Form 6251 Part III

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Form 6251 Part III

philiplantz opened this issue 2 years ago · comments

I observed two problems in this form.

line 14: Should be Schedule D line 19. Instead it is set to Schedule D line 14.
line 15: If Schedule D Tax Worksheet is not used, line 15 should be equal to line 13. Instead it is 0.
line 33: Should be line 22 minus line 32. Instead it calculates the sum.

Philip Lantz · Answer 1 · Thu Apr 07 2022 17:36:01 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Also Form 6251 sequence number is wrong.
F6251.ts line 13 should be: sequenceIndex = 32

Zak Patterson · Answer 2 · Fri Apr 08 2022 16:42:34 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I worked to fix this today, see the PR: #1097

Also if you would like to review and approve the fix, that would be appreciated. The PR code is deployed as a preview: https://deploy-preview-1097--ustaxes.netlify.app/start

Note you can save your data from ustaxes.org or however you're running the code, and then load it in the preview, by clicking the settings icon in the menu on the left.

Philip Lantz · Answer 3 · Fri Apr 08 2022 18:53:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Lines 14 and 15 seem to be fixed.

Line 30 is blank.
Instead of l30 = Math.min(0, l24, l29)
it should be l30 = Math.min(l24, l29)

Line 38 should be l18 + l31 + l34 + l37. Instead it is l17 + l31 + l34 + l37.

Philip Lantz · Answer 4 · Fri Apr 08 2022 18:56:19 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks for the nice instructions on how to test this.

One question about testing: once Form 6251 is working correctly with my inputs, my AMT will be 0, so the form won't be included in the PDF. Is there a way from the UI to see what the form looks like even when it won't be filed because the bottom line is 0?

Philip Lantz · Answer 5 · Mon Apr 11 2022 08:41:25 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

All the problems I encountered are now fixed.

With certain values for income and deductions, form 6251 is generated even though AMT is zero.
With other (similar) values, form 6251 is not generated (which I assume is correct behavior).

Zak Patterson · Answer 6 · Mon Apr 11 2022 08:58:51 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Reopening to track when Amt should be generated.

One question about testing: once Form 6251 is working correctly with my inputs, my AMT will be 0, so the form won't be included in the PDF. Is there a way from the UI to see what the form looks like even when it won't be filed because the bottom line is 0?

This was a great idea, sorry I missed it since this issue was closed automatically.

I think we need some way to inspect any such form. We are planning to show more feedback from the PDFs as users input data. So this would be a good thing to include.