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What U.S. tax forms does TFX prepare?

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TFX tax preparers can prepare nearly all U.S. tax forms, including extensions of time to file (Form 4868 and Form 7004).

❗ Important note: Your exact filing requirements depend on the specifics of your tax situation, as various factors may come into play. Only our tax preparers can assess your overall tax situation, determine your filing obligations, and ensure compliance with all applicable regulations after reviewing your Tax Questionnaire (TQ). If eligibility for specific forms, like Form 8858, is determined by your tax preparer, these forms will be added to your Engagement Letter (EL).

Below is an overview of what is included in our standard services, optional add-ons, and forms that fall outside our scope:

Federal income tax return

You qualify for the "Federal income tax return" service if:

  • your gross income is under $100,000, and

  • you have income from U.S. retirement, Social Security, U.S. or foreign employment, interest, or dividends.

This service includes:

  • Reporting U.S. and foreign wages, interest, dividends

  • Reporting qualified IRA or Roth contributions

  • Reporting U.S. retirement and Social Security income

  • Claiming Foreign Tax Credit, Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, child and dependent credits and deductions, and healthcare coverage exemptions

  • Calculating Alternative Minimum Tax

  • Preparing estimated payment vouchers

Forms included in the "Federal income tax return" service:

  • Form 1040 - Individual income tax return

  • Form 1040-ES - Estimated tax for individuals

  • Form 1040-EDEXP (1098-T Worksheet) - Education expenses worksheet

  • Form 1099-DIV - Dividends and Distribution Worksheet

  • Form 1099-G - Government payments Worksheet

  • Form 1099-INT - Interest worksheet for input

  • Form 1099-MISC - Miscellaneous income Worksheet

  • Entry of data from Form 1099-NEC into your tax return

  • Form 1099-R - Pension Worksheet

  • Form 1116 - Foreign tax credit (individual, estate, or trust)

  • Form 1116-AMT - Foreign tax credit alternative minimum tax

  • Form 2210 - Underpayment of estimated taxes (not including Schedule AI)

  • Form 2441 - Child and dependent care expenses

  • Form 2555 - Foreign earned income

  • Form 3903 - Moving expenses

  • Form 4137 - Social Security and Medicare tax on unreported tip

  • Form 5405 - Repayment of the first-time homebuyer credit

  • Form 5754 - Statement by person(s) receiving gambling winnings

  • Form 6251 - Alternative minimum tax - individuals

  • Form 8582 - Passive activity loss limitations

  • Form 8863 - Education credits

  • Form 8867 - Paid preparer's due diligence checklist

  • Form 8880 - Credit qualified retirement savings contributions

  • Form 8917 - Tuition and fees deduction

  • Form 8919 - Uncollected Social Security and Medicare tax on wages

  • Form 8959 - Additional Medicare tax

  • Form 8960 - Net investment income tax

  • Form 8965 - Health care coverage exemption

  • Form 8995 - Qualified business income deduction simplified computation

  • IRA/ROTH Worksheets - Qualified IRA or ROTH contributions

  • Schedule 8812 (Form 1040) - Credits for qualifying children and other dependents (2021 tax year not included)

  • Schedule A (Form 1040/Form 1040-A) - Itemized deductions

  • Schedule B (Form 1040/Form 1040-A) - Interest and ordinary dividends

  • Schedule EIC (Form 1040/Form 1040-A) - Earned income credit - child information

  • Schedule R (Form 1040/Form 1040-A) - Credit for the elderly or the disabled


Expanded income bundle (Add-on)

This optional "Expanded income bundle" provides significant savings compared to pricing each additional form separately. It applies if:

  • your gross income exceeds $100,000, and/or

  • you have additional income sources such as self-employment, rental property, capital gains/losses, partnership income, or non-U.S. retirement income.

The bundle includes:

  • Reporting self-employment income (one Schedule С (Form 1040))

  • Reporting rental property (one Schedule E (Form 1040))

  • Reporting investment capital gains and losses

  • Reporting non-U.S. retirement income

  • Reporting partnership share of income (one Schedule K-1 (Form 1065))

  • Reporting other non-wage income

  • Claiming Earned Income Credit (if possible)

Forms included in the “Expanded income bundle”:

  • Form 4562 - Depreciation and amortization

  • Form 6198 - At-Risk limitations

  • Form 8283 - Noncash charitable contributions

  • Form 8396 - Mortgage interest credit

  • Form 8801 - Credit for prior year minimum tax

  • Form 8829 - Expenses for business use of your home

  • Form 8889 - HSA account

  • Form 8949 - Sales and other dispositions of capital assets

  • One Schedule C (Form 1040) - Self-employment income (If you make income from two or more unrelated activities, you must report them all on separate Schedule Cs)

