Drake Software User's Manual Tax Year 2011 Supplement: S ...

Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting MethodDrake Software User’s Manual SupplementForm 3115 ScreensWhen you open the 3115 screen from the Data Entry Menu, the program displays thefirst of five 3115 screens. These five screens are:• Parts I, III (Form 3115, Parts I and III)• Parts II, IV (Form 3115, Parts II and IV)• A, B, C (Form 3115, Schedules A, B, and C)• D - I, II (Form 3115, Schedule D, Parts I and II)• D - III (Form 3115, Schedule D, Part III)As shown in Figure 38, you can access these 3115 screens by clicking a link at the topof any other 3115 screen.Figure 38: Tab links on 3115 screenThe next few sections of this document provide instructions for completing the variousscreens for Form 3115 (including Schedules A through D).Parts I and III Use the Parts I, III screen to complete the following sections of Form 3115:• General Information• Part I, Information For Automatic Change Request• Part III, Information For Advance Consent RequestNOTEInformation should be entered in either the Part I section or the Part IIIsection, but not both.GeneralInformationComplete all applicable fields in the General Information section. Note that thefields for business activity and tax-year change are override fields (Figure 39). Completethese fields only if you want to override the equivalent information entered onscreen 1 or screen K.Figure 39: Override fields in the General Information sections of the Parts I, III screen54 Tax Year 2011