TaxInfo'95 - For the 1995 Filing Season This release contains all the forms and instructions for 1994 and 1995 that were available when issued. If you want to stay current and wish to receive updates, see the Registering and Ordering Updates section which follows. Installation Installation via setup is straight forward, just execute setup from the CD-ROM and follow the prompts. This is accomplished by selecting the File menu item from the Program Manager, then the Run menu item from the file menu. Enter for the Command prompt "D:SETUP", where the "D:" is replaced by the disk specifier for your CD-ROM drive. Then press the OK button to begin installation of TaxInfo. Using TaxInfo The database of Tax information can be viewed, filled out, or printed using the TaxInfo program after installation. You select blank forms or other information to print using the Print Blanks Selection dialog which is displayed from the File: Print Blanks menu or the Print Blanks button on the command bar. You select forms or other information to view or fill out using one of the Index dialog boxes which are displayed from the File: New sub menu or a button on the command bar. There are five indices each of which has a command bar button: Forms, Forms Instructions, Schedules, Schedules Instructions, and publications. Forms or schedules can be opened, filled out, saved, and printed with the TaxInfo program. Initialy forms are opened with the File: New sub menu. When they are open and filled out they can be saved with the Save As (and subsequently the Save) item from the File menu, and printed with Print from the File menu. Forms, schedules and other tax items can be filled out easily if they have a template. After opening initially with File: New, a cursor will appear in the first field to fill out. Move to other fields by using the tab keys or by clicking with the left mouse button on the field. For those items without a template, the TaxInfo program allows you to easily create fields which can then be filled out. Fields created can be saved to create a template using Save As Template from the File menu. Templates are provided for the following forms and schedules: 1040 and its schedules A, B, C, C-EZ, D, E, EIC, F, R, and SE; 1040A and its schedules 1, 2, and 3; 1065 and its schedules D and K-1; 1120 and its schedules D, H, and PH; 1120S and its schedules D and K-1; 1118 schedule I. Templates are also provided for the following forms: 56, 709A, 712, 1000, 1001, 1028, 1040-V, 1066, 1120A, 1120W, 2119, 2290, 2290_93, 2350, 2438, 2439, 2441, 2688, 3903, 4029, 4137, 4255, 4506, 4562, 4626, 4684, 4782, 4789, 4789-T, 4797, 4868, 4952, 5213, 5305, 6251, 6627, 8027, 8379, 8582, 8606, 8615, 8801, 8807, 8810, 8814, 8815, 8817, 8819, 8821, 8822, 8823, 8824, 8825, 8826, 8827, 8829, 8831, 8834, 8838, 8840, 8842, 8843, 8848, and 8849. TaxInfo includes context sensitive help. After it's turned on this allows you to point to an item you wish help on and select it to receive help. To turn context sensitive help on, press the Context Sensitive Help button on the command bar. This button is the rightmost button that has a picture of a pointer and a question mark on it. For more information about context sensitive help, turn context sensitive help on and then select context sensitive help. TaxInfo also includes regular help which you get to by selecting a menu item from the help menu. Included is help to use the help system (Using Help), help for using TaxInfo (Index), help to identify TaxInfo (About), and help with the tax forms (Annotated Forms List). Forms help is also available via a command bar button. For additional information about using TaxInfo please use Help. To use Help first start up the TaxInfo program by double clicking its icon, then select Help from TaxInfo's command bar, then select Index. About the Tax Forms The Federal tax forms, schedules, instructions and publications included with TaxInfo'95 are very close to exact copies when printed at 300 DPI of the actual printed forms and schedules. One of the viewing or display versions, for VGA, uses some substitute fonts to enable viewing in VGA resolution at 90 DPI. The DSP display version is scaled down from the print version to 140 DPI but uses all the original fonts. When printing the forms for filing use a good quality 8.5" by 11" or 8" by 11" white paper and black ink and always print at 300 DPI. If printing at some resolution lower than 300 DPI the forms may or may not be of good enough quality for filing. Because of the great variety of printers that are possible to be used, you must determine whether the quality of the printed form is good enough for filing. If printed at 300 DPI the quality of the form should be considerably better than a photocopy of the original form. Note that the payment vouchers for Forms 940, 940-EZ, 941, 942, 943, and 2290 may not be used. (These vouchers are sometimes on the bottom of the form.) The IRS requires that you use the vouchers that they send you. Registering and Ordering Updates To register and order updates to the TaxInfo CD fill out and mail in the registration and ordering card included with your package. If you did not get or cannot find this card please fill out the file subscrib.txt in your TaxInfo installation directory which can be opened and edited using this program, Windows Notepad. Print out and send the completed form along with any payments for updates to: BSoft Corporation P.O. Box 67420 Scotts Valley, CA 95067 Subscribing is the easiest way to stay current with the federal tax forms, schedules, and their instructions. Additional form and schedule templates will be included on updates, as well as revisions to the TaxInfo program.