What’s new in ProSeries for tax year 2018

Tax reform: Rest assured that we’ve got you covered.

[UPDATE] Access free resources designed to help you quickly become a go-to expert on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the impact of tax law changes. We’re here for you with training, tools and answers to help you get fully up-to-speed so you can advise your clients with complete confidence.

Enhancements inside your ProSeries software include:

• Updated forms and calculations and diagnostics within ProSeries to address changes to the tax code. This includes a new 1040 worksheet to seamlessly handle the postcard-sized form and six additional schedules.
• [UPDATE] Tax Reform Resource Center that is now searchable inside ProSeries with a click. Simply go to the ProSeries help menu to find tools, calculators and other dedicated tax-reform resources all in one place at your fingertips.
  Go to the Tax Reform Resource Center now
• [UPDATE] Built-in tax reform diagnostics that help you see potential tax reform-driven changes while you prepare a client’s return. Now you get more than 20 diagnostics to specifically address tax law changes. Plus, get quick links, in context, to applicable tax information as you need it.
• [UPDATE] Tax reform guidance that shows you pertinent tax reform info in the callout box at the top of your screen as you work through a return. The info changes based on each input field you click on, so it’s always easy to see the right info, right when you need it — right in context.

Enhancements beyond the software include:

• Extended customer service hours in-season, so you get live help when you need it.
• Free webinars that go beyond product changes to also cover complex portions of the tax reform.
  Register to attend
• [UPDATE] TaxPro Community where you can get tax reform answers from experts and other tax pros like you on our dedicated online community. Plus, browse hundreds of topics specifically related to tax reform.
  Go to the TaxPro Community

My Account: Stay in-the-know with enhanced alerts.

See critical notifications at a glance, right inside My Account. The new alerts symbol at the top of My Account lets you know when you need to take action, so you don’t have to waste time on the phone or sifting through emails to make sure you’re up-to-date. Get notifications for things like expiring payment info, upcoming auto renewal, software updates and more. We’ll make sure you have the information you need to help keep your practice running smoothly. Go to My Account

Security: Rest assured with extra layers to help safeguard your data.

ProSeries will regularly provide data security tips to help you deploy strong security measures and learn the signs of data theft to safeguard your clients’ data and your own business. Learn more

Customer care: Save time with new support options.

Avoid the wait with two new enhancements focused on getting you the help you need, fast, without disrupting your work.

Hold my spot. No more waiting on hold or listening to hold music. Simply call in and choose the call-back option to hold your place in line. When it’s your turn, we’ll call you.

Improved Help Center. Quickly access help without it getting in the way of your work. The Help Center now opens in a separate window without shrinking your view of the return. And when you’re using two monitors, the Help Center automatically opens on the second screen to avoid disrupting your flow. Learn more

Join the discussion in our Accountants Community to post questions and get answers from experts and people like you. Learn more

[UPDATE] New Intuit Marketing Hub: Tap into free resources to fuel your growth.

Introducing our new Marketing Hub for tax and accounting pros. It’s full of guides, templates and other resources to market your unique business, connect with your clients and take your practice to the next level. Visit your free Marketing Hub now >

Software features: Get even more to help you work fast and work right.

[UPDATE] Take advantage of these top thirteen enhancements — all driven by your feedback on what matters most to you.

New 1040 worksheet

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

Smoothly work through the new postcard-sized 1040 and additional schedules with an updated, easy-to-use worksheet that lets you directly access schedules A, B, C, D, E and F with a click — without changing your workflow. Learn more

Qualified business income worksheets

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

New IRS forms, worksheets and calculations for the new QBI deduction will help you minimize your clients’ tax burden. Learn more

[UPDATE] Qualified business income client analyzer queries

(Available for ProSeries Professional only)

Run queries to quickly identify which 1040 clients may be eligible for QBI deductions based on last year’s schedule C, E, F or K-1. Reports can be exported to Excel for easy reference. Learn more

Optimized experience for your screen

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

Your text size, buttons and other elements will automatically adjust for high-resolution monitors so you get a clear view with no squinting. Learn more

New viewing options for Forms in Use

(Available for ProSeries Professional only)

Customize your view for easier navigation in complex returns with the option to collapse sub forms, such as K-1 worksheets, asset worksheets and source documents like 1099 or W-2. Learn more

Timesaving keyboard shortcuts

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

Speed up data entry and navigation with more shortcut keys on your keyboard instead of the slowdowns of using a mouse. Learn more

Federal business returns added for client queries

(Available for ProSeries Professional only)

Now you can run 18 new client analyzer queries across four types of federal business returns: 1120 Federal Corp, 1120 Federal S Corp, Partnership 1065, and Estates and Trusts. Plus, export the reports to Excel. Learn more

More visibility and functionality inside Link

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

New features let you quickly track each client’s recent activity inside Link, plus update info on their behalf. Guided tours help you make the most of new functionality. Learn more

[UPDATE] Password protection for PDF files

(Available for ProSeries Professional only)

Easily add password protection to documents, including organizers, using the option to ”Password protect PDF files” in printer and file setup. This helps you keep data safe when you use web-based email to send return copies to clients. Learn more

Improved Help Center experience

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

Quickly access help without it getting in the way of your work. The Help Center now opens in a separate window without shrinking your view of the return. And when you’re using two monitors, the Help Center automatically opens on the second screen to avoid disrupting your flow. Learn more

[UPDATE] Screen sharing with support specialists

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

Resolve questions faster when you connect with our customer success team by allowing them to see your screen in real-time. Intuit SmartLook^™ technology is now built into ProSeries to bring you one-click access to video and screen sharing, so you can quickly get the answers you need.

