Make book treatment equal to tax treatment
The asset cost entered in the tax treatment is used in the book treatment by default. If you entered different values in the book treatment and need to make book equal to tax, your 2 options are to make book equal to tax only in existing assets, or to all existing and future assets.
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- You can select on an item-by-item basis to have other values entered in the tax treatment transfer to the book treatment during data entry. SelectSetup,Treatments,Book,Options, thenNew Asset defaults. As an example, you could have the cost and Section 179 expense in the book treatment default to values entered in the tax treatment.
- Making the book treatment equal to the tax treatment often eliminates unwanted book\tax difference adjustments on Schedule M-1 in 1120 and 1065 clients.
- If your firm uses Fixed Assets CS, you can use the Template client to make the book treatment equal to the tax treatment for any or all of your clients.
- Open theAsset List Window, and selectSetup, thenTreatments.
- SelectBook. Do not clear the checkbox.
- If you want to make book equal to tax only in existing assets, selectBuild.
- SelectReplace all assets with the following treatment's values:, then selectTaxfrom the dropdown.
- SelectOK.
- To make book equal to tax in existing and future assets, selectOptions.
- Mark theMake treatment equal to Taxcheckbox, then selectOK.
- When prompted, selectYes.