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- TURBOTAX PERSONAL 1040 VERSION 9.0 10/11/91
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- 1. HEADSTART EDITION FORMS NOT APPROVED FOR FILING
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- The forms in the HeadStart Edition have not been approved
- for filing by the IRS. You must use the Final Edition to
- prepare the IRS copy of your tax return.
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- If you didn't purchase your program from ChipSoft, complete
- the Registration Card in the package (or in the program) so
- we can ship the Final Edition to you when it is available.
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- 2. FORM SELECTION MENUS
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- The 'Scroll forms menu' on the Toolkit Menu is set to OFF
- initially. This means the Summary Style Form Selection Menu
- is displayed, not the Scroll Style Form Selection Menu.
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- The Summary Style menu shows the forms and schedules in one
- window and the worksheets in another window. Press the
- Space Bar to switch between the windows.
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- To use the Scroll Style menu, set 'Scroll forms menu' to ON.
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- 3. CHANGES ON THE HELP MENU
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- The 'Logical Next Step' command is set to ON initially,
- which means LOGICAL NEXT STEP messages are displayed when
- appropriate. If you set 'Logical Next Step' to OFF, these
- messages are not displayed. To see one-time-only messages
- again, set 'Logical Next Step' to OFF, then back to ON.
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- The 'Which Forms to Use' command displays the Which Forms
- to Complete Worksheet.
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- 4. ENTERING AND DELETING TEXT INFORMATION
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- While you enter information into an Enter Text field on a
- color monitor, the field changes from green to light blue.
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- To delete all the information from an Enter Text field
- quickly, place the cursor on the data field, then press the
- Back Space key while you hold down the Ctrl key.
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- 5. DEPRECIATION OF LISTED PROPERTY AUTOMOBILES
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- There are five categories of listed property vehicles, not
- six. Category 5 is 'After 7/31/86 (MACRS)' and there is no
- Category 6.
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- 6. TRANSFER OF AMORTIZATION
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- If the transfer amortization information from last year's
- data file, add the proper Form or Schedule Code for the
- amortization to the Codes column on the Depreciation and
- Amortization Worksheet. TurboTax will then transfer this
- year's amortization amount to the indicated form or
- schedule.
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- 7. STATE PROGRAMS ON ORDER FORM
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- On the order form in the manual, WA (Washington) should be
- WI (Wisconsin).
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- 8. PRINT TO A DISK FILE COMMAND
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- The 'Print to a disk file' command does not work for a
- graphic format Form 1040 or Form 1040A if you have selected
- a Hewlett Packard Series II or III laser printer because of
- the downloaded fonts.
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- 9. VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT
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- To change the length of a graphic format Form 1040 or 1040A
- produced by your dot matrix printer, select 'Edit printer
- codes' from the Printer Options Menu, then select 'Vertical
- Adjustment'. The larger the number you enter, the shorter
- the form.
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- 10. IMPORT DATA COMMAND
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- When the "Import data" command transfers an amount to a
- Calculated Amount field, it changes the field to OVERRIDDEN.
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- The following Import Data Code is not valid:
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- =TBEB= Form 2106, Occupation for Expenses
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- 11. TRANSFER TEXT FIELDS
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- Some text fields may be truncated when transferred from
- last year due to changes in the lengths of some fields.