")
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "TY2026 PDF Form 1040 line 7a and line 24 notes are placed for the 2025 layout only",
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+const base = form1040PdfFor(2026);
+const draft = onTy2026Template(
+  base,
+  {
+    pdfUrl: "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1040--dft.pdf",
+    pdfSha256:
+      "e044e765ace334c76bda7910bd3193fc813c7789d06340124359b885c98d58d0",
+    formPages: [1, 2],
+  },
+  RENAME,
+  ["print_do_not_claim_actc"],
+  [{
+    kind: "text",
+    domainKey: "line12f_nonitemizer_charitable",
+    pdfField: `${PAGE2}.f2_03[0]`,
+  }],
+);
+
+const TOTALS: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
+  // Form 1062 (24b) and Schedule 3-A (32b) are not modeled, so 24c = 24a and
+  // 32c = 32a; refundable credits that would need Schedule 3-A are refused.
+  line24_total_tax: `${PAGE2}.f2_19[0]`,
+  line32_refundable_credits_total: `${PAGE2}.f2_33[0]`,
+};
+
+export const irs1040Pdf2026: PdfFormDescriptor = {
+  ...draft,
+  fields: draft.fields.map((entry) =>
+    entry.kind === "text" && TOTALS[entry.domainKey]
+      ? { ...entry, extraPdfFields: [TOTALS[entry.domainKey]] }
+      : entry
+  ),
+  projectFields(fields, allPending) {
+    const projected = base.projectFields?.(fields, allPending) ?? fields;
+    assertTy2026Printable(projected);
+    return projected;
+  },
+  decoratePages: undefined,
+};
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule1.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f4fa1ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { schedule1Pdf } from "../../../../../2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule1/schedule1.ts";
+import type { PdfFormDescriptor } from "../../../../../2025/pdf/review-support/form-descriptor.ts";
+import { onTy2026Template } from "../../../draft-template.ts";
+
+// IRS 2026 Schedule 1 draft (page 1 is the IRS cover sheet). Every mapped
+// field keeps its 2025 name and line; only the unmapped line 24 container
+// was renamed.
+export const schedule1Pdf2026: PdfFormDescriptor = onTy2026Template(
+  schedule1Pdf,
+  {
+    pdfUrl: "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1040s1--dft.pdf",
+    pdfSha256:
+      "a017a1b717d1c70ff8d831ef8b73c730e5b24f147c394c37f792035a9df22fad",
+    formPages: [1, 2],
+  },
+  {},
+);
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d6a57a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { schedule3PdfFor } from "../../../../../2025/pdf/forms/general/return-assembly/schedule3.ts";
+import type { PdfFormDescriptor } from "../../../../../2025/pdf/review-support/form-descriptor.ts";
+import { onTy2026Template } from "../../../draft-template.ts";
+
+// IRS 2026 Schedule 3 draft (page 1 is the IRS cover sheet). Line 5b is
+// reserved and new line 13e (Form 1062) takes f1_34, so lines 14 and 15 move
+// to f1_37 and f1_38.
+const base = schedule3PdfFor(2026);
+const draft = onTy2026Template(
+  base,
+  {
+    pdfUrl: "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1040s3--dft.pdf",
+    pdfSha256:
+      "5feb6f8d0f08191a2da153573d195fc354f385e26915b99b57d4588893b7cef0",
+    formPages: [1],
+  },
+  {
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_36[0]": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_37[0]",
+    "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_37[0]": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_38[0]",
+  },
+  ["line5b_energy_efficient_home"],
+);
+
+export const schedule3Pdf2026: PdfFormDescriptor = {
+  ...draft,
+  projectFields(fields, allPending) {
+    const projected = base.projectFields?.(fields, allPending) ?? fields;
+    const line5b = projected.line5b_energy_efficient_home;
+    if (typeof line5b === "number" && line5b > 0) {
+      throw new Error("TY2026 Schedule 3 line 5b is reserved");
+    }
+    return projected;
+  },
+};
diff --git a/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/taxes/other/schedule2.ts b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/taxes/other/schedule2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49301eef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forms/f1040/2026/pdf/forms/taxes/other/schedule2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+import { schedule2Pdf } from "../../../../../2025/pdf/forms/taxes/other/schedule2.ts";
+import type {
+  PdfFieldEntry,
+  PdfFormDescriptor,
+} from "../../../../../2025/pdf/review-support/form-descriptor.ts";
+import { section1294DueFromCalculatedForm } from "../../../../../nodes/inputs/income/foreign/f8621/section1294.ts";
+
+// IRS 2026 Schedule 2 draft (page 1 is the IRS cover sheet). Part I keeps the
+// 2025 lines. Part II is regrouped: Section A income taxes (lines 4-15),
+// Section B employment and other taxes (16a-20) and line 21. The 2025 values
+// are reassigned to the 2026 lines below; the Form 8959 and Form 5329 amounts
+// split by their source lines. Line 12 (section 965) is not in the total.
