About Preparer Profiles

Information about the preparer, among other things, must appear on certain forms, and this must be entered in a repetitive fashion. For example, the preparer's identifying information is found on Form Authorization, Business Consent.

The forms available in a preparer profile allow you to provide information on your accounting firm and define certain settings with regards to the filling of returns, authorization forms and letters.

The data entered in a preparer profile will be posted to the appropriate cells and used for calculation purposes.

The preparer profile that you select as default will be used to create new returns. However, you can select a preparer profile to be used instead of the one by default in each client file.

You can create several preparer profiles to meet your requirements. For example, a preparer profile in English and another one in French. You will then be able to select the appropriate preparer profile.

Additional letter(s) to print

This option allows you to make the additional letters applicable for printing purposes.

You need to select the box(es) corresponding to the additional letters that you want to use and then define the “If applicable” value for these additional letters in the print format.

Additional Paragraph Cells

The "Additional paragraphs" section contains a series of cells that allow preparers to select one or more paragraphs to include to the client letter.

This section is especially useful when you want to include paragraphs that cannot be created automatically based on data in the tax return.

Each cell can be used as a paragraph condition in your customized letter template.

Add descriptions for the paragraphs in your Preparer Profile to allow the preparers to more easily identify them and to ensure that the paragraphs are used consistently by all users. The preparer can then modify which paragraphs will print, on a return by return basis, by overriding the default paragraph selection shown at the bottom of the Client Letter Worksheet (Jump Code: LW).

Changes made in the Client Letter Worksheet are saved in the tax return file and will remain in effect the next time you open the return.

To create a preparer profile, proceed as follows:

  1. In the left menu, click Preparer Profiles.
  2. Click the New button .
  3. The Tax Preparer's Profile form displays. Enter the appropriate information.
  4. Click each tab to enter, in the appropriate forms, data relating to the filing of returns, authorization forms, letters and billing.
  5. Click the button to save the new preparer profile data and set the properties.
  6. Click the button to return to the template view.
Tip: It is possible to convert the preparer profiles created with the previous version of Corporate Taxprep. This functionality allows you to retrieve your preparer profiles and, by doing so, prevents you from recreating them.

To modify a preparer profile, proceed as follows:

  1. In the left menu, click Preparer Profiles.
  2. Select the preparer profile that you want to modify.
  3. Click the Open button .
  4. Click each tab to enter, in the appropriate forms, data relating to the filing of returns, authorization forms, letters and billing.
  5. Click the button to save the changes.
  6. Click the button to return to the template view.

To create a copy of a preparer profile, proceed as follows:

  1. In the left menu, click Preparer Profiles.
  2. Select the preparer profile that you want to copy.
  3. Click the button.
  4. Set the preparer profile properties.
  5. Click OK.

To convert one or several preparer profiles created with the previous version of Corporate Taxprep, proceed as follows:

  1. In the left menu, click Preparer Profiles.
  2. Click the Convert button .
    The Convert - Preparer Profiles box displays. The location selected by default is the one defined to save preparer profiles created with the previous version.
  3. Select one or several preparer profiles that you want to convert.
  4. Click Open.

The preparer profiles are saved at the location indicated in the options and settings. If the conversion was done for only one preparer’s profile, the converted preparer’s profile is opened in the Preparer Profiles view so it can be modified.

During the roll forward of the client files, the preparer profile selected in the ID form will be kept in cases where the name of the preparer profile is identical to the one in the previous version.

Note: Except for the description, the preparer profiles properties will not be converted.

To delete a preparer profile, proceed as follows:

  1. In the left menu, click Preparer Profiles.
  2. Select the preparer profile that you want to delete.
  3. Click the button .
  4. Click Yes to confirm.

To print a preparer profile, proceed as follows:

  1. In the left menu, click Preparer Profiles.
  2. Double-click the preparer profile you want to print.
    The preparer profile displays.
    Select the tab of the form that you want to print.
  3. On the File menu, click Print.
  4. Set the printing options.
  5. Click OK.