Set options for 3rd-party application vendors to transmit e-files
If you're using both CS Connect and a 3rd-party application vendor to transmit electronic returns, you'll need to set user preferences to indicate which transmitter to use for the current returns. The options you set apply only to the current user and remain in effect until you change the options again. These options include the following:
- Whether to use CS Connect or a 3rd-party application vendor as the default transmitter.
- Where UltraTax CS should place the electronic file for a 3rd-party application vendor after the file is created.
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When you use a 3rd-party application vendor to transmit electronic returns, the
Electronic Filing Status
window isn't available in UltraTax CS. Direct all questions regarding rejections, acknowledgments, or electronic filing errors to the 3rd-party vendor's technical support department.- SelectSetup,User Preferences, then theMisctab.
- Clear theUse Thomson Reuters as the ELF transmittercheckbox to indicate you're using a 3rd-party vendor rather than CS Connect to transmit electronic returns.note
- This checkbox displays only if you're licensed to use a 3rd-party vendor to transmit returns. You'll need to mark and clear this checkbox when switching between using CS Connect and a 3rd-party vendor to transmit returns.
- If you use CS Connect, you can specify the method you use to connect to CS Connect. To do so, selectModifyin the CS Connect communications section of theMisctab, then the connection method you want to use.
- Select theFile Locationstab.
- SelectOther.ELF: 3rd party dataappears in the file types list. If you accepted the defaults when you installed the 3rd-party application,C:\is the drive and path displayed here. This is the location where UltraTax CS places the electronic file when completed.
- If the drive and path displayed here are correct, selectOKto close theUser Preferenceswindow.
- If the drive and path displayed here are incorrect, you'll need to change the data drive or path.