  • Schedule D (Form 1040) - Capital gains and losses

  • One Schedule E (Form 1040) - Supplemental income and loss (one  rental property)

  • Schedule SE (Form 1040) - Self-employment tax

  • One Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) - Partnership share of income


Additional forms and returns TFX prepares

The IRS tax forms and U.S. tax returns TFX can prepare for an additional fee:

  • Form 2106 - Unreimbursed employee expenses

  • Depreciation schedule

State tax returns:

Nonresident filings:

  • Form 1040NR - U.S. non-resident return with U.S. tax forms, e.g., W-2, 1099 of any kind, 1042-S

Foreign account & asset reporting:

  • Form 114 - FBAR report

  • Form 8938 – FATCA report

Rental property:

  • Form 8824 - Like-kind exchange

Retirement plans:

  • Form 4972 - Tax on lump-sum distributions, Calculation of taxable portion of pension distribution

  • Form 8606 - Non-deductible IRA

  • Form 8915-E - Qualified 2020 disaster retirement plan distributions and repayments, U.S. retirement contribution optimization analysis (offered after TFX prepares return), Tax withholding election for University of California retirement plan (UCRP) income

Financial transactions:

  • Form 4952 - Investment interest expense deduction

  • Form 6252 - Installment sale

  • Form 6781 (Section 1256) - Contracts and straddles

  • Form 8621 - PFIC income

Gifts/trusts:

  • Form 709 - U.S. gift tax return

  • Form 1041 - U.S. trust return (Only simple trusts filing timely)

  • Form 3520 - Distributions from a foreign trust

  • Form 3520-A - Annual information return of foreign trusts

  • Form 4970 - Tax on accumulation distributions of trusts

Streamlined offshore procedure assistance:

  • Form 14653 - Certification by a U.S. person residing outside of the United States for streamlined foreign offshore procedures

  • Form 14654 - Certification by a U.S. person residing in the United States for streamlined domestic offshore procedures

Corporations/entities:

  • Non-personal state returns (If an entity return requires state filing, this usually includes local forms)

  • Form SS-4 - EIN application

  • Form 1120 - U.S. corporation income tax return

  • Form 1120-S - U.S. S-corporation

  • Form 1120-F - Income tax return of a foreign corporation

  • Form 5472 - Foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entity

  • Form 5471 - Information return of U.S. persons with respect to certain foreign corporations

  • Schedule I and Schedule P (Form 5471) for reporting on behalf of another U.S. shareholder

  • Sec 965 - Transition tax

  • Form 8992 / GILTI tax reduction analysis (Sec 962 & more)

  • Form 8992 / GILTI income calculations

  • Form 926 - Transfer of property to foreign corporation

  • Form 1065 - U.S. partnership

  • Schedule K-1 (Form 1065)

  • Schedule K-2 (Form 1065)

  • Forms 8804/8805 combination - Partnership withholding

  • Form 8832 - Entity classification election (Only timely filed. Late filings are out of scope)

  • Form 8865 - Foreign partnership

Other IRS forms TFX prepares:

  • Calculations for stock-based compensation

  • Kiddie tax return (if your child needs a separate return)

  • Home sale worksheet: Sale of personal home, Foreign exchange gain on mortgage repayment

  • State-dependent - State unincorporated business franchise tax

  • Form 568 - California limited liability company return of income

  • Form 593 - California real estate withholding statement

  • Form 673 - Reduce employer income tax withholding on W-2 for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

  • Form 843 - Claim for refund and request for abatement

  • Form 982 - Discharge of indebtedness

  • Form 1040-C - Sailing permit

  • Form 1045 - NOL carryback, Foreign tax credit carryover calculations (from non-TFX prepared returns)

  • Forms 1099-C and 1099-A - Income from cancelled debt

  • Preparation of Form 1099-NEC for the contractors of your business

  • Form 2106 - Employee business expenses

  • Form 3115 - Change in accounting method

  • Form 4684 - Casualties and thefts

  • Form 4797 - Sale of business property

  • Form 4835 - Farm rental income and expenses, Local (city, county) tax return

  • Form 4852 - Substitute form for U.S. income

  • Form 5695 - Residential energy credit

  • Form 7202 - Credits for sick leave and family leave for certain self-employed individuals

  • Form 8233 - Exemption from withholding on compensation for independent (and certain dependent) personal services of a nonresident alien Individual

  • Form 8275 - Disclosure statement, Recapture of FEIE for prior years

  • Form 8379 - Injured spouse allocation

  • Form 8594 - Asset acquisition statement

  • Form 8615 - Tax for certain children who have unearned income

  • Form 8814 - Interest and dividends for a child on a parent's return

  • Form 8822 - Change of address, Accredited investor letter per Rule 506(c)(2)(ii), IRC section 83(b) election for property transferred, Reduce employer income tax withholding on W-2 for the Foreign earned income exclusion