+const P1 = "form1[0].Page1[0]";
+const P2 = "form1[0].Page2[0]";
+
+const LINES: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, string]> = [
+  ["line1a_excess_advance_premium", `${P1}.Line1_ReadOrder[0].f1_03[0]`],
+  ["line1b_new_clean_vehicle_repayment", `${P1}.f1_04[0]`],
+  ["line1c_prev_owned_clean_vehicle_repayment", `${P1}.f1_05[0]`],
+  ["line1d_form4255_net_epe", `${P1}.f1_06[0]`],
+  ["line1e_form4255_excessive_payment", `${P1}.f1_07[0]`],
+  ["line1f_form4255_20_percent_ep", `${P1}.f1_08[0]`],
+  ["line1z_total_additions", `${P1}.f1_11[0]`],
+  ["line2_amt", `${P1}.f1_12[0]`],
+  ["line3_additional_tax", `${P1}.f1_13[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line4", `${P1}.f1_15[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line5", `${P1}.f1_16[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line6", `${P1}.f1_17[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line8", `${P1}.f1_19[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line9", `${P1}.f1_20[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line10", `${P1}.f1_21[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line11", `${P1}.f1_22[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line12", `${P1}.f1_23[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13a_description", `${P1}.Line13_ReadOrder[0].Line13a_ReadOrder[0].f1_24[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13a", `${P1}.Line13_ReadOrder[0].f1_25[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13b", `${P1}.f1_26[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13c", `${P1}.f1_27[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13d", `${P1}.f1_28[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13e", `${P1}.f1_29[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13f", `${P1}.f1_30[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13h", `${P1}.f1_32[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line13k", `${P1}.f1_35[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line14", `${P2}.f2_06[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line15", `${P2}.f2_07[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line16a", `${P2}.Line16_ReadOrder[0].f2_08[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line16b", `${P2}.f2_09[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line16c", `${P2}.f2_10[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line17a", `${P2}.Line17_ReadOrder[0].f2_11[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line17b", `${P2}.f2_12[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line17c", `${P2}.f2_13[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line17d", `${P2}.f2_14[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line18", `${P2}.f2_15[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line19a", `${P2}.Line19a_ReadOrder[0].f2_16[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line19b", `${P2}.f2_17[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line19c", `${P2}.f2_18[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line20", `${P2}.f2_19[0]`],
+  ["ty2026_line21", `${P2}.f2_20[0]`],
+];
+
+const BOXES: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, string]> = [
+  ["line1e_form4255_row1d", `${P1}.Line1e_ReadOrder[0].c1_1[2]`],
+  ["line1e_form4255_row2a", `${P1}.Line1e_ReadOrder[0].c1_1[3]`],
+  ["line1f_form4255_row1d", `${P1}.Line1f_ReadOrder[0].c1_2[2]`],
+  ["line1f_form4255_row2a", `${P1}.Line1f_ReadOrder[0].c1_2[3]`],
+];
+
+const fields: ReadonlyArray<PdfFieldEntry> = [
+  ...LINES.map(([domainKey, pdfField]): PdfFieldEntry => ({
+    kind: "text",
+    domainKey,
+    pdfField,
+  })),
+  ...BOXES.map(([domainKey, pdfField]): PdfFieldEntry => ({
+    kind: "checkbox",
+    domainKey,
