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Individual Tax Document Checklist

You may not need every item below. Use this checklist to identify documents that apply to your tax situation.

Personal information

  • Current address
  • Current phone number
  • Current email address
  • Changes in marital status
  • Changes in dependents
  • New dependents
  • Changes in residency
  • Identity information requested through the Evening Star secure process

Do not enter Social Security numbers or images of identification on this page or in email. Those items are requested through our secure process.

Income

Potential documents:

  • Forms W-2
  • Forms 1099-NEC
  • Forms 1099-MISC
  • Forms 1099-K
  • Forms 1099-INT
  • Forms 1099-DIV
  • Forms 1099-B
  • Forms 1099-R
  • Social Security reporting
  • Unemployment reporting
  • Pension information
  • Other income documents

Investments

  • Consolidated brokerage tax statements
  • Forms 1099-B
  • Capital-gain information not included on brokerage statements
  • Schedule K-1 packages
  • Foreign investment statements
  • Cryptocurrency / digital asset tax reports where applicable

Please provide the complete brokerage tax package, not screenshots of individual transactions unless specifically requested.

Business / self-employment

If applicable:

  • Business income
  • Business expense summary
  • Vehicle / mileage records
  • Asset purchases
  • Business-use information
  • Forms 1099
  • Prior-year depreciation schedules if Evening Star did not prepare the prior return

Rental property

  • Rental income
  • Property-management statements
  • Property taxes
  • Mortgage interest
  • Insurance
  • Repairs and maintenance
  • Utilities paid by owner
  • Management fees
  • Legal / accounting expenses
  • Improvements
  • New asset purchases
  • Closing statements for purchases or sales

Education

Where applicable:

  • Form 1098-T
  • Qualified education expense information
  • Student loan interest documents

Retirement

  • Forms 1099-R
  • IRA contribution information
  • Retirement-plan contribution information
  • Roth conversion documentation where applicable

Health coverage / HSA

Where applicable:

  • Forms 1095-A
  • HSA contribution and distribution forms
  • Other requested health-related tax documentation

Deductions

Potentially:

  • Mortgage interest
  • Property taxes
  • Charitable contributions
  • Applicable medical expenses
  • Other relevant documentation

Listing a document here does not mean the related amount is deductible on your return. Deductibility depends on your circumstances and current law.

Estimated payments

Provide records of:

  • Federal estimated payments
  • State estimated payments
  • Extension payments

Please provide the payment date and amount. Do not assume Evening Star can identify every payment from prior-year records.

Major changes during the year

Tell us if you:

  • Bought or sold a business
  • Bought or sold real estate
  • Started a business
  • Closed a business
  • Moved states
  • Received a large inheritance
  • Took a significant retirement distribution
  • Sold a major investment
  • Acquired foreign investments
  • Received new partnership or S corporation K-1s
  • Experienced another significant financial change