Add user-defined events
User-defined status events are events that you create and use to record the progress of a return or schedule upcoming tasks.
Follow these steps to add a user-defined event.
- From theSetupmenu, selectOffice Configuration.
- Select theStatustab in theOffice Configurationwindow.
- SelectAddand enter the title, for example,ELF Signature Returned, of the event you want to add.
- SelectEnter.
For example, if you want to locate clients who have returned their signed Form 8879 to the office, but whose returns haven't yet been electronically filed:
- In theDetailtab, selectOptions. By default, only user-defined events are displayed in theDetailtab.
- In the User-defined events list, mark only theELF Signature Returnedcheckbox.
- In the UltraTax CS events list, expandELF Eventsand mark theELF file transmitted to CScheckbox.
- Mark theTime status event was loggedandWho logged the status eventcheckboxes, and selectOK.
- Select theELF Signature Returnedcolumn heading to sort the client list. You can also see the date, time, and staff person.