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Tax Preparation Checklist

Personal & Dependent Information

Basic Details

  • Full Legal Name(s)
  • Social Security Number(s)
  • Date(s) of Birth
  • Occupation(s) for you and your spouse
  • Bank routing and account number(s) for direct deposit/payment of refund or owed taxes
  • Current address/notification of changed address


Dependents

  • Names
  • Social Security Numbers
  • Dates of Birth
  • Child/dependent care expenses and provider information (provider's name, address, and Tax ID/EIN)

Life Changes

Please provide details if any of the following has changed:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Marital Status
  • Retirement
  • Started/Closed a business
  • Change in employment


Income Documentation

Wages & Salaries

  • All W-2 forms

Self-Employment/Contract Work

  • 1099-NEC 
  • 1099-MISC
  • 1099-K

Investment & Retirement

  • 1099-DIV (dividends)
  • 1099-INT (interest)
  • 1099-B (brokerage transactions)
  • 1099-R (pensions/IRAs)
  • RRB-1099 (Railroad Retirement Board)
  • Cost and other basis information for property sold

Other Income

  • 1099-G (unemployment)
  • W-2G (gambling winnings)
  • Alimony
  • Prizes
  • Military Duty Pay



Deductions & Credits

Itemized Deductions (Schedule A)

  • Mortgage Interest Statement (Form 1098)
  • Property, state, and local tax payment records
  • Receipts for charitable donations
  • Out-of-pocket medical and dental expense records

Education Tax Credits

  • 1098-T 
  • Records for payment of qualified educational expenses not included on 1098-T

Home Energy Tax Credits

  • Records for qualified energy-saving upgrades to your home (exterior doors, windows, skylights, insulation, central air conditioners, water heaters, furnaces, heat pumps, home energy audits, etc)
  • receipts for installing qualified clean energy systems to your home (solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps, etc)

Adjustments to Income

  • Student loan interest statments (1098-E)
  • Educator Expenses
  • HSA (Health Savings Account) contributions (Form 5498-SA)


Business/Rental Checklists (If Applicable)

Schedule C- Self-Employed Checklist

  • 1099 NEC forms
  • 1099-K forms (if you receive payments through third-party processor or marketplace such as PayPal or eBay
  • Sales records
  • Profit and loss statements
  • Business use of home-home size, office size, home expenses, office expenses
  • Business use of Vehicle-mileage, registration fees
  • Cost of goods sold-inventory counts, materials, supplies, labor costs


Schedule E- Rental Income Checklist

  • 1099-MISC forms showing rent payments
  • Rents received but not reported on 1099-MISC forms
  • Profit and loss statements
  • Number of days property is rented and days used for personal use
  • Receipts and other records for expenses-mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, repair and maintenance costs
  • Depreciation schedules



Schedule F- Farm Income Checklist

  • 1099 NEC forms
  • 1099-K forms (if you receive payments through third-party processor or marketplace such as PayPal or eBay
  • Sales records
  • Profit and loss statements
  • Business use of home-home size, office size, home expenses, office expenses
  • Business use of Vehicle-mileage, registration fees
  • Cost of goods sold-inventory counts, materials, supplies, labor costs



The above information is not comprehensive. It is here to help you gather the documents you may need to submit for your tax preparation.

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