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Tax Information
Required documents to keep on file:
- Copies of Drivers License or State IDs
- Social Security Cards
- Proof of Residence for dependents claiming EIC
Income documents:
- Income from jobs: forms W-2 for you and your spouse
- Investment income—various forms 1099 (-INT, -DIV, -B, etc.), K-1s, stock option information
- Income from state and local income tax refunds and/or unemployment: forms 1099-G
- Taxable alimony received
- Business or farming income—profit/loss statement, capital equipment information
- IRA/pension distributions—forms 1099-R, 8606
- Rental property income/expense—profit/Loss statement, rental property suspended loss information
- Social Security benefits—forms SSA-1099
- Income from sales of property—original cost and cost of improvements, escrow closing statement, cancelled debt information (form 1099-C)
- Prior year installment sale information—forms 6252, principal and Interest collected during the year, SSN and address of payer
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Other miscellaneous income—jury duty, gambling winnings, Medical
Savings Account (MSA), scholarships, etc.
(Use our handy IRS document search tool for your documents)
Other tax documents:
- Tax Documents
- Property sale and purchase
- Virtual through online brokerages (brokerage).
- Moving expenses-You must rent or furnish cost
- Self-employed - 1099 MISC
- K-1(profit portion)statement
- Childcare payments and provider information
- First-time home-buyer's credit $8,000 check
- Adoption Expenses
- Healthcare and paying back immunity from all rules beforerules
- Eligible business including IRS profit and loss setup
- Alimony paid that is tax dedcutible
Tax deduction documents:
- Interest paid on a student loan
- Interest Expense, private mortgage insurance payment
- Work-related (job) expenses, education expenses
- Tuition and education (Form 1098-T) or school's tax the estimate donation bills
- Charitable contributions - cash donations, noncash itemize or a noncash expense to gift in place of descent
- Child/dependent care (must be applied) and also see an average is-out of-pocket expenses.
- Medical expenses you- out of pocket-expenses (including medical prescription)
- IRA or 401(k) (MUST) contributions
- State income tax or sales tax paid during the year (if itemizing)
- Jury compensation and military payments
- Health Savings and cash spent accounts under penalty of perjury HSA
- Automobile and fuel deductions
- Business - Receipts for work-related expenses
TAX RECORDS RETENTION
HOW LONG SHOULD I KEEP DOCUMENTS FROM A FILED TAX RETURN?
Usually, IRS suggests all tax payers, for own safety to keep every tax records for a couple of decades and retain it for themselves. They are very useful particularly if you have received any assessment notices from revenue agency to support your claim or defense. There's also evidence of you keeping financial expenses and related documents to support tax returns in need while dealing with multiple tax issues and forms is another key issues.
However, if the tax-related documents and tax deduction receipt were to be disposed from our system or discarded away, in case of any audits from IRS or any disputes from tax officials and tax problems; we may have missed certain info by filing claims.
Note: If these records are not kept properly in electronic or scanned or system hard copy documents, the important business-making information, tax calculations is potentially lost to use later.
Business Documents To Keep For One Year
Business Documents To Keep For One Year
- Non-employee compensation 1099-MISC (the documents such as: these should be saved/stored in paper and filing)
- Receiving correspondence from payroll services (with taxes and answers)
- Monthly Bank statements and canceled checks
- Monthly credit card statements and receipts
- Receipts
- All business expense and receipts (lost)
Business Documents To Keep For One Year
- Payroll records
- Invoices Ledger
- Subsidiary Ledger
Personal Documents to keep for Three Years
Personal Documents to keep for Three Years
- Loan papers for all accounts.
- IRS Forms all information documents.
Business Documents to keep for Three Years
- Federal IRS or states of the any income statements.
- General Ledger.
- Financial Statements.
Personal Documents to keep for Six Years
Personal Documents to keep for Six Years
- Federal tax returns or supporting tax papers.
- Payroll checks and statements.
- Expense Reports
- State tax returns and all transactions.
Business Documents to keep for Six Years
- Federal tax returns or supporting documents.
- State tax returns or supporting documents.
- Corporate stocks listing receipts.
- Lease and contract information.
- Property and equipment records.
- Depreciation and Audit Records.
- Lease arrangements and accounts.
- Partnership documents.
- Retirement and pension records.
- Board of Directors and stockholder meeting minutes.
- Invoices and receipts (especially invoices).
Personal Records to keep Forever
Personal Records to keep Forever
- Legal Judgments
- Receipts and investments (accounts)
- Deceased statements.
- Tax return data
- Home receipts or papers (electronic)
- Non-income reports (if non or low- pre – tax one or loss etc)
- Legal records.
- Properties (any) owned Real – only.
- Business records (your family or partnership or business)
- W-2 form and also with retirement.
Business Records to keep Forever (While Doing/Running Business)
- Documents of transfer (any properties).
- Business licenses, examination, your ID programs.
- Business documents.
- Trade names documents.
- Year-end financial statements.
- Corporate annual reports and report filing.
- IRS letter (any tax problem letters and tax tax etc.)
- Chart of accounts.
- Audit report (every financial or tax also account(s)).
- Articles of Incorporation.
- Business debt and the profit of quarterly.
- Property deeds and titles.
- Trademark registrations and related patents to.
- Annual reports are going to be kept and filed.
- Financial statements and Reports for 5- to 10-Annual or Decade.
- Important business contracts.
- Pension and Retirement or 5- to 10-Annual or period.
- Leases of real and (lease) property business.
- Legal tax and (case) or (non-or any disputes.
- FMLA/ADA etc (employee)
Special Circumstances:
- Car Records (keep until the car is sold)
- Credit Card Receipts (keep with your credit card statement)
- Insurance Policies (keep for the life of the policy)
- Mortgages / Deeds / Leases (keep 6 years beyond the agreement)
- Pay Stubs (keep https://www.dollartaxfiler.com/office/ until reconciled with your W-2)
- Property Records / improvement receipts (keep until property sold)
- Sales Receipts (keep for life of the warranty)
- Stock and Bond Records (keep for 6 years beyond selling)
- Warranties and Instructions (keep for the life of the product)
- Other Bills (keep until payment is verified on the next bill)
- Depreciation Schedules and Other Capital Asset Records (keep for 3 years after the tax life of the asset)