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Share-TAX/1040 (tm)
for 1992
U S E R ' S M A N U A L
Bammel Software
P.O. Box 382194
Duncanville, TX 75138-2194
214-296-8518 (voice and FAX)
(for FAX press your SEND key)
DISCLAIMER
THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND IN NO EVENT WILL BAMMEL SOFTWARE OR ANY
INDIVIDUAL CONNECTED WITH BAMMEL SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE
USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
BAMMEL SOFTWARE, AND ALL INDIVIDUALS CONNECTED WITH BAMMEL
SOFTWARE, SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM THE ROLE OF TAX ADVISER. THIS
PROGRAM ONLY PERFORMS THE MECHANICS OF TAX PREPARATION IN STRICT
ACCORDANCE WITH IRS FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS. THE USER MUST
EXERCISE JUDGEMENT AS TO THE CORRECTNESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF
ANY AND ALL AMOUNTS ENTERED USING THIS PROGRAM, JUST THE SAME AS
IN FILLING OUT THE IRS FORMS MANUALLY.
C O N T E N T S
1. FEATURES and BENEFITS
1.1. What it Does
1.2. Ease of Use
1.3. Forms not Provided by the Program
1.4. Getting an Early Start on your Tax Return
1.5. Dollars and Cents, versus Whole-dollar Amounts
1.6. Next Year's Version
2. PRODUCT SUPPORT
3. SOFTWARE LICENSE
4. DUPLICATION and DISTRIBUTION of Share-TAX/1040
5. INSTALLATION and RUNNING THE PROGRAM
5.1. Machine Requirements
5.2. Using the INSTALL Program
5.3. Installing Upgrades
5.4. Running the Program from Diskette
5.5. Running the Program from Hard Disk
5.6. Exiting from the Program
5.7. Setting Screen Options
5.8. Setting Printer Options
6. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
6.1. Pull-Down Menu
6.2. Taxpayer Lookup
6.3. Keyboarding Conventions
6.4. Screen Selectors and Multiple-instance Screens
6.5. Data Entry Fields
6.6. Calculated Data Fields
6.7. Calculations
6.8. Data Records
6.9. Multiple Versions of Data
6.10. Order of Screens
7. SCREEN-SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
7.1. Form 1040 - U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
7.2. Schedule A - Itemized Deductions
7.3. Schedule B - Interest and Dividend Income
7.4. Schedule C - Profit(Loss) from Business/Profession
7.5. Schedule D - Capital Gains and Losses
7.6. Schedule E - Supplemental Income Schedule
7.7. Schedule F - Farm Income and Expenses
7.8. Schedule R - Credit for Elderly and Disabled
7.9. Schedule SE - Social Security Self-Employment Tax
7.10. Form 2106 - Employee Business Expenses
7.11. Form 2119 - Sale/Exchange of Principal Residence
7.12. Form 2210 - Underpayment of Estimated Tax
7.13. Form 2441 - Child/Dependent Care Expense Credit
7.14. Form 3903 - Moving Expense
7.15. Form 4137 - S.S. Tax on Unreported Tip Income
7.16. Form 4562 - Depreciation and Amortization
7.17. Form 6251 - Alternative Minimum Tax - Individuals
7.18. Form 8606 - Non-deductible IRA Contributions
7.19. Form 8615 - Under 14, Investmt Income over $1100
7.20. Worksheet - W-2 Forms Wage Information
7.21. Worksheet - Schedule of Other Income
7.22. Schedule EIC - Earned Income Credit
7.23. Worksheet - Taxable Part of Pensions/Annuities
7.24. Worksheet - Taxable Social Security Benefits
7.25. Worksheet - IRA Contributions
7.26. Supplemental Schedules
7.27. Client Invoice
8. PRINTING
8.1. Printing Individual Forms
8.2. Graphic Form 1040
8.3. Precautions for printing Graphic 1040 to a file
8.4. IRS Approval of Substitute Forms
8.5. IRS Requirements for Computer-Generated Forms
8.6. Calculation Before Printing
8.7. Previewing Printouts on the Screen
8.8. Printing to a File
9. TAX PREPARER INFORMATION
10. EXCEPTION REPORT MESSAGES
1. FEATURES and BENEFITS
1.1. What it Does
Using the data you enter, Share-TAX/1040 does all computations
and prints out your complete tax return ready to submit to the
IRS. If you have a compatible LASER or dot-matrix printer, you
can print a graphic image of the official Form 1040 which is IRS
approved for inclusion in your tax return. For all schedules and
forms other than Form 1040, it prints IRS-approved non-graphic
substitute forms.
It frees you from the drudgery of manually filling in the forms
and manual calculations. The ease with which you can try out
various combinations and situations adds a new dimension to tax
preparation as compared to manual methods.
1.2. Ease of Use
You need only enter the correct numbers, and Share-TAX/1040 will
do all computations for you, forwarding amounts from one form to
another as necessary. It displays and follows IRS forms as
closely as possible so that you can see and understand clearly
what is happening and so that you can make the proper
judgements.
The order in which you enter your data is completely arbitrary,
and you can at any time suspend your data entry to work on a
different tax return or exit the program. Then later you can
resume where you left off. Data is always automatically saved on
disk.
1.3. Forms not Provided by the Program
If you need additional forms not provided by the program, simply
fill out these forms manually and enter the total(s) to the
proper form in the program. Then submit the manually prepared
forms along with those produced by the program.
1.4. Getting an Early Start on your Tax Return
As you begin receiving your tax information, you can get an early
start on your taxes by entering it as soon as you receive it. At
that point, by estimating the numbers you don't have yet, you can
get an early idea of what your tax bite is going to be. Later,
when you receive those last few missing numbers, you can enter
them and in a few moments have your complete tax return ready to
submit to the IRS.
1.5. Dollars and Cents, versus Whole-dollar Amounts
The IRS allows you to enter your money amounts either as dollars
and cents, or as rounded whole-dollar amounts, but whichever you
choose, you must use it consistently throughout your return.
However, they prefer whole dollars, and that is how
Share-TAX/1040 is designed to operate.
The IRS requires that when adding up amounts for a single entry
on a form, that dollars and cents be used, and that rounding to
whole dollars be done only after the addition. That is the
reason why a few forms in Share-TAX/1040 have dollars and cents,
in particular the individual W-2 Forms and the Supplemental
Schedule. But you will notice that the totals are shown in whole
dollars.
1.6. Next Year's Version
Next year's version is not expected to be ready before early
January, 1994. This is due to the fact that final IRS forms are
usually released late. However, the IRS usually releases
preliminary forms in June or July. Therefore, we expect to have
a PRELIMINARY version of the program ready in July or August,
1993.
Even though you will not be able to use the preliminary version
to file your 1993 tax, it should be very useful for tax planning
because it will utilize the 1993 tax rates.
2. PRODUCT SUPPORT
Voice and FAX is provided at 214-296-8518.
The voice system will guide you through placing an order or
leaving a message.
To send a FAX, just press the SEND key on your FAX. If for some
reason that does not work, you can also pr