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Why aren't tax returns printing to PDF?

If tax returns are not printing to PDF, check your program's printer preferences.

Corporation Returns - Printing Schedule L (Balance Sheet), Schedule M-1, and Schedule M-2

Generally corporations with total receipts and total assets at the end of the tax year totaling less than $250,000 are not required to complete Schedules L, M-1 and M-2, and if the forms aren't required then Tax Processors Plus won't print them with the return.

Forms/Tax Returns Are Printing In Landscape Orientation

If the pages of a return are printing oriented in landscape rather than portrait, review the orientation in printer preferences in Windows.

Printing Business Mailing Labels

A PDF page of the labels will open.

Form 8962: Why is an Amount Only Printing in Column (f)?

In certain tax returns that include Form 8962, even though Form 1095-A shows information in all three columns for some months or the entire year, the printed copy of Form 8962 shows an amount only in the rightmost column (f), whether on line 11 or on lines 12-23.

Why is the Alabama Drivers License Information Printing all X's?

In Alabama individual tax returns, the taxpayer's driver's license or other identification information is supposed to be masked on the printed form regardless of whether the return is electronically filed or mailed.

Receiving Acknowledgments for Business Returns

When you transmit business returns, after the returns have finished being processed any available acknowledgments from previous transmissions will be picked up automatically.

Detailed Client Invoice Isn't Printing List of Forms and Amounts

In Tax Processors Plus Desktop, if the invoice is not printing a detailed list of the forms and amounts charged, make sure that the Configuration option is set to print the Detailed Client Invoice.

How Do I Set Up Printing Options to Print on Both Sides of the Paper?

There is not an option within the Tax Processors Plus Desktop or Tax Processors Plus Online programs to default printing to both sides of the paper as this is not a standard way to print tax returns.

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Printing the Client Copy 1040

In the View Results menu of Tax Processors Plus Desktop, "Client Copy 1040" is a special print of the return that consists of Form 1040 along with Schedules 1 through 6 condensed onto fewer sheets of paper.

Printing A Return

Printing a Return in Tax Processors Plus Online can be done from either within the tax return or from the Office Client List.

Preparing a MFJ Federal Return with Two MFS State Returns

Here's how to file a federal individual tax return with a filing status of MFJ but two state tax returns with filing status of MFS in Tax Processors Plus.

Turn On/Off Automatic Receipt Printing

Printing Business Reports

The presence of double arrows (>>) next to a report indicates that a new report is available to print subsequent to either e-filing or receiving acknowledgements.

Printing Mailing Labels

Tax Processors Plus Desktop is configured to print labels on Avery 5160 stock or equivalent.

Print All Returns on Form 1040

For years prior to 2018, Tax Processors Plus Desktop will always generate both Form 1040, as well as Form 1040-A or Form 1040-EZ for taxpayers who qualify to file on either of those two forms.

Tax Related Bank Products - Printing A Bank Application

In an individual tax return in Tax Processors Plus Desktop, there are three menus under which the taxpayer's bank application can be printed.

Collate Pages when Printing a Tax Return

Tax Processors Plus Desktop gives you the option to collate pages when printing.

Printing - Bottom of Forms Are Not Printing Correctly

If a PDF is not printing within the margins, with one or more sides cut off, this can typically be corrected by adjusting the Adobe Reader settings.

How to display tax returns in Spanish

In Tax Processors Plus Online, Individual income tax returns can be printed on English or Spanish forms, if a Spanish version is available.

Printing a "File Copy Only" Version of a Tax Return

All Print Options in Tax Processors Plus Desktop include an option to print a watermark across each page of a printed return stating "File Copy Only Do Not Mail" .

Printing a State Tax Return

In Tax Processors Plus Desktop, a state tax return can be printed two ways from the Quick Menu and three ways from within the tax return itself.

Printing A Business Organizer / Pro Forma

The client organizer is questionnaire and information document that tax preparers use to gather tax data from their clients.