Form 8879 Not Printing Tax Year

[MannytheTaxMan]

For the second year in a row the "IRS e-file Signature Authorization" is not including the tax year in the top righthand corner. I do not know if this was an intentional change by the IRS or intuit. 

[abctax55]

IRS made the change... same as last year.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

If you look near the top the tax year is typed in right at Part 1.

[jeffmcpa2010]

That's what Mine does - What Lisa said.

[Taxangel]

I don't see the tax year anywhere, same as last year.  It's not under OMB No. or Part I says "Tax Year Ending December 31,  (Enter year you are authorizing)" but have no clue how to put a year in.

[Taxangel]

On the IRS website, the form revision for January 2021 does not include a year either.

[dkh]

It does not print in upper right hand corner - IRS eliminated that last year. 

It should fill in the year automatically on F8879.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

The program auto inserts the year.

[Taxangel]

My program does not.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

and when you open the 8879 on the screen you cant type in the year box?

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

I can type whatever year I want in the box on the screen

[Taxangel]

What screen is this?

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

The Form 8879 in the program...which software are you using?

[abctax55]

"Screen"  ='s Lacerte or PTO.  NOT ProSeries....

And I'm pretty sure Lacerte adds the year automatically.  Edit.... yep, for 2021 Lacerte is again adding the year automatically.

[janine]

I am looking at a client's 8879 form and the year 2021 is showing on the form.

[Betty Grandy]

Wrong,

It shows on the screen but does not print on the FORM 8879. Did that last year and this year. Proseries needs to fix this. We get tired of taking our time to write the year on every 8879 FORM!

[Betty Grandy]

NOT when you print it.

[janine]

You are correct.  It is on the screen but not when printed on paper.

[TaxGuyBill]

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@Betty Grandy wrote:

Wrong,

It shows on the screen but does not print on the FORM 8879. Did that last year and this year. Proseries needs to fix this. We get tired of taking our time to write the year on every 8879 FORM!

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The IRS removed the year, not ProSeries.  Intuit can't falsify government documents by adding things that the that government documents don't have.

[jeffmcpa2010]

When I print, the year prints on the form on PART 1 header line just like Lisa's example above shows.

[George4Tacks]

IRS, in their INFINITE WISDOM figured they could save a buck or two and not print every form as a new form each year. 8879 is using the same Rev. January 2021 that they used last year. Look closely at the PART I line (highlighted) in this image

Hopefully this will help having to resolve this same issue next year. 

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Prints out fine for me, last year and this year. The year is showing right on the Part 1 Line.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Its not in the corner anymore, they moved it to the line that says Part 1.

[abctax55]

@Betty Grandy 

What software are you using?  PS Basic?

[Taxangel]

I'm using Basic on this reference

[abctax55]

That's important info, as Basic has different/less features the ProSeries.

I don't use either one - but I'd bet a dozen donuts that is the issue.

I know @Just-Lisa-Now-  doesn't use Basic, and she's getting the year on the forms.

[TaxGuyBill]

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@Taxangel wrote:

I'm using Basic on this reference

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It is working correctly in Basic.  It prints the year on the little line going across from where it says "Part I".  See my comment above about the year in the upper-right-hand corner.

[abctax55]

Bill... where do you want the donuts delivered, and what's your favorite?

[TaxGuyBill]

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@abctax55 wrote:

where do you want the donuts delivered

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I read a funny thing yesterday.  A mom asks her three young kids what job do they want to do when they grow up.

Kid 1:  I want to be a scientist!

Kid 2: I want to be a veterinarian!

Kid 3: I want to be the guy that picks donuts off of the donut trees!

[Taxangel]

My very first returns filed this year did not print the year anywhere on the form.  Apparently all this pot stirring works because as of yesterday, I now see the year printed in Part I.