Checklist

Personal Details For Taxpayer, Spouse, and Dependents

• Social Security Card
• Photo ID (Driver’s License, Passport, or ID Card)

Details About Potential Additional Filers Dependents

• Birth Certificate · Childcare records (Including provider’s Tax ID number)
• Proof of Residence (Document must feature dependent’s name + Taxpayer address)
• Earnings of other adults in your household

Income Documents

• W-2 Form (Earnings and Tax Statement)
• 1099-G (Unemployment)
• 1099-NEC (Non-Employee Compensation)
• W-2G (Income from Gambling + expenditure records)
• 1099-SA / 1099-LTC (Health Savings Account)
• Other 1099

Property Leasing

• Ledger of revenue and costs
• Particulars about rental asset (Expense, date of service, etc. for amortization)
• Tax records for real estate and personal property

Retirement & Contributions

• 1099-R (Pension / IRA / Annuity earnings)
• 1099-SSA (Social Security Administration)
• RRB-1099 (Railroad Retirement Benefits)
• Form 5498 (Indicates IRA contributions)
• Basis for Traditional IRA (i.e., sums contributed to the IRA that were already taxed)

Self-Employment

• 1099-NEC
• Schedules K-1
• Gross Income
  · Bank records to validate earnings
• Ledger of all expenses –check records, credit card statements, and receipts
• Info about home office; if relevant

Business Vehicle Usage Info

• Register displaying total miles driven throughout the year (or initial/final odometer readings)
• Total business miles driven throughout the year (Besides commuting)
• Intention behind the mileage
• Sum paid for parking and tolls
• Bill indicating amount of sales tax for the vehicle

Educational Payments

• 1098-T (From educational institutions)
• Receipts itemizing educational expenses
• Records of scholarships or fellowships received
• 1098-E (If student loan interest was paid)

Savings and Investments

• 1099-INT, 1099-OID, 1099-DIV (Interest, Dividend earnings)
• Revenue from stock or property sales (1099-B, 1099-S)
• Dates of procurement and records of your cost or other basis in the property sold (if basis isn’t reported on 1099-B)

Health Insurance

• 1095-A (Obamacare: Ambetter, Oscar, Molina, Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Marketplace exemption certificate
• 1095-B and/or 1095-C if insurance coverage was through a different source (e.g., employer, insurance company Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE, VA, etc.)

Additional

• Receipts for classroom expenses (for K-12 educators)
• All other 5498 series forms (5498-QA, 5498-ESA)
• Ledger of unreimbursed moving expenses
• Forms 1098 or other mortgage interest statements
• Sum of state/local income tax paid
• Monetary donations
• Records of non-cash charitable donations (GoodWill)
• Amounts paid for healthcare insurance and related expenses
• Miles driven for charitable or medical purposes
• Expenditures related to investments
• Payment for last year’s tax return preparation
• Employment-related costs (subscriptions, publications, tools, uniform expenses, and cleaning, travel)
• Job-hunting expenditures
• Receipts for energy-efficient home enhancements
• Ledger of estimated tax payments submitted