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Your assignment is to prepare the federal income tax return for the taxpayers as if you were their paid preparer. The only form which you may deem necessary you do not need to complete is 2210.  You cannot utilize any software to aid in the preparation of the tax return. Use of a software program will result in a grade of zero being awarded for the assignment. You may download and utilize any forms and worksheets available on the IRS' website (www.irs.gov). You may utilize any publicly available resource for research on this assignment. Do not discuss your return with anyone else until after you have turned the assignment in to your instructor.
 
You must include the worksheets and show supporting documentation for your tax return calculations. You should show the form and line number on the calculation sheet.  For example - 1040 line 7 (x + y + z) = total reported on that line.  If you do not, you will lose all of the points for that particular line on the assignment. Missing forms will immediately lose 5 points for each form that should be included that is not.  The return needs to be assembled in proper IRS sequencing order.  DO NOT include instructions and forms that are blank - I don't need them and you don't want me wasting time going through them - it makes for an unhappy instructor.
 
This assignment must be in a 3-ring binder (no larger than 1").  Put the assignment in the following order (with dividers for each sections):  Cover Page, Tax Form and schedules, and then supporting documentation.
 
There are a couple of forms which do not have the 2011 form yet online.  You may use the 2010 forms for these items (I have a list of which ones are not yet up, so I'll know if you just failed to get the correct form), but be careful on line numbers as 2010 will not always match 2011 lines.
 
If you think there is an applicable detail omitted from this assignment, you may email me the question and, if it is necessary for the return to be completed, I will answer via email for all to see.  I will NOT respond to individual emails on this return, nor will I take questions after December 1st