Assigning Tax Lines

Apr 13, 2009 3 Replies

Hello -



I want to import my QB data (QBPro 2008) into Turbo Tax, but I'm stuck at tax lines.



How do I know what tax line to assign to my Balance Sheet Accounts (Banks, Undeposited Funds, Accounts Payable, Credit Cards, Loans, Sales Tax Payable, Opening Balance Equity, Owner's Capital, etc.). Is there a resource on a web site that I can find the answers to this question?



best -



chris


What tax return are you filing? If you are filing a Schedule C with your

1040 then your balance sheet accounts don't need to map to your tax return. I just put mine as either unassigned or not tax related.

The answer behind that is where would you put the income/expense if you were filling out the return/schedules by hand?

First of all, is it actually a tax-related account? The bank account itself obviously isn't; payments from and receipts into _may_ be legitimate business deductible expenses or business revenue, but those are reported via the appropriate tax-related accounts the transactions are recorded under.

The ultimate resource for tax questions is

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I'm sure there's some online support for Turbo Tax that may have some generic guidelines, but basically you have to look at each account in the Chart of Accounts and classify it as tax-related or not.

Thanks Laura -

Right, 1040 with schedule C (I'm a sole proprietor; and for another company a 1099 independent contractor). Thanks for your help!

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chris

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