Step 1. Access Account Ability
Select Fiber Procurement/Utilities Menu/Account Ability
Or
Select Accounts Payable/Utilities Menu/Account Ability
Or
Select Start/Programs/Account Ability/Tax Form Preparation for 2002
Note: You can download the Account Ability User’s Manual by selecting Help/IDMS Home Page/Download. The User’s Manual download option is located at the end of the download page. It will be available the first week of January 2003.
Step 2: Add your company to client management file
Select Module/Client (Filer) Management/+Man (icon).
Step 3: Select the 1099 Form Type
Select the Red Form on Right Task Menu and select the 1099 form type. Click the “OK” button on the “Important Please Read” window.
Step 4: Import the 1099 data file from Forest Products Accounting
Select File/Import/ASCII Text File/(FPA drive)/(FPA folder)/Data99 (99=Company Number).
Note: The 1099 file can be imported as many times as necessary. When importing the file more than once, you should delete the original imported file by selecting Tools/Kill This File.
Select the 1099 form type to be exported. For example the 1099 MISC form for company 99 would be T99MISC.txt as shown on the window below:
Click on the “Open” button to import the file. Repeat this step for each 1099 form type that you are importing.
The system will issue an error message if it detects an error in the import file. For example, if the recipients’ federal identification number only contained eight digits instead of nine, the system would issue the error message shown below. In this case you would correct the problem in File Maintenance in Forest Products Accounting and export the file again.
Step 5: Print Forms
Select File/Print Forms, or click on the Print Forms icon.