Lacerte Tax Product Feedback
Use this forum to provide feedback for the Lacerte Tax program. We’re focused on improving two specific areas, so suggestions that answer these questions will be particularly helpful:
- Improve Productivity: How can we help you prepare returns faster?
- Grow Your Practice: How can we help you grow your practice?
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ALLOW FOR THE CATEGORIZATION OF ACCTG METHOD (FIFO, LIFO, MARK TO MKT), FOR STK TRANSACTIONS REPTD -SCH D. MOST TRADERS ELECT MKT TO MKT
CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF PLANNED 2012 SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ALLOW FOR MARK TO MARKET ACCTG FOR STOCK TRADERS REPORTING TRANSACTIONS ON SCHEDULE D. WILL LA CERTE BE ABLE TO TICK OFF SECURITIES AND INPUTTING A -1 VALUE TO INDICATE 4797 FORM
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Form TDF 90-22.1 Filing Instructions, When to File should say "Immediately"
Please change the filing instructions "when to file" section to say, "Immediately" instead of "On or before June 30th"
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Expand the idea of using your client notes (as a statement) that will be e-filed to the Goverment that normally need to be mailed in.
Since the client notes (statement) are e-filed with the return. Using this area to send a brokerage statement or other forms normally mailed separately would be a time saver. The document could be scanned then copied and pasted into client notes to be e-filed along with the return. Lacerte would need to make sure this is acceptable for IRS purposes.
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allow a xlsx to be recognized for import
Most clients who have collected data to be used in a tax profit/loss use xlsx from a win7 computer. Instead of inputting directly, I must first change to an xls in order for Lacerte to recognize the worksheet as an for import to the program.
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automatically instruct client about Web Pay for California
If a client exceeds the threshold for the Web Pay requirement it should automatically instruct the client to do so in the letter instead of coming up as a diagnostic and requiring an additional entry to force the instructions.
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Create the option for different fonts for e-organizer-entered information vs. pro-forma-entered information.
Currently, pro-forma inputs can have a different font color than user-entered information, but information from the e-organizer has the same font color as the pro-forma inputs. The review process would be more efficient if the information imported from the e-organizer could be displayed in a third font color.
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Web pay
Would like to have a custom report to print out all clients who have over $80,000 state tax liab and/or who have made ES or tax extension pmts over $20,000.
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add Form 1120-PC
add Form 1120-PC
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9465
E-file acknowledgement letter should mention that a 9465 was filed with the Service and that it is subject to Service approval. Currently, the acknowledgement only says that there is a balance due of $xxxxx and that it should be paid as soon as possible.
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FORM 990 PART V11 SECTION A
I WOULD LIKE LACERTE TO ORDER THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AS THE FORM INTRUCTIONS US TO ORDER THEM. THAT IS: DIRECTORS FIRST AND OFFICERS NEXT.
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Consistent pdf titles for activity report and acceptance letters
When the pdf title for these documents comes up, for the activity report it comes up "2011 e-file Activity Report.pdf" and I have to insert th client number each time like so "2011 e-file Activity Report 11111.pdf". For the e-file acceptance letter, the pdf title comes up "E-file Acceptance Letter 11111.pdf" and I have to type in the year like so
"2011 E-file Acceptance Letter 11111.pdf" Any way of getting both of these to come up with both the client number and the year in each title? I use My Documents, not DMS.Any way of getting both of these… more
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Assign entries to state
Do not let the program automatically change the state in the "Assign entries to". If you input a w-2 data from another state the software changes the " Assign entries to" to that state. If you then forget to change it back to your home state and go input interest / dividend income they will all be coded with the incorrect state. The assignment should only be allowed to be changed manually by the user.
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schedule d import
When doing an import for dispositions from brokers, when a client has more than one state, can we have a feature so that we can assign the dispostions to the state we would like as opposed to a default state from the program?
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notification of efile acceptance
Lacerte should have a way to automatically email the client to notify them that their efiled return has been accepted by the IRS and State taxing agency
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Add Form 8865, Return of US Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Parnerships to Parnership Program
I have clients with foreign parnership interest that are required to file 8865, but can't use any the modules.
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AMT on estimated tax payments
Offer an option on next year estimated tax to use prior year alternative mimum tax rules
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Give sole practitioners a break on the network version
allow sole practitioners to print .pdf or save backup to a network drive without having to purchase the network version.
2 votes