Hello ABC,

ABC, thank you for your suggestion to go ahead and file the 2023 return, then to amend it later to get the stepped-up basis adjusted as it should be. I had not thought of the possibility of amending for this purpose. With that knowledge, and also recognizing that my deadline for filing is too close to delay any further, I did mail in my federal and Kansas 2023 returns today at the post office using certified mail with return receipt requested. This, after removing all entries I had made yesterday attempting to start the stepped-up basis process within the return.

Terry, unfortunately I did not see your last response to try the experiment of removing the e-file options before I had already moved forward with the above process for mailing today, so I do not know whether that might have fixed the problem I was having with the state depreciation section of the Asset Entry Worksheet. I am wondering if there was some simple reason like this that caused the software not to work. Otherwise, it does not seem sensible that the state depreciation data would not project as it should because it used to work perfectly in previous returns. It does not make sense to me that, even if Intuit is making update adjustments to the software, this particular item would be suddenly unresponsive to current use. But then, I do not know what affects the Intuit update process might have, so that is another unknown.

Thanks to all who responded to my request for assistance. You are very much appreciated. I may have more questions when I start the amendment process later on, as I have not done an amendment previously in ProSeries.

Ekhaterina