N13-P4 – Roberts Refund Monitor (With Penalties)

Filing Status: Head of Household

01-28-2014 TY2013 v1.1-1-WP

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Step

TP Form/
Note(s)

TW Form

Payer/Name

Fed 37
AGI

Fed 74/76
Refund

NJ 38
Taxable

NJ 56/66
Refund

4012
page

Comments

0

Note 20
Note 21
Note 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q: Is this return in scope?

1

Intake etc
Note 1
Note 3
Note 4

Main Info

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: NJ Change of Address will be handled later

Note: NJ Gubernatorial Elections Fund will be handled later

Note: NJ 1040, line 11 will be handled later

2

W-2
Note 5

W2

Big Corp

30,000

2,052

25,724

(351)

 

BP: Wait until NJ return complete before handling cafeteria plan stuff

Hint: Sch A, line 5a should be 295 at this point

3

1099-INT
Note 6
Note 8

Interest Stmt

Big Bank

30,189

2,037

25,912

(355)

 

 

4

1099-DIV

Dividend Stmt

Big Bank

30,789

1,987

26,512

(365)

 

 

5

1099-B

Cap Gn Wkt

Big Bank

31,156

1,987

26,879

(371)

D-15

Hint: See Wash Sale footnote on brokerage statement

Note: Wash Sales in scope for Tax-Aide, but not for VITA

6

1099-R

1099R

Big Bank

31,156

1,987

26,879

(371)

D-18

BP: Add NJ-1040, line 19b Scratch Pad now (see NJ Special Handling)

7

1099-R
Note 7

1099R

Big Corp (code 3)

34,156

1,687

26,879

(371)

D-18

BP: Add NJ-1040, line 19a Scratch Pad now (see NJ Special Handling)

BP: Update NJ-1040, line 19b Scratch Pad now (See NJ Special Handling)

8

1099-R

1099R

Big Corp (code 7)

53,560

(891)

46,283

(733)

D-18

BP: Update NJ-1040, line 19b Scratch Pad now (See NJ Special Handling)

9

W2-G
Note 10

n/a

NJ Lottery

53,560

(891)

46,283

(733)

 

Hint: Look at date on W2-G

Hint: Cannot put gambling losses on Sch A because do not have any gambling winnings

10

Note 3

F/S Tax Pd

NJ payment

53,560

(891)

46,283

(733)

 

Hint: Sch A, line 5a should be 350 at this point

Q: Why no impact on NJ return?

11

Note 9

Sch C

Self-Employment

53,960

(951)

46,683

(741)

 

BP: Add Scratch Pad to document source(s) of cash income

12

Note 11

1040 Wkt7

Jury duty pay

53,970

(951)

46,693

(741)

 

Note: 1040 Wkt7 may need to be added to tree

Hint: Jury duty pay is line 14 on 1040 Wkt7

13

Note 12

A Detail

Medical

53,970

(951)

46,693

(741)

 

BP: Always include medical on A Detail even if obviously below federal threshold

14

Note 13

Sch A

Mortgage

53,970

(951)

46,693

(741)

 

Note: Paula’s mortgage interest is not reported on Form 1098, but is paid to an individual, so it is entered on line 11 instead of line 10 and extra details provided which allows IRS to match against what seller provided at the top of their Sch B

Note: Not itemizing, yet

15

Note 14

Sch A

Property Tax

53,970

(921)

46,693

(741)

 

Hint: Enter full amount paid (See NJ Special handling)

Note: Homestead Benefit will be handled later

Note: NJ Wkt F and lines 37a and 37b will be handled later

Note: Now itemizing

16

 

 

Run Diagnostics

53,970

(921)

46,693

(741)

 

BP: Run Diagnostics before handling recoveries to double check that there are no issues that might affect AGI, which, in turn, might affect Sch A calculations.

If get Error: “On Schedule EIC, the nth child listed does not appear to be a qualifying child…”, then either a) uncheck EIC box on Main Info or b) answer SCH EIC line 4a, then run Diagnostics again

17

Note 14

Scratch Pad

Homestead Benefit

53,970

(944)

46,693

(741)

 

BP: Use Scratch Pad to document Homestead Benefit (See NJ Special Handling)

Note: Still itemizing

18

Note 15

Scratch Pad

PTR refund

53,970

(951)

46,693

(741)

 

BP: Can use same Scratch Pad for PTR as used above for Homestead Benefit (See NJ Special Handling)

Note: No longer itemizing so next steps will move recoveries (Homestead Benefit and PTR) from Sch A to 1040, line 21

19

 

Sch A

Remove
recoveries
from Sch A

53.970

(921)

46,693

(741)

