Possible causes for the scanner not activating The scanner may not be connected to the computer: Verify the scanner is properly connected to a USB port. Drivers may not be installed. To verify if the drivers have been installed: In Windows, pre... Read More

Prior Year Authorization codes Older software years may require an auth code EVAL to activate features in Office Setup. Use the following steps listed below to input codes when required: Log into the software with Administrative access level. Click ... Read More

Symptoms An error message appears when transmitting. ’Login Refused, NO USER ID’  Cause This message appears if either of the following are true: The User ID entered in the program is invalid. The account associated with th... 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

Symptoms When activating a check range, the following error message appears: ’Check Numbers Overlap with existing Check Inventory’    Cause This error message will appear if: The check range entere... Read More

Installing a state package from within the program Create or open a tax return. Click Add Form. Select the State Tab and use the drop-down menu to select from the Available States section. Select the form to be added by double clicking. In ... Read More

Symptoms When transmitting, the following error message appears: ’Login Refused, Bad PASSWORD’    Cause This error message can occur due to the following reasons: The User ID entered in the program is incorrect... Read More

Symptoms When attempting to print a check, the following error message appears: ’Abort Interrupt! Unable to read check image’  Cause This behavior can occur if the program is not updated to the latest version. Before performing... Read More

Symptoms While printing a PDF tax return copy, the following error message appears: ’This file cannot be opened because it has no pages.’ Cause This error can be caused by: Printing bank documents on a tax return with no bank ... Read More

Proforma information will be pulled as you open each tax return Set during installation. Set through Office Setup. KB 276 How to Enter in The Prior Year Path Proforma tax return information will appear when you begin a new tax return with the sa... Read More

Audit/Validation Checks    The following short steps show that a customer can turn these checks on or off according to preference:  1. Configuration can be reached by going to Setup -> Office Setup -> Auth/Audits Tab.  ... Read More

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Adding Notes to a Return   The software offers several methods to add notes to a tax return. These notes are not transmitted with the tax return, and may be used by the preparer to store additional information for their records: 1. Using the "No... Read More

Symptoms On some systems, "Enable Protected Mode at Startup" and/or "Enable Enhanced Security" can cause a gray screen or error message in attempting to view a PDF in the software.  Cause The symptoms can occur when Use External PDF Reader ... Read More

Symptoms When running the Data Converter, the Data Converter appears to convert tax returns, yet no files are actually converted.    Cause This issue can occur if User Access Control (UAC) is enabled, and the software is not run as an adm... Read More

Symptoms: When printing a check, the following error message appears: "Remote site printing requires site selection first." Cause: The check being printed is associated with a Site ID, but a database record for this Site ID has not been crea... Read More

Symptoms When updating the program, an error message appears: ’Prerequisite: Update file missing’     Cause This error will occur when trying to apply an update to the program without applying the previous updates. This... Read More

Symptoms While attempting to print in the program, the following error message appears. ’Print Tax Return - Cannot be Transferred on Transmitting Computer’    Cause This error will occur if the program is configured as a ... Read More

Symptoms When opening a file in the Document Archive, the following error message appears: ’Software Error /Interrupt!! - Abt (Bind or Listen failed on TCP H)’ or ’Software Error /Interrupt!! - Error: (043) file does't ... Read More

Symptoms While verifying a tax return, a verify error “US FRM 8862 Field Should Be Blank” is present.   Cause This occurs when question 2 “If the only reason your Earned Income Credit was reduced or disallowed in the earlier... Read More

Symptoms When activating TextLink in Office Setup - TextMsg/Email, the following error messages appear: 'The module “C:\xlinkYY\sendtext.dll” was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80... Read More

Symptoms  When printing a tax return as a PDF, an error message appears. ’ Software Error /Interrupt!! XIExec () Error: (11) ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND ’   Cause In most cases, this error will occur when the p... Read More

Symptoms When printing a tax return to PDF, the following error message appears: ’Software Error/Interrupt!! TextFlushThe system cannot find the path specified.’   Cause This error occurs when the program is configured to use... Read More

Symptoms When printing a Final Tax Return, Form 8879 or 8453 do not print. However, Form 8879/8453 will print when printing bank documents.    Cause This behavior will occur if the program is configured to print Forms 8879 or 8453 with... Read More

