Third-party accounting (import) dialog

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The Dillner's FCAS (Import), Client Ledger System (Import), CaseWare Working Papers (Import), Accountant's Relief (Import), Accounting for Practitioners (Import), and Universal Business Computing Company (Import) dialogs are identical.

With a client's return open, choose Utilities > Third Party, and then choose the appropriate import dialog.

Dillner's FCAS Client Ledger System CaseWare Working Papers Accountant's Relief Universal Business Computing Company Accounting for Practitioners ProSystem Fx Engagement
1040 X X X X X
1120 X X X X X X X
1065 X X X X X X X
990 X X X

Note: The import commands for the following applications are available only if you have a valid application license: Client Ledger System, and CaseWare Working Papers. For the Dillner's FCAS, Accountant's Relief, Accounting for Practitioners, ProSystem fx Engagement, and Universal Business Computing Company import utilities, a license is not necessary.

The import options are available only after you open or add the UltraTax CS client that will receive the imported data, and if you have specified the correct data path for your accounting data. To specify the data path, choose Setup > User Preferences > File Locations > Other, highlight the applicable application, click the Modify Location button, and then browse to the location of your accounting data. After you have specified the data location, you will be able to select the appropriate application when you choose Utilities > Third Party.

Fields & buttons

Client list

Depending on the command you use to open this dialog, UltraTax CS lists all Dillner's FCAS, Client Ledger System, CaseWare Working Papers, Accountant's Relief, Accounting for Practitioners, ProSystem fx Engagement, or Universal Business Computing Company clients who are of the same entity type as the open UltraTax CS client. Highlight the client whose data you want to import into the open UltraTax CS client, then click the Import button.

Tips

  • If no clients appear in the list, verify that the drive and path displayed in this dialog are accurate. If they are not, click the Change Location button, navigate to the appropriate drive and path, and click OK to return to this dialog.
  • To sort the client listing by client ID or name, click the words Client ID or Name in the title bar of the list.

List pane header row

Location of client data

This field displays the drive and path where UltraTax CS looks for Dillner's FCAS, Client Ledger System, CaseWare Working Papers, Accountant's Relief, Accounting for Practitioners, ProSystem fx Engagement, or Universal Business Computing Company client data.

Note: To change the data path, click the Change Location button, navigate to the appropriate location in the Modify Location dialog, and click OK.

Change Location button

Click this button to open the Modify Location dialog in which you can change the drive and/or path where UltraTax CS looks for your Dillner's FCAS, Client Ledger System, CaseWare Working Papers, Accountant's Relief, Accounting for Practitioners, ProSystem fx Engagement, or Universal Business Computing Company client data.

Data to import

The Summary and Detail options apply to those accounts which import into a statement dialog in UltraTax CS. Select one of these two options as follows.

  • Select the Summary option have UltraTax CS total all items assigned to the same tax code and display that total in one line on the statement. The name of the first account imported with the assigned tax code is used by UltraTax CS as the description of the imported amount on the statement.
  • Click the Detail option to have UltraTax CS import each account (that is assigned to a single tax code) as a separate item on the statement dialog, so each amount is displayed in a separate line. The statement dialog includes a total of each account included in that statement.

Related topics

Importing data from third-party accounting applications

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