# Carry forward from prior year with a laps in years

**URL:** <https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188>\
**Category:** T1\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188 "2021-02-22T16:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![koby.wiebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@koby.wiebe](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/koby.wiebe)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188/1 "2021-02-22T16:27:46Z")

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Is there a way to carry forward when there is a time laps? I have quite often, a client and then they have filed their tax returns somewhere else for a year or two. Then the come back. I’d like to just carry forward from my last time I filed for them. Or at least copy and past the info page.

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**Author:** ![laurie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@laurie](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/laurie)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188/2 "2021-02-22T16:43:20Z")

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I just roll forward in each intervening year until you get to 2020. Had to do this with a client last week. Following in case there is an easier way to do this. I of course check any carry forwards with the CRA/client in case any info changed them in the intervening years.

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**Author:** ![rachelavryl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@rachelavryl](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/rachelavryl)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188/3 "2021-02-22T17:18:50Z")

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That is what I do… except when possible I do AFR… and complete the return so that I have comparatives from year to year extra work… but it helps when clients complain last year they got refund of $XX… and then I can gently point them that actually the refund was only $X. or that a certain expense was Y.

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**Author:** ![laurie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@laurie](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/laurie)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188/4 "2021-02-22T17:37:30Z")

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I don’t complete the earlier already filed return but will sometimes fill in the 5 year Summary columns from their on line account NOA’s for this reason too.

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**Author:** ![Nezzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/nezzer/32/3845_2.png) [@Nezzer](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Nezzer)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188/5 "2021-02-23T04:50:48Z")

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@koby.wiebe  
If you use the carry-forward function, as @laurie and @rachelavryl (and I) do, don’t save the file for the intermediate years - just keep carrying forward until you have it up to the current year. Then close the intermediate years without saving.

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**Author:** ![koby.wiebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@koby.wiebe](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/koby.wiebe)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/carry-forward-from-prior-year-with-a-laps-in-years/4188/6 "2021-02-23T15:48:52Z")

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Thanks everyone for the replays. I have done similar but had hoped that TaxCycle would have a smart copy option of some sort for that.