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Tax document checklist · Form 1040

Personal tax records

For an individual or family return, including investment, retirement, and property activity.

All return types

Records to gather

Personal tax records

Provide every item that applies to your return. If an item is unavailable or uncertain, identify it before preparation begins.

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Before preparation begins

Complete. Accurate. Organized.

GHL cannot complete a return until the required information is complete and accurate. Check every item that applies, and identify anything unavailable or uncertain before submitting your records.

Complete
Include every applicable tax form, statement, notice, and supporting record.
Accurate
Confirm names, tax IDs, totals, dates, ownership, and payment amounts.
Organized
Label files by tax year, taxpayer or entity, account, and document type.

Tax preparation fees assume usable records.

Bookkeeping services are available when needed and are billed separately. Time required to organize, reconcile, reconstruct, research, or locate missing information is outside standard return preparation and may increase the final cost.

Bookkeeping and cleanup
Recording transactions, correcting accounts, or completing unfinished books.
Reconciliation and reconstruction
Resolving differences or rebuilding activity from statements and source documents.
Missing-information follow-up
Repeated requests, research, or time spent locating and organizing necessary data.

Next step

Ask about personal tax preparation

Tell GHL what you need, and GHL will contact you about availability, scope and fees.

Asking does not begin work.

Ask about personal tax preparation

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