Symptoms When verifying a tax return, the following verify error appears: ’Client Data - State attached does not include any forms’    Cause The state tax return may not be fully completed, or the state tax return has o... Read More

Symptoms When opening the program, the following error message appears: ’Startup Abort!!!DB2 Load Error: (030)’ Cause This error can occur if there was an issue applying a previous program update. Resolution The program must be uninsta... 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

Symptoms When attempting to capture a signature using the Topaz Signature Pad, the following error message appears:  ’Cannot open clientsignature.pdf from host’    Cause This issue can occur if the version of Adobe R... Read More

Symptoms Upon opening the software, an error message occurs. 'Script Compile Error: Duplicate label' Cause The 1040zz file may be corrupt. Resolution Navigate to the \xlink##\software (replacing "##" with the year of t... Read More

Symptoms When installing the program, an error message similar to the following appears:  ’Error 1324. The path XXXX contains an invalid character.’    Cause This issue can occur if there is no “C:” drive on... Read More

Symptoms When capturing the digital signature during the printing of a tax return, the following error message appears: ’Federal Return not selected to print’    Cause This issue can occur if the program is configured to skip... Read More

Symptoms While launching the software. ’There was a problem loading display Fonts. Please reboot your system to reset windows fonts cache. Do you want to continue the application without the fonts?’ Cause Font cache issues Resolu... Read More

Symptoms When printing a check, the follow error message appears: ’Must configure Site ID when using remote check printing’   Cause This issue may occur if the software is configured for remote check printing.   Resolut... Read More

Symptoms When verifying a tax return, a verify error message appears: ’US FRM 8879 The Last Printed 8879 Values do NOT match current 8879 Values - RePrint 8879’    Cause Form 8879 was previously printed and the cur... Read More

Symptoms While printing a form, the following message appears: ’Form Imported or Not Supported’      Cause This error may occur for several reasons: Bank Application This error occurs when trying to print the ban... Read More

Symptoms When a new return is entered, the following error occurs: ’DataBase Access Error' Cause This error is caused when the current year cannot access the tax data for the prior year program due to the prior year password being inc... Read More

Symptoms When opening archived documents, the following error message appears: ’Software Error/Interrupt!! DlgMake (WEBROWSER) Error: (100) ERROR_CANNOT_FIND_WND_CLASS:’ Cause This behavior can occur if the program is configured to... Read More

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Symptoms When opening the program, an error message similar to the following appears: ’Startup Abort!!!       Cause This can occur when the program is updated on a network while the program is open on another workstation. I... Read More

Symptoms  When selecting a link on the Work In Progress Summary, the following error message appears: ’Error/interrupt abt(software crc error) error 020 xlink abort.’    Cause This issue can occur if a program file is ... Read More

Symptoms When printing a tax return, the following message appears: ’Return contains errors which exceed the acceptable error level, as specified in System Setup.This return CANNOT be Printed.’    Cause This will occur if the ... Read More

Symptoms While opening a tax return, an error message similar to the following appears:  ’dir20xx Accessing: dir20xx – C:0000000. crc error on page header’ Cause This issue can occur if the program database index file is... Read More

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Symptoms You receive the following message when trying to use the the On-Screen Signature option to capture signature for EF Originator, Paid Preparer, or Tax Payer. ’A Topaz Signature Pad is not installed, Please contact your sales represent... Read More

Follow this article to turn off Invoice Short Form. The Billing Scheme is configured to show charges in an itemized manner by default. This allows the invoice to display charges for each form when this method is used. When Display Invoice Short Form... Read More

When trying to access the help file from the software you get an error. "Component MSCOMTL.OCX or one of its dependencies not correctly registered"   Steps This fix is NOT tax year specific, if you're having issue with one year this will f... 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

Symptoms When verifying fatal error displays:  ’Invalid RT/ERC Account Number -  Check Setup Options’ Cause The deposit information on the Form 8879 has been altered. This can happen due to a SSN change or by the ERO tryin... Read More

Symptoms When opening the program, the following message appears: ’xlink32.exe - System Error’ Resolution From the workstation Navigate to the install folder on the host machine (through network) Right click on application VC_r... 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