Federal 2010: New Restaurant Property and/or Improvements Including Land

You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:

1. You filed a tax return prior to January 20, 2011, AND
2. You had new restaurant property and/or improvements to the restaurant that included land, AND
3. Your depreciation on Form 4562 included the total amount (restaurant and land).

If you are affected, you may have underpaid your federal tax. You will need to amend your federal tax return and may possibly need to amend your state tax return.

If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the Federal 2010: New Restaurant Property and/or Improvements.

Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.

1. Please download and print this Authorization Form.
2. Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
3. A TurboTax representative will contact you (within 15 days) when your corrected return is ready to be securely emailed back to you.
4. You can print, sign and mail the corrected return to the IRS.

Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.

• To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
  • Amending your federal return and
  • Amending your state return.
• After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy of
  • Your federal return to the IRS and
  • Your state return to your state tax authority, if your state return is affected
• Your printed returns will include instructions on how and where to mail them.
• If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.