Page 1: personal 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; whether someone else can claim the taxpayer or spouse; and checks for citizenship, visa, student, blindness, disability, IP PIN and digital assets.
Page 1: refund, payment and marital status
Refund by direct deposit or split among accounts, payment from a bank account, written IRS communication in a language other than English, the $3 Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and marital status as of December 31, 2026.
Page 2: income
Money received in 2026 from wages and the number of jobs, tips, retirement, disability, Social Security, unemployment, tax refunds, interest and dividends, asset sales, alimony, rentals, gambling, contract or self-employment work and gig income. The volunteer column also notes qualified overtime pay.
Page 3: expenses and events
Itemized expenses, student loan interest, child and dependent care, retirement contributions, educator supplies and alimony, plus events such as education, a home sale, an HSA, Marketplace insurance, a new car with Form 1098-VLI, cancelled debt and estimated tax payments.
Page 4: optional questions
Questions on English ability, disability, veteran status and race or ethnicity that the form says are for statistics only and are not sent to the IRS with the return. A missing children notice from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children gives 800-843-5678.
Page 5 and Form 15080 (zh-t)
Page 5 holds additional notes and the Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act notice. Form 15080 (zh-t) is the consent to Global Carry Forward of return data through TaxSlayer LLC.