Tax Preparation Checklist:
Personal Data:
- Last years tax return (if you are new)
- Social security numbers (if you are new actual cards for the family)
- Dates of birth for the family
- Child care provider name, address and tax ID number
- Alimony paid and social security number
Employment & Income Data:
- W-2 Forms for this year
- Unemployment compensation form 1099-G
- Miscellaneous income form 1099-Misc
- Partnership, S Corp and Trust income Schedule K1
- Pensions and annuities form 1099-R
- Social Security benefits form RRB-1099
- Alimony received
- Jury duty pay
- Gambling and lottery winnings
- Prizes and awards
- Scholarships and fellowships
- State refunds form 1099-G
- Student loan interest paid
Financial Assets:
- Interest income statements form 1099-Int and 1099 OID
- Dividend income statements form 1099-Div
- Early withdrawal penalties on CD’s or other time deposits
- Proceeds from broker transactions form 1099-B
- Retirement plan distributions form 1099-R
Homeowner Data:
- Mortgage interest statement form 1098
- Second mortgage interest statement for 1098
- Refinancing paper work
- Real estate taxes paid
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Sale of home or other real estate papers form 1099-S
- Purchase of home real estate papers
- Moving expenses
Other Expenses:
- Gifts to charity written statement form each
- Unreimbursed expenses related to volunteer work
- Unreimbursed expenses related to you job (example, travel expenses, uniforms, union dues and subscriptions)
- Investment expenses
- Job hunting expenses
- Job related education expenses
- Childcare expenses
- Medical savings accounts
- Adoption expenses
- Alimony paid
- Tax return preparation fees and expenses
- Gaming expenses if you were a winner
- Personal property taxes paid
- Medical expense documents
- Federal, state estimated income taxes paid vouchers, cancelled checks or other payment records.
Self-Employment business data:
- Business Income form 1099-Misc and or your own records
- Business-related expenses receipts or other documents.
- Business vehicle expenses records