Tax Basics : Filling your Tax Return

• Your full legal name and birthday
• Your tax identification number (TIN) – SSN
• Your tax filing status 
• Home address.
• Copy of last year's federal and state tax returns
• Your Form W-2 from your employer if you’re an employee
• Your dependency status
• Bank account number and routing number to receive your refund by direct deposit

• Salary and Wages
• Interest and Dividend Income
• Capital Gain Income
• Retirement Income
• Rent and Royalty Income
• Alimony received (if your divorce or separation agreement is dated on or before December 31, 2018)
• Gambling winnings, jury duty pay, cancellation of debt
•  Cryptocurrency  income
• Income from state and local income tax refunds and/or unemployment:
• Income from sales of property

Child care costs

Education costs 

Adoption costs

Charitable donations

Casualty and theft losses

Energy credits

Personal property taxes

Sate and local income or sales taxes

Real estate taxes

Mortgage interest