Question about Filing Taxes
Yeah, I've only been doing the itemized returns for 11 years. No need to hurry with this question.
I know you're supposed to clip the W-2 stub to your return, and I do that. My question is, do you enclose copies of all your other statements with your taxes, or can you avoid that since the IRS gets a copy too? I'm thinking of statements of interest payments, qualified dividends, capital gains, etc. that are mailed to you each year--do you send copies of those with your tax forms? I've always been conservative--cramming in copies of everything into an envelope and sending it off, but I question whether I need to bother with all that.
I know you're supposed to clip the W-2 stub to your return, and I do that. My question is, do you enclose copies of all your other statements with your taxes, or can you avoid that since the IRS gets a copy too? I'm thinking of statements of interest payments, qualified dividends, capital gains, etc. that are mailed to you each year--do you send copies of those with your tax forms? I've always been conservative--cramming in copies of everything into an envelope and sending it off, but I question whether I need to bother with all that.