Gather records for the 2022 tax filing season:
January 22nd 2022
Summary:
Before you start working on your taxes, it's important to get all your tax records ready. Filing an accurate tax return can help prevent processing and refund delays.
Before you start working on your taxes, it's important to get all your tax records ready. Filing an accurate tax return can help prevent processing and refund delays.
File your 2021 federal tax return when you've collected your tax records, including:
- Forms W-2 from your employer(s)
- Forms 1099 from banks, issuing agencies and other payers including unemployment compensation, dividends, distributions from a pension, annuity or retirement plan
- Forms 1099-K, 1099-MISC, W-2 or other income statement if you worked in the gig economy
- Form 1099-INT if you were paid interest
- Records of virtual currency transactions
- Other income documents
- Letter 6419, 2021 Total Advance Child Tax Credit Payments
- Letter 6475, Your 2021 Economic Impact Payment
The mission of the IRS is to provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all.
This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role.
- In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply.
- The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations.
- The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share.
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Contributing since February 17th 2022.