{"id":3664,"date":"2021-02-09T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:48:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:48:54","slug":"the-first-step-of-tax-preparation-is-gathering-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/the-first-step-of-tax-preparation-is-gathering-records\/","title":{"rendered":"The first step of tax preparation is gathering records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As taxpayers get ready to file their 2020 tax return, they should start by gathering their records. Taxpayers should gather all year-end income documents to help ensure they file a complete and accurate 2020 tax return and avoid refund delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taxpayers should have all necessary records handy, such as W-2s, 1099s, receipts, canceled checks and other documents that support any income, deductions or credits on their tax return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Most taxpayers should have already received income documents including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement<\/li><li>Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income<\/li><li>Form 1099-INT, Interest Income<\/li><li>Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation<\/li><li>Form 1099-G, Certain Government Payments; like unemployment compensation or state tax refund<\/li><li>Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace Statements<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our 2021 Tax Filing Season is going GREAT! Check out what Google had to say about the month of January.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-09.png\" alt=\"Google My Business January 2021\" class=\"wp-image-3665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-09.png 935w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-09-350x270.png 350w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-09-680x524.png 680w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2021-02-09-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As taxpayers get ready to file their 2020 tax return, they should start by gathering their records. Taxpayers should gather all year-end income documents to help ensure they file a complete and accurate 2020 tax return and avoid refund delays. Taxpayers should have all necessary records handy, such as W-2s, 1099s, receipts, canceled checks and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2021-02-09T15:49:03Z","apple_news_api_id":"01c19dbb-97d3-45b9-b2e5-634936dee5fb","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-02-09T15:49:03Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AAcGdu5fTRbmy5WNJNt7l-w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}