Enter Tax Code Adjustments screen (1120, 1120S, or 1065)

For an 1120, 1120S, or 1065 client, you can create tax adjusting entries directly to a tax code from the Enter Tax Code Adjustments screen. You can also use this screen to enter tax reconciliation information - to record and reconcile differences between adjusted net income amounts and tax net income amounts.
To go to the Enter Tax Code Adjustments screen, select
Actions
, then
Enter Tax Code Adjustments
. (A consolidation client is not available for selection from this screen.)
The schedule lines in the Summary tab of the Enter Tax Code Adjustments screen vary based on the entity type (1120, 1120S, or 1065) selected for the client at
Setup
,
Clients
,
Accounting Information
tab.

Summary tab descriptions

The items in the Summary tab display adjusted net income, total adjustments from the other tabs in the Enter Tax Code Adjustment screen, and data from the Other Adjustment tab. Items that appear in the Summary tab depend on which entity type is selected at
Setup
,
Clients
,
Accounting Information
tab.
Summary tab for entity type 1120
  • Line 1. Net income (loss) per books
    . Equals the year-to-date adjusted net income for the year that the client is in.
  • Line 2. Federal income tax per books
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 2-Federal income tax per books.
  • Line 3. Excess of capital losses over gains
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 3-Excess of cap losses over gains.
  • Line 4. Income subject to tax not recorded on books this year (itemize)
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 4-Tax income not on books.
  • Line 5. Expenses recorded on books this year not deducted on this return (itemize)
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 5-Book expenses not on return.
  • Line 7. Income recorded on books this year not included on this return (itemize)
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 7-Book income not on return.
  • Line 8. Deductions on this return not charged against book income this year (itemize)
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 8-Tax deductions not on books.
  • Other adjustments made to Schedule M-1
    . Equals the sum of the net income effect for the Adjusting Journal Entries in the current period that are included in the tax balance definition. It could include the sum of any combination of the following Adjusting Journal Entry types: Tax Adjustment, Reclassifying, Potential and/or Other.
  • Line 10. Net income (loss) per Schedule M-1
    . Equals the net income (loss) per books, plus lines 2, 3, 4, 5, less lines 7 and 8, plus tax adjusting journal entries that are not included in the tax adjustment.
Summary tab for entity type 1120S
  • Line 1. Net income (loss) per books
    . Equals the Year-to-date Adjusted Net Income for the year that the client is in.
  • Line 2. Federal income tax per books
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 2-Income on Sch K, not on books.
  • Line 3. Excess of capital losses over capital gains
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 3-Expenses on books, not Sch K.
  • Line 5. Income on books, not Sch K
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 5-Income on books, not Sch K.
  • Line 6. Deductions on Sch K, not on books
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 6-Deductions on Sch K, not on books.
  • Other adjustments made to Schedule M-1
    . Equals the sum of the net income effect for the Adjusting Journal Entries in the current period that are included in the tax balance definition. It could include the sum of any combination of the following Adjusting Journal Entry types: Tax Adjustment, Reclassifying, Potential and/or Other.
  • Line 8. Net income (loss) per Sch M-1
    . Equals the Net income (loss) per books, plus lines 2 and 3, less lines 5 and 6 and 8, plus Tax Adjusting Journal Entries that are not included in the tax adjustment.
Summary tab for entity type 1065
  • Line 1. Net income (loss) per books
    . Equals the Year-to-date Adjusted Net Income for the year that the client is in.
  • Line 2. Income on Sch K, not on books
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 2-Income on Sch K, not on books.
  • Line 3. Guaranteed payments
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 3-Guaranteed pmts.
  • Line 4. Expenses on books, not Sch K
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 4-Expenses on books, not Sch K.
  • Line 6. Income on books, not Sch K
    . Equals the total of the adjustments from tab 6-Income on books, not Sch K.
  • Line 7. Deductions on Sch K, not on books
    . Equals the sum total of the adjustments from tab 7-Deductions on Sch K, not on books.
  • Other adjustments made to Schedule M-1
    . Equals the sum of the net income effect for the Adjusting Journal Entries in the current period that are included in the tax balance definition. It could include the sum of any combination of the following Adjusting Journal Entry types: Tax Adjustment, Reclassifying, Potential and/or Other.
  • Line 9. Net income (loss) per Sch M-1
    . Equals the Net income (loss) per books, plus lines 2, 3, and 4 less lines 6 and 7, plus Tax Adjusting Journal Entries that are not included in the tax adjustment.
Other Adjustments
  • Enter or modify tax journal entry adjustment amounts that are posted to tax codes.

Fields & buttons

Ref
Enter a reference number of up to 16 alphanumeric characters.
Description
Enter up to 120 alphanumeric characters to describe the tax item.
Amount
Enter up to 14 positive or negative numeric values. (For example, 999,999,999,999.99 and -999,999,999,999.99).
Income Stmt Tax Code
Select a Revenue or Expense tax code for the client's entity type available from the drop-down list that also includes the Memo tax code-88888.
Unit
For multiple-unit entities, select the unit to designate the input screen location when transferring data to your tax application. For example, if you are transferring utilities expenses for a farm to the UltraTax CS Farm input screen and the tax code for the first unit's utilities is 632 and the unit is 1, you would transfer the second unit's utilities with a tax code of 632 and unit of 2.
M-1 / M-3 Tax Code
Select a Sch M-1/M-3 tax code from the drop-down list (which is applicable to the client's entity type). You can also select Memo tax code 99999.
Difference
The M-3 tax code assignment from the Chart of Accounts > Edit Schedule M-3 Tax Codes dialog provides the Schedule M-3 mapping.
For a Trial Balance client, further Schedule M-3 code mapping is provided when Tax Adjustment type adjusting journal entries are entered and posted. You can flag the Tax Adjustment transactions as either permanent (default selection even if the adjustment does not affect a GL account coded with an M-3 tax code) or temporary.
  • Tax Adjustment AJEs flagged as temporary are mapped to Schedule M-3, Column B.
  • Tax Adjustment AJEs flagged as permanent are mapped to Schedule M-3, Column C.
Exclude
To exclude the Adjusting Journal entry from tax exports, mark this checkbox.
WP Reference
Enter a workpaper reference of up to 25 alphanumeric characters to supply an audit trail and to represent where the journal entry originated. The workpaper reference will print on the Tax Reconciliation Worksheet (Detailed).

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