Determining the Name Control for Form 1041 in ProSeries Professional
by Intuit• Updated 8 months ago
The IRS recently changed the name control requirements for certain 1041 filers, meaning you may have been able to e-file a trust's return using a certain name control in prior years, however the same name control may not be accepted on new filings.
How do I know what name control to use?
For most estates and trusts, there are three ways to find the correct name control for e-filing:
- On the original IRS notice CP 575B, which the estate or trust received when their EIN was assigned
- By computing the entity's name control following the rules in IRS Pub. 4164
- By contacting the IRS Business Specialty Tax Line at 1-800-829-4933
To find the name control on CP 575B:
The Name Control appears on a tear-off tab attached to the notice.
If you don't have that portion of the form, reference the top of the second page. You should see a string similar to the following example:
(IRS USE ONLY) 575B 10-31- 2008 NAME B 9999999999 SS-4
The Name Control is the four letters directly following the date in this string. In this example, the Name Control is "NAME".
Or, if you filed successfully through ProSeries Professional last year, follow these steps to find the Name Control:
- Open the client return in last year's program.
- Open the Fiduciary Information Worksheet.
- Make note of the Special Name Control for EF listed.
To compute the name control using IRS rules:
The Name Control consists of up to four alpha and/or numeric characters from the entity's name. The ampersand and hyphen are the only special characters allowed in the Name Control. The Name Control doesn't include acronyms like "dba" or "fbo".
For estates:
The Name Control is the first four characters of the deceased individual's last name.
For trusts and fiduciaries:
Trust and fiduciary Name Control rules vary depending on whether the EIN assigned to the trust was obtained online or through a paper application process.
If the trust's EIN begins with 20, 26, 27, or 45, then the trust obtained its EIN online and should follow option A. All others should follow option B.
Where do I enter the name control?
The Name Control Override field is at the very top of the Fiduciary Information Worksheet, in the Special Name Control for EF field.
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