--- title: How Much of the PII (Personally Identifiable Information) From the Return is Needed? description: Some advisors redact the PII prior to upload. None of the PII is necessary for us to read in the return, and in fact, we ignore it as we process the file. We focus our analysis on the numeric portions --- [Skip to content](https://help.holistiplan.com/how-much-of-the-pii-from-the-return-is-needed#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://help.holistiplan.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![Holistiplan Logo (800x200 px).webp\]](https://help.holistiplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Holistiplan%20Logo%20(800x200%20px).webp?width=160&height=40&name=Holistiplan%20Logo%20(800x200%20px).webp)](https://www.holistiplan.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://help.holistiplan.com/kb-tickets/new) Holistiplan Knowledge Base - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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