Page 1: taxpayer details
Names, dates of birth, job titles, mailing address, best contact phones and optional email; whether the taxpayer lived in two or more states in 2026; and checks for U.S. citizen, visa, full-time student, legally blind, disability, IP PIN and digital assets.
Page 1: choices and household
Refund by direct deposit or split among accounts, payment from a bank account, IRS letters in another language, the $3 Presidential Election Campaign Fund, marital status as of December 31, 2026, and the household table.
Page 2: income
Money received in 2026 from wages, tips, retirement accounts, disability, Social Security or railroad retirement, unemployment, tax refunds, interest and dividends, sales of stocks or real estate, alimony, rentals, gambling and self-employment, plus a question on gig income such as ridesharing or food delivery.
Page 3: expenses and tax events
Itemized expenses, student loan interest, child and dependent care, retirement contributions, educator supplies and alimony paid, plus events such as classes, a home sale, an HSA, Marketplace insurance, buying a new car, cancelled debt, disaster losses and IRS letters.
Page 4: optional information
Statistical questions on English ability, disability, veteran status and race or ethnicity, which the form says are not part of the return and are not required. A note on the IRS partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children gives 800-843-5678.
Page 5 and Form 15080 (zh-s)
Page 5 has space for additional notes and the Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act notice. Form 15080 (zh-s) asks for consent to Global Carry Forward of return data through TaxSlayer LLC.