[UPDATE] Fixed Asset Manager

(FAM is Included in all PowerTax Library packages.
Available as a compatible add-on solution for other ProSeries Professional products or as stand-alone software.)

Easily track assets and calculate your clients' depreciation automatically. Updates include: increased section 179 expense deduction limit, adjusted luxury vehicle and truck limitations, updated tax worksheets and other depreciation changes to support tax reform. Learn more

[UPDATE] Pay-by-Refund with identity theft protection

(Available for ProSeries Professional and Basic)

Pay-by-Refund now automatically includes identity-theft protection to help you bring more peace of mind to your clients. Your clients who choose this enhanced offering simply incur a $59.90 fee that is drawn from their refund, along with your tax prep fees. There continues to be no cost to you.
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[UPDATE] New forms: Get the forms you need to complete even the toughest returns.

Take advantage of 125 new forms across 24 states and federal, plus 2D capability for Georgia and Connecticut Corporate and S-Corporation Returns.

Federal (17 Forms)

• Fiduciary, Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Form 8990 - Limit on Business Interest Expense
• Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Form 8994 - Employer Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Individual:
  • Schedule 1 (Form 1040) - Additional Income and Adjustments to Income, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule 2 (Form 1040) - Tax, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule 3 (Form 1040) - Nonrefundable Credits, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule 4 (Form 1040) - Other Taxes, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule 5 (Form 1040) - Other Payments and Refundable Credits, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule 6 (Form 1040) - Foreign Address and Third Party Designee, both print and e-file capability
• Fiduciary:
  • Form 6781 Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles
• S-Corporation:
  • Form 8827, Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax—Corporations
• Partnership:
  • Form 8878-A IRS e-file Electronic Funds Withdrawal Authorization for Form 7004
  • Form 8925 Report of Employer-Owned Life Insurance Contracts, both print and e-file capability

Alabama (2 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Schedule DS & HOF, Dependents Schedule and Head of Family Schedule, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule RC, Refundable Credit, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Arkansas (5 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Form AR2106, Employee Business Expenses, both print and e-file capability
  • Form AR4684, Casualties and Thefts, both print and e-file capability
  • Form 3903, Moving Expenses, both print and e-file capability
  • Form AR1000EC, Early Childhood Certification
• Corporate:
  • Form AR1100-WH, Corporation Income Tax Withholding Summary

[UPDATE] Connecticut (6 Forms)

• Corporate & Fiduciary:
  • Schedule CT-PE Pass-Through Entity Tax Credit, both print and e-file capability
• S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Schedule CT-AB Alternative Base Calculation, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule CT-AB Alternative Base Calculation Supplemental Attachment, both print and e-file capability
• Corporate & S-Corporation:
  • 2D Barcode Capability for Print Returns

District of Columbia (2 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Schedule ELC, Early Learning Tax Credit, both print and e-file capability
  • Form DC-8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Georgia (22 Forms)

• Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Form IT-REIT, Captive Real Estate Investment Trust, both print and e-file capability
  • Form IT-Addback, Related Member Intangible Expenses and Costs and Interest Expenses and Costs, both print and e-file capability
  • Form IT-RC 2009, Retraining Tax Credit, both print and e-file capability
  • Form IT-RD 2009, Research Tax Credit, both print and e-file capability
  • Form IT-FC 2018, Film Tax Credit, both print and e-file capability
  • Form IT-CA-2012, Job Tax Credit, both print and e-file capability
• Corporate & S-Corporation:
  • Form 600UET, Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Corporations, both print and e-file capability
  • 2D Barcode Capability for Print Returns
• Individual:
  • Form 5347, Deceased Taxpayer Refund Check Claim Form
• Partnership:
  • Form PV Corp - Corporate and Partnership Payment Voucher

[UPDATE] Hawaii (1 Form)

• Individual:
  • Form N-356 - Earned Income Tax Credit, print capability

Indiana (2 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Schedule 4, Other Taxes, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule E / IN-PRO, Other Taxes, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Iowa (4 Forms)

• Fiduciary, Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • IA Nonconformity Adjustments Worksheet, print capability

Kentucky (1 Form)

• Individual:
  • Schedule ITC, Tax Credit Schedule, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Maine (3 Forms)

• Individual:
  • 1040ME Other Tax Credits, both print and e-file capability
  • 1040ME Sch 1 Income Modifications - Other Additions, both print and e-file capability
  • 1040ME Sch 1 Income Modifications - Other Subtractions, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Maryland (1 Form)