  • Form 8833 - Treaty-based return position disclosure

  • Form 8839 - Adoption expenses

  • Form 8840 - Closer connection exception statement for aliens

  • Form 8843 - Statement for exempt individuals and individuals with a medical condition

  • Form 8862 - Information to claim certain credits after disallowance

  • Form 8936 - Qualified plug-in electric drive credit

  • Form 8958 - Allocation of tax amount for community property state

  • Form 8962 - Premium tax credit

  • Form 8997 - Initial and annual statement of Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) investments

  • Form W-7 - Application for IRS ITIN

  • Form W-8BENE - U.S. tax withholding certificate for foreign entity

  • Form W-8BEN - Certificate of foreign status of beneficial owner for United States tax withholding and reporting (individuals)

  • Form W-8ECI - Certificate of foreign person's claim that income is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the U.S., Election under Section 871(d) or Section 882(d)

  • Sec 199A deduction - Qualified business income of passthrough entities

  • Schedule F (Form 1040) - Farm income

  • Schedule H (Form 1040) - Household employment taxes

  • Schedule AI (Form 2210) - Annualized income installment method (Underpayment of estimated tax)

Communication with the IRS & third parties:

  • Form 114a - Record of authorization to file FBAR

  • Form 2210 - Add penalty waiver request

  • Form 2848 - Power of attorney

  • Form 3911 - Taxpayer statement regarding refund

  • Form 8854 - Expatriation statement

  • Form 8802 - Application for United States residency certification

  • Form 9465 - Installment agreement


Forms TFX does not prepare

Note: TFX does not notarize documentation (e.g., certificates of earnings).

These IRS forms fall outside our scope:

  • Application for Withholding certificate (can be discussed during Tax Planning consultation)

  • Tax clearance certificate

  • Tax equalization statements

  • NMTBIN - Resale certificate

  • Beneficial Ownership Report / New beneficial ownership information reporting for LLCs

  • Electing LLC as an S-Corp with the IRS

  • Federal and State returns for a California C-corp with foreign and U.S. owners

  • Form 702 - Quarterly federal excise tax return

  • Form 706 - Estate Tax Returns:

  • Form 706 - if the decedent was a U.S. citizen or resident and the estate exceeds the filing threshold or if you are electing DSUE

  • Form 706-NA - if the decedent was a nonresident, not a citizen and the U.S.-situated assets exceed $60,000

  • Returns for US-organized nonprofits

  • Form 990 (which includes code 501c3 (non-US profit) at Line "I")

  • Form 990-PF - Return of private foundation or Section 4947(a)(1) Nonexempt charitable trust treated as a private foundation

  • Form 990-EZ - Short form return of organization exempt from income tax

  • Form 1040-C - U.S. departing alien income tax return

  • Form 1042-S (We don't prepare 1042-S. It's the duty of the payer. However, one client-provided 1042-S is included in the "Federal income tax return" fee)

  • Form 1099-K (But if you receive a 1099-K or any other 1099, we work with that information and put it into the tax return correctly)

  • Form 2063 - U.S. departing alien income tax statement (simplified version of sailing permit)

  • Form 2553 - Election by a small business corporation

  • Form 4079 - Tax-exempt governmental bonds

  • Form 8300 - Report of cash payments over $10,000 received in a trade or business

  • Form 8330 - Issuer’s quarterly information return for mortgage credit certificates (MCCs)

  • Form 8278 - Assessment and abatement of miscellaneous civil penalties

  • Form 8288 - U.S. withholding tax return for certain dispositions by foreign persons

  • Form 8288-A - Statement of withholding on dispositions by foreign persons of U.S. real property interests

  • Form 8288-B - Application for withholding certificate for dispositions by foreign persons of U.S. real property interests (This form is generated by the broker/real estate agent and provided to the taxpayer. Similar to W-2, 1099-MISC, etc.)

  • Form DS-4080 - Oath/Affirmation of renunciation of nationality of United States (It is not a tax form, but the document used in the formal process of renouncing U.S. citizenship. Note that TFX does help with the tax implications of the abandonment, which includes final year returns and Form 8854)

  • Form DS-4081 - Statement of understanding concerning the consequences and ramifications of renunciation or relinquishment of U.S. nationality

  • Form DS-4083 - Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States (The State Department issues this certificate, and it is used to file final year returns and Form 8854)

  • Form I-407 (It is not a tax form, but the result of abandoning the green card with USCIS. Note that TFX does help with the tax implications of the abandonment, which is final year returns and Form 8854)

  • Form OR-18-WC - Report of tax payment or written affirmation for Oregon real property conveyance

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