Form 1041 K-1 and MA Schedule B/R questions

[swongtax]

I am working on duplicating a Form 1041 Estate Complex Trust Return, and I have two questions:

The Trust has not distributed any income to any of the 3 beneficiaries (all income is accumulated in the Trust):

1.  Are Schedule K-1 forms showing zero numbers required to be generated with the Federal form 1041?

2. Form 2 (MA state), is Schedule B/R showing percentages of the 3 beneficiaries required if there is no distributions?  I cannot get the Pro Connect to generate these forms unless there are distributions.  However, the return I am studying includes Schedule B/R with no income distributions and 3 schedule 2 K-1 (with no income distributions), just showing names and tax id of all beneficiaries.

Thank you!

Sui

[George4Tacks]

I am unsure how this is different than https://proconnect.intuit.com/community/tax-talk/discussion/form-1041-k-1-and-ma-schedule-b-r-questi... other than you now indicate the software.

There are insufficient state users on this forum, so you would be best to contact support to get your software solution https://proconnect.intuit.com/community/taxation/help/how-to-contact-proconnect-tax-online-for-help/...

I will make one comment regarding the software: to enter a zero, use -1. Entering a zero is like a blank entry. This is one oddity of this software and it's cousin Lacerte.