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Business & farm
At this point I don't think it is wise to just "plug" anything.
What @M-MTax is saying, is that it is possible that something in your balance sheet may not be correct.
If this is the first year for completing a balance sheet, I recommend that you start out by completing a beginning of the year balance sheet and getting it to balance.
It appears odd that beginning and ending cash are the same. Could be, but just seems odd.
Even when attempting to get a beginning of the year balance sheet pulled together, this will most likely require a "plug" to retained earnings. However, before you do that, you need to make sure that every other balance sheet item is correct.
Unless you had absolutely no business activity, beginning of the year retained earnings wouldn't be zero.
Going forward, I would recommend using software like Quickbooks or the equivalent.
TT doesn't really "prepare" the balance sheet portion of the return. This is all driven by input.
While these two amounts won't agree, take a look at your beginning retained earnings (when computed) and compare it to the beginning AAA account. Are they reasonable close? They should be unless you have significant book tax differences.
Also keep in mind the date of replies, as tax law changes.