The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) adds many protections related to employment-based group health plans for you and your family.  These include extending dependent coverage up to age 26; prohibiting... Read More

The bank application status can be viewed under the Financial Product section of the Information and Status screen within the Client Tax Return. The first field in this section, labeled "Bank Rsp:" (Bank Response) will indicate the status of... Read More

Symptoms When attempting to transmit, an error message appears: ’11004: unable to make TCP connection’   Cause This behavior can occur if any of the following are true: There is no active internet connection. Internet spee... Read More

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QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO SETTING UP MY WALLET... Read More

Here you will find a list of Knowledge Base Articles that are tax phase specific. Description Suggested Article Phase TIME For CHANGE Software System Requirements All Season Oct-April E-Filing Prior Year Tax Returns All Season Oct-April E... Read More

TERMS OF SERVICE FOR ONLINE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES - TAX YEAR 2021 BY CLICKING THE "ACCEPT" BUTTON OR ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU ARE ENTERING INTO AND AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TE... Read More

Each Bank Partner offers a version of an Advance Product, which allows a client to obtain funds in advance of receiving their tax refund. You may find below important information one would need to know in relation to applying for an Easy... Read More

Symptoms The following verify error appear when applying for a refund advance bank application "Refund less Fees too small for RT/ERC" "Refund amount does NOT qualify for Advance" Cause The field Selected Packages exists at the beginning of the Truth... Read More

 PRIVACY POLICY Central Site Important Information: Please read this carefully as we have made updates to our Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy goes into effect September 2020.  At Central Site (“CPTS,” “us,” �... Read More

Preventing the Windows Security Warning   NOTE: Exit all programs, including Internet Explorer (if it is running). Click Start, and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box, and then press Enter:       ... Read More

  This networked printer problem is broken down into two main troubleshooting areas: Hardware and Software. The following procedure assumes a networked client machine is trying to connect to a shared printer that is physically installed on a netw... Read More

To apply for a Republic Bank Product  Regular RT  Prefund and RT-Lite Advances To generate a bank application in a return KB 345: How to add a 'bank product' (RAC) to a tax return. IMPORTANT: The application is not meant to be... Read More

To apply for a Santa Barbara (TPG) bank product  Regular RT  Prefund Advance Options If you are primarily interested in Disbursement Options for the Prefund advance and the Regular RT options KB 347: SB-TPG Disbursement Options Fo... Read More

Republic Bank offers three Disbursement Options for their regular RT (Refund Transfer) as well as their Easy Advance option.Specifications Regarding to the regular RT, all four options may be used. Should the Advance option be selected, the... Read More

Symptoms When starting the program on a workstation computer, the following error message appears: ’Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file’   Cause This issue can occur if the Internet Explorer security se... Read More

Permissions Registry The following error message appears in attempting to open Office Setup, Printer Setup, or Local Setup:  The cause for this error message is that certain settings in the program are saved to the registry on the local c... Read More

Description of authorization codes inside the advanced section for an EFIN  Database > EF Originator > EFIN/Edit > Advanced... EFIN Product Authorization codes by bank: TPG - Will only have one of the followingT/D - EFIN is still in... Read More

Symptoms Verify error prevents transmission of return. ’Age Requirements Not Met for RT/ERC’     Cause That Taxpayer is not eligible to get RT (Bank Products) TPG/SBTPG Santa Barbara Bank Alabama min age 19 Nebraska min age 1... Read More

When attempting to access wallet setup the following warning populates.  ADMINISTRATOR should have access to ALL functions of the program. Close 1040 software Right click on desktop Icon for 1040 Software Select Properties Click the Advance butt... Read More

The Recovery Rebate Credit is authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.More details about the Recovery Rebate Credit are available here at IRS.gov.... Read More

Symptoms While attempting to email any form from within the 1040 Software the following error occurs: ’Error - Failed to invoke Method’ Resolution From within the 1040 software navigate to Setup Select Office Setup  Click the Text... Read More

The Billing Setup function enables use of the Client Invoicing feature. This feature allows the ability to bill clients for tax preparation fees you set. This article will cover how to set and manage pricing, discounts and custom charges. Note: The... Read More

IRS Rejection: The e-File Database indicates that Form 8962 or binary attachment with description containing ACA Explanation must be present in the return. RuleNumber: F8962-070 Possible reason for rejection: Taxpayers placed applications throug... Read More