All About States
TTL Tax Prep Standards
Basic Taxation
Out of Scope & Svc Exclusions
Miscellaneous: Tools, Calls, Research
100

8 states have no personal income tax.  What are two of them?

AK, FL, NV, SD, TN, TX, WA, WY

100

When entering stock sales on a return, these 2 types of transactions should be reported as detailed line items when possible.

Non-covered transactions and transactions with adjustments

100

Willful failure to pay taxes is called ______ ________.

Tax Evasion
100

_____________ means you can't calculate for the client. But, it doesn’t mean that we can’t prepare the return.

You can provide guidance to a client on how they can gather the information to perform the calculation themselves.

100

Your first task at the beginning of your shift would be to ___________  and ____________.  (Most often done before you clock into Workday)

connect to the VPN and sign in to Google

(Global Protect and Chrome)

200

6 states DO NOT have national lottery winnings.  Name 1 of them.

AL - CA (only within CA) - DE - HI - MS - UT

200

In the rare case that a client has no___________,  it must be documented that the expert confirmed with the client that there are no deductible ___________ and explain why it’s reasonable.

business expenses

expenses

200

__________ reduce taxable income, while _________ are subtracted directly from taxes owed.

Tax deductions

Tax credits

200

TTL can not help in determining the _______________ of an inherited property.  This situation is excluded unless the client can provide the needed information.

fair market value

200

_________ is the most common service type.  You will answer the customer’s burning questions and help with navigation inside Turbo Tax software.

Tax Advice

300

This is an agreement between two states that allows residents of one state to request exemption from tax withholding in the other state. This can save you the trouble of having to file multiple state returns. 

Reciprocal Agreement or Reciprocity

300

True or False:  It is acceptable for one Full Service expert to complete both the personal and business returns for a client. 

TRUE:  There's no conflict of interest present if a Full Service expert prepares both the personal return and business return. Therefore, it's acceptable for one Full Service expert to complete both the personal and business returns for a client.

300

The IRS is an agency of this department, and has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Department of the Treasury

300

The tax expert should notate the engagement, then detach and help the client return to preparing their return on their own for any tax situations where the tax expert determines Intuit shouldn't prepare the return.  Give an example of one of the these tax situations.

Potential suspicious activity, 

If the client insists on inaccurate/incorrect reporting

If there’s insufficient documentation to satisfy due diligence requirements

300

TurboTax Online has 2 great search tools located in Tax Tools. They are  __________ and ___________. 

Topic Search

Topic List

400
There are about 5 states that do not fully tax unemployment.  Name 2 of them.

AL - CA - IN (partial) - MD (TY 2020 and 2021 only) - NJ - PA

400

If a tax associate doesn’t have a registration in this state and has already prepared 5 tax returns, the return must be reassigned to a credentialed tax expert.

Maryland

400

This allows high earners to open an IRA with after tax dollars despite IRS-imposed income limits.

Backdoor Roth

400

If a Full Service customer has Non-Ethereum-based NFTs and is using a third party aggregator, these situations ARE NOT out of scope if they provide _________________.

the gain/loss .csv file

400

These contacts may not be tax related.  Please be prepared to help customers navigate and troubleshoot the TurboTax software.

Product Support

500

There are about 17 states that require nonresidents to file if they receive any gross or little income from that state!  Name 3 of them.

AR, AZ, CA, CO, GA, HI, IL, IN, LA, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OK, PA, SC, VA

500

Intuit will not provide any letters or documentation of any kind to a client's bank, lender or other third party.  These letters, which are usually requested from CPA's are called what?

Bank Comfort Letters

500

Contributions to this cannot exceed the amount necessary to provide for the qualified education expenses of the beneficiary.  

529 Plan

500
When dealing with a Full Service client, list the 2 Nonresident exclusions you won't be able to provide services for.

Any taxpayer or spouse who filed an NR form in the prior year

Any taxpayer or spouse who is a dual status US resident, part-year US resident, or must elect to be treated as a resident

500

There are 3 important tips to know about the phone tool.  Name one of them.

1st: Always accept any pop-ups you see in IEP requesting to access your microphone.  

2nd Do not set your status to available until you have opened all of your tools and are ready to take your first customer contact.  

3rd While on a live contact you can switch between statuses. This will put you in a pending status as you can see the screenshot to the right. This will prevent you from having to take another contact when you really need to head out.