Salesforce
Tax Research
Ways to Help Customers
Other Tools
Out of Scope & Svc Exclusions
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This salesforce resource enables you to check whether customers have filed their tax returns for previous years. 

What is EFE

100

This is our internal platform created to be a one stop shop for our experts to find answers, communication, get quick access to tools and resources. 

What is Elevate

100

This six digit code allows you to view the customer's Turbotax screen. 

What is Smartlook Code

100

This resource enables you to check the status of a customer's refund if they opted for the refund transfer method. 

100

These boxes shouldn't be checked on the federal or state returns.  They indicate an individual who is not the taxpayer or their spouse who are authorized to communicate with the IRS regarding the return in question.

What is Third-party desgnee boxes.

200

This salesforce resource enables you to see all TurboTax accounts linked to a customer's (name, phone number, e-mail), helpful when they encounter login issues or have multiple accounts. 

What is CSR

200

Your real time communication tool and primary tool for support interaction with leads. 

What is Slack

200

This code provided by the customer allows us to download and open the customers tax file in TTD. We enter this code in this tool located in quickbase. 

What is a Diagnostic Token

200

In this section of an engagement, you can view customers'  products as services (such as audit defense and max) and their past Turbotax product purchases from previous years.

What is Entitlements

200

All returns prepared by Intuit will use the same ___________________ as on the client's prior-year return, to prevent tax notices and IRS account confusion.

What is taxpayer/spouse order

300

In this section, you can view customers' entitlements (i.e audit defense, max) and their past Turbotax product purchases from previous years. 

What are Customer Orders

300

A resource for tax information, law explanations, and multi-state issues. It also has industry news where important tax law updates are shared as well as organizers and worksheets.

300

A customer elects to pay TurboTax fees with their refund this is also known as 

What is Refund Transfer 

300

A customer cannot file due to a form not being available early in the tax season. We can use this tool to see when specific (federal and state) forms will be ready. 

300

TTL won't proceed with a current-year return until the prior-year depreciation issues have been resolved. What are the ways to do this?

  • An application for change in accounting method (Form 3115): can be filed with the current year tax return to correct one or more prior years.
  • Amended return: can only be filed if the incorrect treatment was used in less than two consecutive years.
400

This tool helps small business owners create, manage, and file forms related to their employees and independent contractors (w-2, 1099-NEC)

What are Quick Employer Forms

(https://quickemployerforms.intuit.com/home)

400

Your public exchange for TT answers. A community where customers can ask questions and answered by TT Live experts. 

What is the Turbotax Live Community (TTLC) 

(ttlc.intuit.com)

400

This specific slack channel gives updates about queues, vto offered, overtime offered, emerging issues.

What is #TTL-Announcements 

400

This resource provides a list of all known issues in the TurboTax product, the investigation status, resolutions & any temporary workarounds.

What is Known Issues and investigations 

(https://en.intuit.com/ttl-us/known-issues-and-investigations)

400

______________ must be documented in writing from the client, either through uploaded documents or via Chat.

Tax payments and estimated tax payments

500

I received a call but no case popped up/missing customer information. To resolve this, I will go into salesforce and "do this" to the customers' account. 

What is Sync

500

This internal resource shows you where to enter the tax documents (information) into TurboTax and how to verify the information in the tax return. 

What is the Turbotax How to Guide (WIKI) 

(https://wiki.intuit.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=685673486)

500

A customer has received a notice from the IRS. After confirming entitlements, we see that they have purchased this add-on. The customer will follow up with taxaudit.com 

What is Audit Defense 

500

Your engine to find ctos, case numbers, and other information about FS cases

What is Splunk

500

Transferred prior-year data can be relied on when needed for the current year and no confirmation is needed unless: (3 reasons)

  • Amounts clearly don't match prior-year return
  • A prior-year amended return was filed
  • The customer received an IRS or state notice for prior-year adjustments