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🔍 Trial Balance in TW Business packages

When you complete all entries on the Trial Balance, SureFire carries these amounts to the appropriate line in the tax return for you. If you are importing General Ledger data, that data flows to the Trial Balance, then to appropriate entries throughout the tax return.

The Trial Balance worksheet is printed on two pages.

⚠️ Linking to Other Worksheets (F9)

You can link (press F9) from specific Trial Balance entry fields to open related forms/worksheets.

Step 1: Link to Form 8825 (Rental Income)

Use this when you need to enter rental gross income and expenses.

You can link (press F9) on the RENTAL INCOME Gross Income entry field to open Form 8825. Gross rent and expenses are carried to the Trial Balance entries, and net income is carried to Form 1065, page 3, line 2.

Step 2: Link to Schedule F (Farm Income and Expenses)

Use this when you need to enter farm income and expenses.

Link to Sch F: You can link (F9) to open Schedule F, the Farm Income and Expenses worksheet, from the Trial Balance Worksheet. Make your entries there, and SureFire carries the Gross Income and Total Deductions amounts back to the entries on the Trial Balance worksheet. Net income is also carried to Form 1065, page 1, line 5.

❌ Important Caution

If you open the Trial Balance Worksheet but make no entries, when you return to Form 1065, all the entries that would have been calculated from the Trial Balance Worksheet will be changed to calculated (yellow) entries. To change the entries back to green (non-calculated), delete the Trial Balance Worksheet, and then close and reopen the tax return.

Also, if you make some entries directly on Form 1065, and then open the Trial Balance Worksheet, when you reopen Form 1065, your manual entries will be red, like entries that have been marked as Estimated.

✅ What Happens When You Enter Data in Both Places

When there is manually entered data in an entry and Trial Balance data transfers to the same entry, SureFire does two things:

Step 1: Manual Data Overrides Trial Balance Data

SureFire prioritizes your manual entry.

SureFire allows the manually entered data to override the Trial Balance data. The entry is automatically marked as Overridden.

Step 2: The Entry Is Flagged as Estimated

SureFire alerts you that the entry may have a problem.

SureFire also flags the entry as "estimated." The Estimated status alerts you that there is a problem with the entry

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