+    pdfField,
+  })),
+];
+
+const sum = (values: readonly number[]) =>
+  values.reduce((total, value) => total + value, 0);
+
+function refuseUnplaced(
+  amount: (key: string) => number,
+  allPending: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>,
+): void {
+  const reduction = allPending.form8978_reporting_year
+    ?.schedule2_line17z_reduction;
+  if (
+    (typeof reduction === "number" && reduction > 0) ||
+    section1294DueFromCalculatedForm(allPending.form8621).tax > 0 ||
+    amount("line17z_other_additional_taxes") > 0
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "TY2026 PDF Schedule 2 line 13z is not mapped; export MeF XML",
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+function form5329Split(
+  amount: (key: string) => number,
+  fields: Record<string, unknown>,
+): { line5: number; line18: number } {
+  const total = amount("line8_form5329_tax");
+  if (total > 0 && typeof fields.line8_form5329_chapter1_tax !== "number") {
+    throw new Error(
+      "TY2026 PDF Schedule 2 lines 5 and 18 need the Form 5329 chapter 1 tax",
+    );
+  }
+  const line5 = amount("line8_form5329_chapter1_tax");
+  return { line5, line18: total - line5 };
+}
+
+function form8959Split(
+  amount: (key: string) => number,
+  allPending: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>,
+): { line11: number; line17b: number } {
+  const total = amount("line11_additional_medicare");
+  const se = allPending.form8959?.line13_se_tax;
+  if (total > 0 && typeof se !== "number") {
+    throw new Error(
+      "TY2026 PDF Schedule 2 lines 11 and 17b need Form 8959 line 13",
+    );
+  }
+  const line11 = typeof se === "number" ? se : 0;
+  return { line11, line17b: total - line11 };
+}
+
+/** The 2025 Part II amounts on the 2026 lines. */
+function ty2026Lines(
+  projected: Record<string, unknown>,
+  allPending: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>,
+): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const amount = (key: string): number =>
+    typeof projected[key] === "number" ? projected[key] as number : 0;
+  refuseUnplaced(amount, allPending);
+  const { line5, line18 } = form5329Split(amount, projected);
+  const { line11, line17b } = form8959Split(amount, allPending);
+  const line13 = [
+    amount("line17a_investment_credit_recapture"),
+    amount("line17b_mortgage_subsidy_recapture"),
+    amount("line17c_hsa_penalty"),
+    amount("line17d_hsa_eligibility_tax"),
+    amount("line17e_archer_msa_tax"),
+    amount("line17f_medicare_advantage_msa_tax"),
+    amount("line17h_nqdc_total"),
+    amount("line17k_golden_parachute_total"),
+  ];
+  const line14 = sum(line13);
+  const line15 = sum([
+    amount("line4_se_tax"),
+    line5,
+    amount("line12_niit"),
+    amount("line15_section453a_interest"),
+    amount("line16_lihtc_recapture"),
+    amount("line19_form4255_net_epe"),
+    line11,
+    line14,
+  ]);
+  const line16c = amount("line5_unreported_tip_tax") +
+    amount("line6_uncollected_8919");
+  const line17d = amount("line9_household_employment") + line17b +
+    amount("line13_uncollected_fica_total");
+  const line19c = amount("line17p_form8621_interest") +
+    amount("line17q_form8621_1294_interest");
+  const line20 = line16c + line17d + line18 + line19c;
+  const line21 = line15 + line20;
+  if (Math.abs(line21 - amount("line21_total")) > 0.5) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "TY2026 PDF Schedule 2 line 21 differs from the 2025-layout total",
+    );
+  }
+  return {
+    ...projected,
+    ty2026_line4: amount("line4_se_tax"),
+    ty2026_line5: line5,
+    ty2026_line6: amount("line12_niit"),
+    ty2026_line8: amount("line15_section453a_interest"),
+    ty2026_line9: amount("line16_lihtc_recapture"),
