S corp filingQuestions after the green check.

The check is the send. Software notices that a file was built, or that a transmission started, and it paints a mark. The year we will call filed still needs the acknowledgment with a received date, each K-1 in an owner's hands, and wage forms that match the payroll register.

One mark cannot be all three. If your screen showed the mark, tell us which of the three papers you can hold. The others stay empty until they exist.

The annual count stops. The acknowledgment, the K-1, and the wage forms are proofs about an S corporation year, and that year starts for our count when the acceptance letter is in the file.

A different company return may be due. This screen leaves that other form unnamed. Which form that is depends on the entity, and we have not seen yours. Say the letter is missing and we will tell you what to bring next.

The date the acknowledgment gives for receipt of Form 1120-S. Not the date the PDF was saved. Not the date someone clicked send, unless that same day is the date the acknowledgment prints.

If you cannot find a date, the first proof is empty. We would rather write empty than guess a day from a folder timestamp.

A portal holds a file where a password can see it. Delivery means each owner has the page. We compare the owner count with the count of people holding a copy. A single download by the person who keeps the books does not cover every name on the list.

The company date is early so those copies can go out before personal returns are due. We do not teach the personal extension here.

The acknowledgment is a receipt of Form 1120-S. It does not compare the payroll register with the wage forms. Those two records can disagree after the file was received.

A draw labeled as pay does not close the gap. When the company pays health coverage for an owner above the two percent line, that coverage has to show on the wage statement with the wages. The third proof stays empty until the forms and the register tell the same story.

It says the file was taken in. It is a receipt. It does not say the statements were reviewed, and it does not say anyone tied the bank to the books.

We still close the months. A shop receipt from a Saturday sale belongs in that month. An open month can sit behind a file that was accepted for processing, and the year is not finished just because the receipt exists.