• Individual:
  • Individual - IND PV Payment Voucher, both print and e-file

Michigan (2 Forms)

• Fiduciary:
  • Form 8453-PE, Estate or Trust Declaration for e-file, both print and e-file capability
  • Form 1041V, Fiduciary Income Tax e-file Payment Voucher, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Minnesota (20 Forms)

• Individual, Fiduciary, Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Schedule LK, Like-Kind Exchanges, both print and e-file capability
• Individual & Fiduciary:
  • Schedule KFNC - Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
• Individual & S-Corporation:
  • Schedule KSNC - Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
• Individual & Partnership:
  • Schedule KFNC - Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
• Individual:
  • Schedule M1CAT, Casualty and Theft, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule M1SA, Minnesota Itemized Deductions, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule M1MOVE, Moving Expenses, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule M1UE, Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses, both print and e-file capability
• Fiduciary:
  • Schedule KFNC, Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule M2NC, Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
  • Form M4NP NOL - Net Operating Loss Deduction, print capability
• Corporation:
  • Schedule M4NC, Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
  • Form M4R, Minnesota Business Activity Report, print capability
• S-Corporation:
  • Schedule KSNC, Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
• Partnership:
  • Schedule KPINC, Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule KPCNC, Federal Adjustments, both print and e-file capability

New Hampshire (5 Forms)

• Individual, Fiduciary, Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Schedule IV, Other Internal Revenue Code Reconciling Adjustments

[UPDATE] New Jersey (2 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Schedule COJ - Credit for Tax Paid to Other Jurisdiction, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule DOP - Net Gains or Income from Disposition of Property, both print and e-file capability

New York (6 Forms)

• Corporate & S-Corporation:
  • Form - CT-649, Farm Donations to Food Pantries Credit, both print and e-file capability
• Individual, Fiduciary, & Partnership:
  • Form IT-649, Farm Donations to Food Pantries Credit, both print and e-file capability
• Individual:
  • Form IT 196, New York Resident, Nonresident, and Part-Year Resident Itemized Deductions, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Ohio (1 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Form IT NRS – Ohio Nonresident Statement, print

Oregon (1 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Schedule A, Oregon Itemized Deductions, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Rhode Island (2 Forms)

• Individual:
  • Exemption Schedule for RI-1040 & RI-1040NR
  • Supplemental Schedule for RI-1040 & RI-1040NR, print capability

South Carolina (5 Forms)

• Individual, Fiduciary, Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Form I-385, Gas Tax Refundable Credit, print capability

[UPDATE] Tennessee (2 Forms)

• Fiduciary & Corporate:
  • Form RV-1406501, Report of Debts, print capability

Virginia ( 1 Form)

• Corporate:
  • Schedule AP, Modified Apportionment Schedule for VEDP, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] Wisconsin (3 Forms)

• Corporate, S-Corporation, & Partnership:
  • Schedule AR - Explanation of Amended Return, both print and e-file capability

[UPDATE] West Virginia (10 Forms)

• Fiduciary:
  • IT-141V Fiduciary Income Tax Electronic Payment Voucher
• Corporate:
  • Schedule 1 Separate Entity Filer West Virginia Corporations Wholly in WV, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule 2 Separate Entity Filer with Multistate Activity, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule K-1C - WV Partner/Shareholder/Member/Beneficiary for Corporations Subject to Corporate Income Tax, both print and e-file capability
• S-Corporation & Partnership:
  • Schedule B Modifications to Federal S Corporation and Partnership Income, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule C Reportable Entities & Schedule of Tax Payments, both print and e-file capability
  • Schedule K-1 Schedule of WV Partner/Shareholder/Member/Beneficiary Income, Loss, Modification, Credits and Withholding, both print and e-file capability

Note: Forms information above is as of December 31, 2018.

[UPDATE] New e-filing types: Tap into 30 new e-file capabilities.

Get more e-file options than ever before with these new additions, including the expanded ability to e-file 1040 state extensions in all 18 states allowed.

7 new returns with e-file capability:

• Michigan Fiduciary
• Nebraska Corporate
• Nebraska S-Corporation
• Nebraska Partnership
• Pennsylvania S-Corporation (RCT-101)
• Philadelphia Individual City Return BIRT
• Philadelphia Individual City Return NPT

3 new “stand alone” returns with e-file capability:

• New York Individual IT-214
• New York Individual NYC-208
• New York Individual NYC-210

[UPDATE] 15 new extensions with e-file capability:

• Arizona Individual
• Arkansas Individual, Corporate, S-Corporation & Partnership
• Colorado Individual
• Connecticut Individual
• Delaware Individual
• District of Columbia Individual
• Kentucky Individual
• Maryland Individual
• New Jersey Individual
• North Carolina Individual
• Pennsylvania Individual
• Vermont Individual
  Learn more

2 new estimates with e-file capability:

• Connecticut Corporate
• Connecticut S-Corporation

3 new amended returns with e-file capability:

• Georgia Individual
• Georgia Fiduciary
• Michigan Individual

Note: e-file capability information above is as of December 31, 2018.