Individuals

Prior Year Tax Return Copies

If you are a new client, please bring copies of your last 2 years federal and state income tax returns.  VCI will review them for FREE, and we may be able to amend mistakes/omissions getting you back additional refunds.

Personal & Dependent Information

  • Social Security or ITIN Numbers with date of births for anyone who’ll be on your tax return
  • Childcare payment records with licensed provider’s ID number(s) and   address
  • Amount of any alimony payments with ex-spouse SSN

Income Statements

  • Bring any & all W-2, 1098, 1099MISC, 1099R & schedule K-1 forms
  • Purchase date & total investment for any stocks or property sold
  • List of investment related expenses
  • Education scholarships or fellowships

Itemized Deductions

If you are planning on itemizing your deductions (Schedule A) please compose a spreadsheet/list summarizing them.  Itemized deductions include:

  • Mortgage interest, real estate & personal property tax records
  • Casualty & theft losses (As declared diasters)
  • Amounts of state & local income tax paid in prior years
  • Records of cash donations to religious institutions, schools & other charities
  • Records on non-cash charitable donations
  • Health care forms
  • Unreimbursed job related expenses (travel, tools, cell phone charges, uniform cost/cleaning, luggage, services fees, trade journals, meals & entertainment)

Retirement & Education

  • Records of any contributions to IRAs, HSAs & other retirement plans
  • Records of tuition and other higher education expenses (books, computers, etc)

Health Care

  • Form 1095-A or 1095-B if you received health insurance from an Exchange (State or Federal), your employer or other carrier
  • Marketplace exemption certificate if you applied for and received an exemption from the Exchange

Stocks & Mutual Funds

If you sold stocks or mutual funds, please provide a spreadsheet/list showing:

  • The date(s) you purchased each item(s) sold
  • Total purchase price of each item sold.  Do not assume your cost information is provided on Form 1099.

Self-Employment

Please prepare a simple 1 page income statement which summarizes your:

  • Gross self employment income, including cash for the tax year and your applicable expenses categorized and summarized by the type of expense (i.e. advertising, equipment, supplies, etc)

Rental Property

If you received income from rental property (Schedule E), please prepare a simple 1 page income statement showing:

  • Gross rental income you received during the tax year
  • Your applicable expenses categorized and summarized by the type of expense (i.e. advertising, mortgage interest, real estate taxes, repairs, maintenance, condo fees, etc).
  • Rental start date and original cost base for all properties

Business Use of Home

If you used a portion of your home for business use, please provide:

  • Square footage calculation of the area used for business
  • The date you began using the space for business
  • Original purchase price paid for the property
  • Summary of your utility expenses (gas, electric, oil, condo fees, landscaping, snowplowing, maintenance, etc)
  • Major home improvements and direct office expenses (repairs, business phone, etc).

Residential Energy Efficient Improvements

Please provide the cost of the following applicable items:

  • High-efficiency heating & cooling systems, water heaters, windows, doors, insulation, qualified solar electric property, solar water heating property, fuel cell property, small wind energy property and geothermal heat pump property

Foreign Nationals on a F-1 or J-1 Visas

Please bring your Visa and passport and summarize the following information:

  • Your permanent address where you are a citizen
  • Your F-1 / J-1 VISA number
  • The actual dates entered / left the United States for corresponding tax year
  • The number of days you were in the United States for the previous three tax years

Estimated Tax Payments

If you made any Federal or State estimated tax payments this tax year, we will need to know the dates and amounts paid of all tax payments.

Personal or Business Rents Paid

Please summarize the rent you paid for business purposes during the tax year and your landlord’s name and address.

Moving Expenses of any type are no longer allowed.

Finally, please bring any other official tax documents you received not mentioned above. When in doubt, bring it!