Tax export to Lacerte
In the
Trial Balance
screen, you can create an export file of the contact's tax data in which you can specify the balance type and data format to export to Lacerte.Prior to using the Lacerte tax integration feature, ensure that Lacerte is selected as the tax vendor in the
Contact Settings
section of the Settings
tab.- Open your project, then select theTrial Balancetab.
- Go to to open theLacerte Export Optionspanel.
- SelectTaxorAdjustedas the balance type to include in the export file.
- SelectDetailorSummaryas the format, then selectExportto create the file in your Downloads folder on your local drive.
The following supported entity types are available for export to Lacerte.
- 1120C
- 1120S
- 1065
- 990
- 990PF
note
- You can include prior year balances in the export file.
- When you selectDetail, all accounts assigned to the same tax code are listed separately in the export file. This lets you import detail information into Lacerte. If user-defined tax subcodes are used, each subcode appears as a single-line item in the export file with the tax subcode description.
- When you selectSummary, all accounts with the same tax code will be grouped together into a single-line item.
- Lacerte doesn’t allow detail for every tax code.