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Saving
Upon successfully eFiling a form, or printing the final copy of an employee/recipient report, the program will save that report for later access via the history.
To manually save work in progress and return later, click "File" in the upper left corner of the Preparer, then select "Save". The “Save” button on the top right corner will also save your work in progress.
If changes are made to the data on the form or Preparer and the program is closed. A prompt will be received asking "Do you want to save your information as a work-in-progress to be accessed the next time you return?" select “Yes” to save your changes.
History
History files give you access to prior reports that have been eFiled, printed for mailing, or saved. The history may be accessed different ways depending on the accounting software, but can be selected in the "Form Selection" screen. Some examples include: "Saved Report", or Form Type: "History", or "Existing Reports".
- After selecting History, a list of previously saved reports will appear in an "Open Report" window.
- Unfinished eFile or Print and Mail reports will appear as a "Draft" under the "Status" column.
- Finished eFile or Print and Mail reports will appear as "Record" under the "Status" column.
- To view a copy of your filing or perform additional actions such as reprint copies, make corrections, and eFile additional, check the appropriate record and click the "Edit" button at the top of the window.
- To pick up where you left off on a draft, check the appropriate draft record and click the "Edit" button.
Note: History files are saved locally, and if printing, are not uploaded to our server.
If you do not see a particular report in the "Open Report" list, it may be saved in a different location (database) within the accounting software. It would be located in the database that the report was filed from, or possibly on the machine the report was processed on.
History files may be stored on a network location as well. For assistance with finding a particular History file, please consult your accounting software provider, your IT staff, and/or consultant.
