Return Presentation tab (1040)

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Use this tab to set various return presentation options that will apply to all 1040 clients.

To view this tab, choose Setup > 1040 Individual, click the Federal tab, click the Other Return Options button, and then click the Return Presentation tab.

Notes

  • Depending on your security configuration, you might be prompted to enter the master password before you can open an entity type tab.
  • The options set in this dialog in the prior year of UltraTax CS will proforma automatically.
  • The options set in this dialog will also apply to 1040 clients whose data was converted from another tax application.

Fields & Buttons

EZ forms group box

Mark this box to print Schedule C-EZ automatically if the client meets the qualification conditions for this form. If the qualifying conditions for Schedule C-EZ are not met, Schedule C will print for the client.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print Form 2555-EZ automatically if the client meets the qualification conditions for this form. If the qualifying conditions for Form 2555-EZ are not met, Form 2555 will print for the client.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Vouchers group box

Mark this box to print Form 1040-ES vouchers in scannable format. The scannable format increases IRS speed and accuracy when applying appropriate amounts to the proper accounts (taxpayer identification and year).

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print just the vouchers with an amount due. If the Amount of estimated tax you are paying by check or money order box on Form 1040-ES is blank, 1040-ES vouchers will not print. This option is only available for 1040-ES vouchers in the scannable format.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print Form 1040-ES vouchers in OCR-A (optical character recognition) format.

Notes

  • This option applies to all 1040 clients.
  • The UltraTax CS Form 1040-ES OCR-A-formatted vouchers have not been approved by the IRS.

Mark this box to print the IRS mailing address on the right side of Form 1040-ES vouchers in OCR-A (optical character recognition) format. UltraTax CS prints the address on the left side by default.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print Form 1040-V vouchers in scannable format. The scannable format increases IRS speed and accuracy when applying appropriate amounts to the proper accounts (taxpayer identification and year).

Mark this box to print Form 4868 in scannable format. The scannable format increases IRS speed and accuracy when applying appropriate amounts to the proper accounts (taxpayer identification and year).

  • This option applies to all 1040 clients.
  • Form 4868 does not print in a scannable format when electronically filing the Form 4868 extension.

Mark this box to print a copy of Form 4868 or Form 2350 in the client and preparer collations of the tax return. The copy will print with the text "COPY— Do not file" at the top of the page.

Other group box

Mark this box to print "AGI Limitations" on Schedule A, line 2, even when the IRS does not require this information.

Notes

  • This option applies to all 1040 clients.
  • If you indicate that you want Schedule A, line 2 to print when they are not required, this may cause the IRS to reject an electronically filed return.

Mark this box to print tax-exempt interest and dividends on Schedule B even though the IRS does not require them to be reported separately on Schedule B.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print on Form 1040, line 4a, the total pension and IRA distributions received even when the IRS does not require this information.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print Form 8283, Page 1, columns (e), (f), and (g) even when the IRS does not require this information.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print the client mailing address on the left side of Form 9325. UltraTax CS prints the address on the right side by default.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print FinCEN Form 114 (FBAR), Parts II and III even if the total number of accounts is 25 or more. The U.S. Department of the Treasury does not require Parts II and III to be completed and submitted if the taxpayer has 25 or more foreign accounts.

Note: This option applies to all 1040 clients.

Mark this box to print multiple Xs in the direct deposit section of an applicable form if the refund disbursement method will not be direct deposit.

Mark this box if you prefer to leave the Schedule B, Part III foreign account and trust questions blank, unless taxable interest and/or ordinary dividends exceed $1,500. When this box is not marked, UltraTax CS will issue informational diagnostics indicating that the foreign account and trust questions have not been answered, regardless of whether taxable interest and/or dividends are present in the return.

Mark this box if you want Schedule B interest and dividend items to be sorted alphabetically when you print the return. If you do not mark this box, the items will print in the order in which you entered them.

Notes

  • This option applies to all 1040 clients.
  • This option applies only to interest and dividend items entered in Screen B&D. It does not apply to seller-financed interest in Screen B&D, passthrough interest and dividends in Screens K1-2 and/or K1T-2, or interest and dividends in Screen Broker.

The third party designee information prints when required. Mark this box to ignore third party designee information on Screen Contact and instead use information in the Preparer Information dialog. (Choose Setup > Office Configuration > Preparers tab and click the Edit button.) If you do not mark this box, Screen Contact information will report on Schedule 6 (1040), and the 3rd Party Designee box on the Paid Preparer block on Form 1040, Page 1, will not be marked.

Notes

  • This option applies to all 1040 clients.
  • To override this option on a per client basis, mark the Force Third Party Designee information field on Screen Contact. For example, use this field to report someone other than the paid preparer as the third party designee.

Mark this box to print the taxpayer's daytime telephone number (as entered in the Daytime telephone/ext number field in Screen 1040 in the General folder) in the signature block or Other Info area of the following forms.

  • Form 1040-SS
  • Form 1040-PR
  • Form 1040 Tax Reconciliation Worksheet, Page 2

Notes

  • This option applies to all 1040 clients.
  • The option chosen here also applies to state returns that have an optional daytime telephone number in the return signature block.

Mark this box to print the taxpayer's daytime telephone number (as entered in the Daytime telephone/ext number field in Screen 1040 in the General folder) in the non-signature block area of the following forms.

  • Form 1040X
  • Form 8821
  • Form 2848
  • Form 1045

Notes

  • This option applies to all 1040 clients.
  • The option chosen here also applies to state returns that have an optional daytime telephone number in a non-signature block area of the forms.

Transactions are reported on the Form 8949 based upon how the information was reported to the IRS:

  • Box A or D = Form(s) 1099-B reported basis to the IRS
  • Box B or E = Form(s) 1099-B reported basis was not reported to the IRS
  • Box C or F = Transaction was not reported on Form 1099-B
  • Report on Sch D - 1099-B with basis reported to IRS no adjustments

UltraTax/1040 defaults to Box C treatment when the Screen B&D Schedule for detail statement dialog, 8949 Box field is blank. To change the default behavior for all clients, select the desired copy of Form 8949 from the drop-down list in this dialog. Information entered in the Screen B&D 8949 Box field will override the default selection chosen here.

Note: The IRS allows certain transactions to be combined and the total amount to be reported directly on Schedule D without being reported on Form 8949 only if the following are true:

  • the transactions are reported on a Form 1099-B (or substitute) that indicates basis was reported to the IRS, and
  • the Form 1099-B (or substitute) does not report a disallowed wash sale loss in box 5.

By default, UltraTax/1040 prints Schedule D Line 1a/8a Worksheets when two or more transactions exist. To change the default amount, enter the desired minimum number of transactions in this field. To remove these worksheets from your return collation, customize the return collation and set the Schedule D Line 1a/8a Worksheets print condition to Never.

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