2019 Paid Preparer Due Diligence Checklist
• Earned Income Credit (EIC)
• American Opportunity Credit (AOC)
• Child Tax Credit (CTC)
• Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC)
• Credit for Other Dependents (ODC)
• Head of Household (HOH)
EIC AOC CTC/ACTC/ODC
HOH
Can you provide documentation, if required, to
substantiate your eligibility for each credit and/or
HOH ling status and the amount of each credit being
claimed? (See below forexamples of documentation.)
❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No
EIC AOC CTC/ACTC/ODC
HOH
Were any of these credits disallowed or reduced in a
prior year?
❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ n/a
EIC
AOC CTC/ACTC/ODC HOH
Is each qualifying person for whom you are claiming
the Child Tax Credit, Additional Child Tax Credit, and
Credit for Other Dependents a citizen, national, or
resident of the United States?
❑ n/a ❑ n/a ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ n/a
Did all children for whom you are claiming the Child
Tax Credit and/or Additional Child Tax Credit reside
with you for more than half the year?
❑ n/a ❑ n/a ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ n/a
Is there an active Form 8332, Release/Revocation of Claim
to Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent, or a similar
statement in place?
❑ n/a ❑ n/a ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ n/a
Did you release the claim for exemption to another
person?
❑ n/a ❑ n/a ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ n/a
EIC
AOC CTC/ACTC/ODC HOH
Have you provided documentation for the American
Opportunity Credit, including Form 1098-T and/or
receipts for qualied tuition and related expenses?
❑ n/a ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No ❑ n/a ❑ n/a
EIC
AOC CTC/ACTC/ODC HOH
Were you unmarried or considered unmarried on the
last day of the tax year and provided more than half
of the cost of keeping up a home for the year for a
qualifying person?
❑ n/a ❑ n/a ❑ n/a ❑ Yes
❑ n/a
❑ No
Documentation Examples (list not all-inclusive)
Residency of a Qualifying Child
• School records or statement.
• Landlord or a property management statement.
• Health care provider statement.
• Medical records.
• Child care provider records.
• Placement agency statement.
• Social service records or statement.
• Place of worship statement.
• Indian tribal ofcial statement.
Disability of Qualifying Child
• Medical doctor’s statement.
• Other health care provider’s statement.
• Social services agency or program statement.
Schedule C
• Business license.
• Forms 1099.
• Records of gross receipts.
• Summary of income.
• Records of expenses.
• Summary of expenses.
• Bank statements to show income and expenses.
Taxpayer Spouse (if filing jointly) Date