Overview of the Task Suite
Make sure to upgrade to the Client Portal 2.0 in order for your published organizers to be viewed in the client portal.
Tax Tasks
Tax tasks are any tasks you do as part of the annual tax return preparation process, from sending out initial information requests to reviewing and filing the return.
Assigning tasks and due dates / how tax tasks repeat
All assignees and due dates will repeat when you start new tax returns.
For example, if you're working on the 2024 tax return, and you've assigned a task to User A and made it due on April 15th, 2025 when you start the 2025 tax return, that task will be assigned to User A and due on April 15th, 2026.
You can assign tasks and due dates in two ways.
You can manually choose a due date or assignee for each task by clicking the pickers on the task.
Or, you can bulk-add tasks or assignees to all tasks in a particular section by clicking the (...) menu on the right side of a section.
Sections
The tax suite comes with pre-defined sections:
General (a custom task section). | See Custom Tasks |
Gather information | Work you need to do leading up to kicking off the tax prep work, including sending out engagement letters, sending out organizers, reviewing prior year tax returns, etc. |
Financial review | Where you can review your client's Trial Balance, Profit & Loss, and Balance Sheet - See Financial Statements. |
Prepare tax return | For tasks encompassing the preparation and review of the tax return. |
File tax return | For tasks related to filing and completing the return project. |
You can also rename, reorder, delete, and create new sections from your section manager in your settings.
To get there, click the gear icon in the top right corner (βοΈ), then click the Sections tab.
Creating new tasks
You can create a new task by clicking the Add Task button below each section. Clicking Add task will allow you to create custom tasks with custom names, descriptions, and subtasks.
You can reorder all tasks by dragging and dropping them.
Tax Suite FAQs
Un-publishing an organizer
To un-publish a tax organizer to the portal,
Go to Organizers > Published
From here, select the 3 dots
Choose Revert to draft
Reverting a published organizer to a draft will remove the organizer from the client portal.
Deleting an organizer
To delete an organizer draft,
Go to Organizers > Draft
From here, select the 3 dots
Choose Delete organizer
If the organizer is published, revert it to a draft first before deleting it.
Deleting a tax-only client
There isn't a way to delete a tax-only from the tax suite itself. However, as a workaround, you can do the following:
Go to Practice Settings > All client settings
Check Monthly closes to make the client populate on the client list
Go to the Client List > Default view
Delete the tax-only client from the client list