 

Delete Scratch Pad with Homestead Benefit and PTR from Sch A; next step will include Homestead Benefit and PTR on line 21 instead (See NJ Special Handling)

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Note 3
Note 14
Note 15

St Tax Refund
Scratch Pad
1040 Wkt7
NJ Other Inc

Add recoveries
to 1040, line 21

54,510

(1,017)

46,693

(741)

 

Note: Cannot use Add Form to add St Tax Refund if not already in tree; need to Link from 1040 Pg1, line 10 or 1040 Wkt7, line 4

BP: Use Scratch Pad to document PTR amount on St Tax Refund

Hint: Must put Homestead Benefit on 1040 Wkt7 instead of St Tax Refund because it is from two years ago

Hint: Don’t forget to remove Property Tax recoveries from NJ Other Inc (be sure to use amount calculated on St Tax Refund if less than full PTR amount)

21

Note 3

1040 Pg 1

Remove Red

54,510

(1,017)

46,693

(741)

 

Correct answer to line 10 question is “No”

22

Intake etc

1040 Pg 2

Remove Red

54,510

(1,017)

46,693

(741)

 

 

23

Note 3

Sch D Pg1

Remove Red

54,510

(1,017)

46,693

(741)

 

No ST or LT capital loss carryovers

24

 

2210

If Red

54,510

(1,004)

46,693

(741)

 

Note: Filling in last year tax is sufficient to remove penalty

Note: No penalty even though amount owed still > $1,000

BP: Wait to deal with any NJ penalty until NJ return is complete

25

 

 

Run Diagnostics

54,510

(1,004)

46,693

(741)

 

Run Diagnostics after Federal finished and before starting NJ

NJ Return stuff already done while doing federal return

 

1099-R

NJ 1040 Pg 2

Big Corp (code 3)

 

 

 

 

 

Line 19a adjustment (TW bug)

Line 19a = 19,404

 

1099-Rs

NJ 1040 Pg 2
Scratch Pad

All

 

 

 

 

 

Line 19b (Excluded pensions…) adjustments

Line 19b = 5,596

Line 19a + Line 19b = Sum of Box 1 from all 1099-Rs

 

Note 14
Note 15

NJ Other Inc

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reversal of Property Tax recoveries (note: used St Tax Refund calculated amount for PTR)

NJ Return unique stuff

26

Note 17

NJ 1040 Pg1

Municipality code

54,510

(1,004)

46,693

(741)

 

Note: New Municipality lookup tool available from Preparer page

27

Note 3

NJ 1040 Pg1

Change of
Address

54,510

(1,004)

46,693

(741)

 

Change of Address on NJ 1040 is new for TY2013

28

Note 1

NJ 1040 Pg 2

Line 11

54,510

(1,004)

44,693

(705)

 

Hint: Must be under 22 for line 11

29

Note 18

NJ 1040 Pg 2

Line 13

54,510

(1,004)

44,693

(705)

 

Hint: Would make changes on NJ Dep Wkt, if necessary

30

Note 2

NJ 1040 Pg 2

Gubernatorial
Elections Fund

54,510

(1,004)

44,693

(705)

 

 

31

Note 19

NJ 1040 Pg 3

Line 45

54,510

(1,004)

44,693

(705)

 

 

32

Note 15

NJ 1040 Pg 3

Wkt F, Line 1

54,510

(1,004)

37,893

(582)

 

Hint: Must use base year amount

33

Note 14
Note 15

NJ 1040 Pg 3

Line 37a
Line 37b

54,510

(1,004)

37,893

(582)

 

BP: Must then fix 37a (Use Scratch Pad to document)

BP: Don’t forget 37b

34

 

 

Run Diagnostics

54,510

(1,004)

37,893

(582)

 

Make sure there are no issues on NJ return before fixing NJ 1040, line 30

35

Note 5

NJ 1040 Pg 2

W-2 Cafeteria stuff

54,510

(1,004)

37,697

(578)

 

Finally ready to handle W-2 Pre-Tax fed / After-Tax NJ Cafeteria stuff

Hint: See NJ Special Handling

36

Note 15

NJ DD Wkt

Remove Red

54,510

(1,004)

37,697

(578)

 

 

37

Note 15

NJ 2210

If Red

54,510

(1,004)

37,697

(560)

 

Note: Filling in last year NJ tax is not sufficient to remove penalty

38

 

 

Run Diagnostics

54,510

(1,004)

37,697

(560)

 

 

39

 

 

Create e-file

54,510

(1,004)

37,697

(560)

 

You may get additional errors when creating e-file – fix, Run Diagnostics, and Create e-file until no errors…

 

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