Prepare a year-end package to hand off to the tax preparer
Assembles the reconciled financials, schedules, and answers a tax preparer needs, so the return goes faster with fewer questions.
The prompt
Help me assemble a year-end package for a client's tax preparer.
Client and entity type: [e.g. "S corporation, one owner", "sole proprietor", "partnership with 3 partners"]
Tax year: [YEAR]
Accounting basis: [cash / accrual]
What I have finished: [e.g. "all accounts reconciled through 12/31", "fixed assets updated"]
Notable events this year: [new loans, asset purchases or sales, owner contributions/draws, new states, payroll changes, vehicle use, home office]
What the preparer has asked for before: [PASTE their usual request list, if any]
Build a package checklist covering: final trial balance, P&L and balance sheet, bank/card/loan reconciliations as of year-end, fixed asset additions and disposals with invoices, loan statements showing interest, owner draws/contributions and shareholder loan balances, payroll reports and year-end payroll forms, 1099s issued and received, sales tax filed, inventory count and valuation, prepaid and accrued items, and a list of meals, vehicle, and other items that may have special tax treatment.
Return:
1. The checklist with status columns (Item | Included? | Location/file name | Notes).
2. A memo to the preparer summarizing the year's notable items and judgment calls I made in the books.
3. Open questions I should resolve with the client before sending.
4. A note of anything that looks like a possible tax issue for the preparer to evaluate, marked [FOR PREPARER REVIEW] - not tax conclusions.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- YEAR
- cash / accrual
- PASTE their usual request list, if any
- FOR PREPARER REVIEW
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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