How to prepare a 2024 T3 Trust Tax Return?

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Hello All,

I have a GRE trust tax client with a year-end cut-off on January 31. I prepared their 2023 T3 Trust Tax return using DT Max last year. I completed the return and filed it to CRA on April 20, 2023 just before the deadline of April 30, 2023

I switched to Taxcycle this year. I re-entered the 2023 T3 data to the Taxcycle T3 program in order that I can carry forward the 2023 balances (such as CNIL) to 2024. The 2023 T3 return created by Taxcycle looks fine and consistent with my previous 2023 T3 tax return prepared under the DT Max.

Now I have to prepare the same client’s T3 Trust Tax Return for 2024; the deadline is still April 30, 2024. However, I just noticed that the 2024 option is not yet available on the Taxcycle T3 menu.

I called Taxcycle technical support this morning, and the technician told me that the 2024 T3 program will not be available until late June 2024.

My questions are :

1 How the other users of the Taxcycle T3 program prepare and file their clients’ 2024 T3 Trust Returns which have a year ended before June 30? (The deadline for filing a T3 return is 90 days after the year’s end)

  1. How can the 2023 T3 file in Taxcycle be carried forward to a 2024 T3 file while the 2024 program still needs to be available?

Since my subscription to DT Max has not yet expired, I went back to my DT Max program, and it did allow me to carry forward my 2023 T3 file to 2024, and I can start preparing my 2024 T3 tax return immediately.

Why does Taxcycle ask their users to wait until June 2024 while competitor software has already allowed users to prepare their 2024 T3 tax return by now?

Thanks for any comments and assistance.

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