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Screen History - Tax Return History (1040)

Overview

Use this screen to enter income, adjustments, deductions, and calculations for the last three tax years. The tax application uses the information entered, the current year's data, and the Tax Projection Worksheet to calculate a Tax Return History Report covering the prior four years, the current year, and the projection for next year. The tax application also prints the report with graphical representations of key figures. Enter the amounts that correspond to the Form 1040 line items in the
History
 screen. You can replace any amount proforma'd in the
History
 screen if you have different amounts from those shown.
A custom paragraph may be included in the transmittal letter to describe this report. To select this custom paragraph on a client basis, select custom paragraph
Tax Return History Report (TL)
 from one of the
Paragraph Description
 fieldviews in the
Letter
 screen. To select this custom paragraph to print for all clients, select
Setup
,
1040 Individual
, select
Letters & Emails
 in the
Federal
 tab, select the
Custom Paragraphs
 tab, and mark the
Tax Return History (TL)
 box.

Summary

The tax application uses amounts entered here on the line of the Tax Return History Report in place of any calculated amount. Therefore, you don't need to enter data in this section except to override the calculated amount.
If there are proforma'd amounts in these fields, and changes are made to any fields in another section, these fields will need to be deleted to let the changes to transfer through the Tax Return History Report.
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