What can I ask for from the CPA I'm leaving?

[msa620001]

After many expensive years, with many mistakes (!), I've decided 2022 is the last year I'll rely on my CPA.  Plan to move to TT for 2023 and beyond.  As I pay my final CPA bill, is there information/data I should request from him that will make the transition to TT as easy as possible?  Any chance they would have a data file, for example, that could be uploaded into TT?   Other things to request before we part ways?  thx

[fanfare]

If your return is complex enough to allow mistakes, then there must be carryover information that you will need going forward.

This would be in worksheets marked "Keep for your records".

@msa620001 

[Carl]

Basically, tell your CPA you want a print out of everything with no exceptions. You'll want all calculation forms and worksheets that show the money flow. If your return is complex you can expect the printout to be well over a hundred pages. I myself have W-2 income, self-employement income and I own a few rental properties. My printout every year is about 180-200 pages.  To save time see if they can provide you a PDF file with everything in it. But I still suggest you print it out for your records, as there's no such thing as "lasting forever" when it comes to electronic storage media. You can also expect to pay a small fee for this too.

Also, it will not be possible to "import" anything from a CPA provided in an electronic file. In your first year of using TurboTax, you'll have to enter "everything" manually, one keystroke at a time. 

[msa620001]

Great, thanks.

[msa620001]

Unfortunately, the mistakes were typically simple things...like forgetting to include HSA contributions that we had informed him about.

[fanfare]

90% of the worksheets TurboTax prints out are of no interest to the customer.

That's why you use tax software, so you can ignore them.

@msa620001