+    ty2026_line10: amount("line19_form4255_net_epe"),
+    ty2026_line11: line11,
+    ty2026_line12: amount("line20_965_tax_installment"),
+    ty2026_line13a_description: projected.line17a_description,
+    ty2026_line13a: line13[0],
+    ty2026_line13b: line13[1],
+    ty2026_line13c: line13[2],
+    ty2026_line13d: line13[3],
+    ty2026_line13e: line13[4],
+    ty2026_line13f: line13[5],
+    ty2026_line13h: line13[6],
+    ty2026_line13k: line13[7],
+    ty2026_line14: line14,
+    ty2026_line15: line15,
+    ty2026_line16a: amount("line5_unreported_tip_tax"),
+    ty2026_line16b: amount("line6_uncollected_8919"),
+    ty2026_line16c: line16c,
+    ty2026_line17a: amount("line9_household_employment"),
+    ty2026_line17b: line17b,
+    ty2026_line17c: amount("line13_uncollected_fica_total"),
+    ty2026_line17d: line17d,
+    ty2026_line18: line18,
+    ty2026_line19a: amount("line17p_form8621_interest"),
+    ty2026_line19b: amount("line17q_form8621_1294_interest"),
+    ty2026_line19c: line19c,
+    ty2026_line20: line20,
+    ty2026_line21: line21,
+  };
+}
+
+export const schedule2Pdf2026: PdfFormDescriptor = {
+  pendingKey: schedule2Pdf.pendingKey,
+  pdfUrl: "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1040s2--dft.pdf",
+  pdfSha256: "0e3d4faa4b96f692bc31119d2c86189c3d8b9263e8f3aaaf7c3da371887ebc56",
+  pageIndices: () => [1, 2],
+  filerFields: schedule2Pdf.filerFields,
+  fields,
+  projectFields(fields, allPending) {
+    const projected = schedule2Pdf.projectFields?.(fields, allPending) ??
+      fields;
+    return ty2026Lines(projected, allPending);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/scripts/release/smoke-release-binary.ts b/scripts/release/smoke-release-binary.ts
index 8c1b4d363..49c9276fc 100644
--- a/scripts/release/smoke-release-binary.ts
+++ b/scripts/release/smoke-release-binary.ts
@@ -339,6 +339,49 @@ try {
     throw new Error("Built asset PDF omitted a Form 1040 page");
   }
   assertFlattenedPdfValues(pdf);
+
+  const ty2026 = JSON.parse(
+    await invoke("return", "create", "--year", "2026"),
+  ).returnId as string;
+  for (
+    const [nodeType, data] of [
+      ["general", { ...general, taxpayer_signature_date: "2027-04-15" }],
+      ["w2", w2],
+    ] as const
+  ) {
+    await invoke(
+      "form",
+      "add",
+      "--returnId",
+      ty2026,
+      "--node_type",
+      nodeType,
+      JSON.stringify(data),
+    );
+  }
+  const pdf2026Path = join(workingDir, "synthetic-return-2026.pdf");
+  // TY2026 returns cannot be received until the 2027 processing year, so the
+  // timing rules (IND-002, IND-689-01) are overridden for this print check.
+  const notice = await invoke(
+    "return",
+    "export",
+    "--returnId",
+    ty2026,
+    "--type",
+    "pdf",
+    "--output",
+    pdf2026Path,
+    "--force",
+  );
+  if (!notice.includes("IRS draft forms")) {
+    throw new Error("Built asset TY2026 PDF export did not name its draft forms");
+  }
+  const pdf2026 = await PDFDocument.load(await sys.readBytes(pdf2026Path));
+  if (
+    pdf2026.getPageCount() !== 2 || pdf2026.getForm().getFields().length !== 0
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("Built asset TY2026 PDF is not the flattened draft 1040");
+  }
   if (transcriptPath) {
     const digest = new Uint8Array(
       await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", pdfBytes),
@@ -352,7 +395,7 @@ try {
   }
 
   console.log(
-    `Release smoke passed: ${expectedVersion}, synthetic W-2, finalized MeF, ${pdf.getPageCount()} PDF pages`,
+    `Release smoke passed: ${expectedVersion}, synthetic W-2, finalized MeF, ${pdf.getPageCount()} PDF pages, TY2026 draft PDF`,
   );
 } finally {
   await sys.remove(workingDir, { recursive: true });