INTERVIEW CHECKLIST
NAME__________________________________
ID NUMBER_____________________________
Heading:
__ Names: Spelling, Name Change
__ Address:
__ Moving Expenses
__ Sale of Residence
Filing Status:
__ Dependents:
__ Head of Household
__ Qualifying Widow(er)
__ Birthdate:
__ Husband __________________________
__ Wife ________________________
__ Over 65/Blind:
__ Higher Standard Deduction
__ Schedule R
Dependents:
__ Names
__ Ages
__ Social Security Numbers
__ Relationship
__ Number of Months in Home
__ Pre-1985 Agreement
__ Required to File
__ Foster Child:
__ Excludable Income
__ Earned Income Credit

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Forms W-2:
__ Correct Social Security Numbers
__ Retirement Plan Participant
__ Multiple W-2s:
__ Fringe Benefits
__ Between-Job Mileage
__ Job Seeking Expenses
__ Excess FICA
__ Child Care:
__ Employee FICA/FUTA
__ Required to File W-2
__ Names, Addresses, ID’s for Providers
__ Waiter/Waitress:
__ Unreported Tip Income
__ Allocated Tips
Divorced:
__ Alimony: Income or Adjustment
__ Ex-Spouse Name & Social Security Number
Portfolio Income:
__ Interest, $1,500, Schedule B:
__ Tax-Exempt
__ Dividends, $1,500, Schedule B
__ Royalties

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Self-Employed:
__ Material Participation
__ Mileage
__ Keogh/SEP
__ File Form SE
__ Conventions/Seminars
__ Business Gifts
__ Spouse/Children 18 and Over, Withhold FICA
__ Medical Insurance:
__ 70% Deduction for Family (if not
otherwise subsidized)

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Capital Gains:
__ Sale of Residence:
__ Eligible for Exclusion
__ Sale of Stock:
__ Original Cost
__ Reinvested Dividends
__ Stock Dividends
__ Stock Splits
__ Expenses of Sale
__ Installment Sales:
__ To a Relative
__ Depreciation Recapture in Year of Sale
__ Unstated Interest
__ Electing Out
__ Worthless Debts or Securities
Rental Property:
__ Active Participant
__ Disposition:
__ Depreciation Recapture
__ Suspended Passive Activity Losses/Credits
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Retirement Income:
__ Schedule R
__ Social Security/RRT
__ Pension:
__ General Rule
__ Refund Feature
__ Distributions:
__ Lump Sum: 10 Year Averaging
__ Over Age 50 on 1/1/86
__ Rollover
__ Premature (10% penalty)
__ Age of Decedent
Travel Associated with Job:
__ Reimbursed/Unreimbursed Expenses
__ Adequate Records
Retirement Plans/IRA’s:
__ Either Spouse Covered by a Qualified Plan
__ Earned Income
__ Early Withdrawal Penalty

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Itemizing:
__ Medical:
__ Travel
__ Dependent in Nursing Home
__ Handicapped Tuition
__ Medication/Insulin
__ Interest:
__ Condo/Co-op Apartment
__ Second Residence
__ Points (loan origination fees)
__ Other Interest
__ Charitable:
__ Cash Contributions
__ Noncash Contributions
__ Mileage
__ Casualty/Theft Loss:
__ Insurance Reimbursements
__ Miscellaneous:
__ Excess Deductions From an Estate
__ Legal Fees:
__ Production or Collection Taxable Income

__ Tax Advice Relating to Divorce(alimony/property settlement)

__ Employee Business Expenses

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Partnerships/S Corporations:
__ Material Participant or Passive
__ Section 179 Expensing
Sale of Business Property:
__ Expensed Items Subject to Recapture
__ Prior Depreciation Allowed or Allowable
__ Investment Tax Credit Adjustment to Basis
__ Investment Tax Credit Recapture
__ Allocation of Sales Price
Amendments:
__ Income or Deduction for a Prior Year Overlooked
__ Net Operating Loss (NOL) Carrybacks