Tax Match ProPreparation guides

PERSONAL TAX PREPARATION

Make sense of your return, one document at a time.

Gather the records that tell your story and prepare for a more useful conversation about your personal return.

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01 / WAGES

Get your W-2 records in order

Track statements from each job and address missing or corrected forms.

02 / YOUR PACKET

Prepare for your tax appointment

Organize household information, income records and questions.

03 / LIFE CHANGES

Capture what changed at home

Build a timeline and gather records after a move or household change.

04 / DRAFT QUESTIONS

Resolve a draft return question

Compare the draft with your records before authorizing a filing.

05 / DIGITAL ASSETS

Organize digital asset records

Gather the transaction history behind your wallet balances.

06 / EMPLOYEE STOCK

Sort your employee stock records

Bring grant, exercise and sale documents together by plan.

07 / NEW YORK CITY

Prepare your city residency records

Organize dates and documents for a New York personal return.

08 / YONKERS

Sort Yonkers residence and work facts

Bring the right records for your New York personal return.

09 / CLEVELAND

Prepare Cleveland city tax records

Organize municipal withholding and move dates.

10 / COLUMBUS

Organize Columbus city tax facts

Gather work-location and withholding records.

11 / PHILADELPHIA

Review city wage and earnings records

Identify withholding and work-location questions.

12 / CALIFORNIA

Organize a 2025 resident return

Review California wages, adjustments and payments.

13 / PENNSYLVANIA

Prepare a tax-forgiveness review

Organize 2025 household and income records.

14 / NEW YORK STATE

Prepare a property-tax credit review

Organize 2025 residence, rent and property records.

15 / ILLINOIS

Review school expense records

Prepare 2025 K-12 credit questions.

16 / GEORGIA

Organize retirement-income records

Prepare 2025 exclusion questions.

17 / OHIO

Separate school district withholding

Prepare 2025 district and residence records.

18 / NORTH CAROLINA

Review the state child deduction

Organize 2025 household and federal credit records.

19 / TEXAS

Prepare joint refund offset records

Organize residence and allocation questions.

20 / FLORIDA

Organize storm loss records

Prepare property and insurance questions.

21 / ARIZONA

Prepare military retirement records

Review 2025 federal and Arizona pay records.