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Form 1040 adjustment entry for income that is shown on Form 1041 on decedent's returnNew

When a taxpayer passes away there income needs to be split between Form 1040 and Form 1041 where the total income is reported on Form 1040, but there needs to be an adjustment made to remove the income that will be reported on Form 1041 because that income was earned/received post date of death, so that the taxpayer is not paying tax twice on the same income.Example:Form 1099-INT - shows $1,000. That $1,000 will need to be reported on Form 1040, but let's assume the taxpayer passed away on 06/30. So, 50% of that $1,000 interest should be reported on Form 1041. What needs to happen is the following:Form 1040:$1,000 from the 1099-INT is shown on Schedule B Part I line 1, then there needs to be a subtotal which will state that same $1,000. Below the subtotal there needs to be a line item that states the following: "Form 1041 - Decedent's name and address as it appears on Form 1041" with the amount of -$500. Then the total of the interest income Schedule B > Part I > Line 4 will show a net amount of $500 which is carried to the 1040 interest income line.This is currently not possible and the only way to input what amounts are being reported on Form 1041 that need to be subtracted out from the totals on Form 1040 is if you enter another Form 1099-INT, but with the description of "Form 1041 - Decedent's name and address as it appears on Form 1041" and type -$500. This will appear above the "Subtotal" line which is not correct, but at least the total taxable amount will be correct.Also, this is not only in regards to Interest Income, but needs to work the same way for Dividend income, and certain other income items as indicated by the Form 1041 instructions.NOTE: Yes, the instructions for how to do this is under Form 1041, but those instructions are actually for Form 1040 specifically. See the IRS instruction for Form 1041 under Line 1 - Interest Income to see if my example above makes sense. The snippet of those instructions is pasted below:"For the year of the decedent's death, Forms 1099-INT issued in the decedent's name may include interest income earned after the date of death that should be reported on the income tax return of the decedent's estate. When preparing the decedent's final income tax return, report on Schedule B (Form 1040), line 1, the total interest shown on Form 1099-INT. Under the last entry on line 1, subtotal all the interest reported on line 1. Below the subtotal, enter “Form 1041” and the name and address shown on Form 1041 for the decedent's estate. Also, show the part of the interest reported on Form 1041 and subtract it from the subtotal."Suggestion on how to incorporate and provide a fix:Please add another line items in the details for Form 1099-INT in ProConnect under "Adjustments to Federal Taxable Interest" that would say 'Other' where the user can type out what is needed as the description and enter amounts that they need to show up as adjustments for a specific 1099-INT. Then do the same for 1099-DIV, etc. 

Combine Notes and Flags to be implemented at Line Item Level or Screen LevelDiscussion ongoing

Current Status: Notes are available on all screens with an overall limit of 2500 characters. Generally OK but the limit get exhausted very quickly if the return is complicated and you try and save client queries and pending return data in the notes for quick reference.The Flags feature is a great implementation to review what is pending or what needs attention. However, it does not remind the preparer what exactly is required to resolve that flag. In addition to the current notes implementation, if each flag could also have an optional comment field to indicate what is pending or what further actions need to be taken, it would speed up the return review process.As an example, see the use of comments feature of Microsoft Excel/Word. It allows you to post a comment thread with replies and also allows you to resolve it. If it is resolved it does not pop-up directly, but unresolved comments are quickly brought to notice. If this feature is implemented, it is absolutely important to allow to resolve or post replies to a comment (e.g. Asked Client about IRA investments, the client responded to not put money in IRA. Both these threads should be visible with a date and time so that these questions are not repeated and the preparer has a clear understanding of what had happened at time of preparation of the return.) It would be a bonus if the comments are marked seperately as "Internal Notes", "Client Queries and Responses", etc. and to mark Preparer and CLient Reponses seperately. It may also include a team member marking to indicate who wrote that comment on the team when multiple people work on the same return. I think you guys would be in a better position to determine what options the software gives as or you can allow to customize these seperate group of comments for each client or for the firm as a whole.This feature should also allow the preparer to export the comments with backgroud references in a text format. It will be easy to email the text file to the client to remind them on what is pending from their end.All in all, you can review the Microsoft Word comment feature, a similar feature should be helpful for all the preparers.