What a warning means

A warning is something on a return that Sidesheet couldn't confirm on its own, so it needs your eye.

There are four kinds:

• A check that doesn't tie. Two figures the return should agree on don't, such as Schedule L's total assets and its total liabilities and equity. The list shows the check's name and how far out it is. See Reconciled, Unreconciled and Not verifiable.
• A line that doesn't carry over. A year's Schedule L opening balance doesn't match the year before's closing one, such as line 3, column (b). It belongs to the project: it's "Doesn't carry over" in the project page's warnings banner, with both years, and the returns' cards don't count it. Its Review shows both years' pages.
• A value no check confirms. An amount was read two ways, and no check compares it, so nothing settles which reading is right. The list shows where it sits and both readings.
• A note about the file. Something we noticed while reading the return: a page that seems to be missing, an amount we couldn't read or place, a return that may be for a different company, or a tax year read with an earlier year's form. A statement that names a line we couldn't find is placed on the one line whose amount matches its total, with a note saying which line, so check it's the right one. When no line or more than one matches, the statement isn't read and the note says so.

On the return page, an amber banner counts them by kind: checks that don't tie, lines that don't carry over, values no check confirms, and other warnings. Show all lists each one, and Review opens the first one beside its page in the PDF, or is off when every warning is a line that doesn't carry over. A note about the file opens at the pages it's about, or at the return's first page when it names none. In the review window, Next moves through the list.

On the project page, Show lists what to check across the returns, each with its own Review.

Good to know

• "No warnings" means no check on the return failed and no value is left unconfirmed. It doesn't mean every number is right. A check can only compare figures the return prints, so a misread amount that no check covers can still be wrong. Look over the financials before relying on them.
• A check that is Not verifiable couldn't run. It isn't a warning, and it isn't a pass.
• A value read two ways doesn't count when a check compares it. A check that ties confirms whichever reading was right; one that doesn't tie is already a warning.
• Each warning drops out as you resolve it. Correct a misread value, or use Accept as printed on a check where the return itself doesn't tie. Undo on an accepted check brings it back. Some notes about the file go away once you correct the value they name.
• A note about a missing page often means the PDF is incomplete. Check that the file has every page of the return.
• Warnings never stop you exporting. With some left, Export to Excel first says how many, such as "1 warning left", and Export anyway downloads the file. The workbook says nothing about warnings.

If something goes wrong

• "Updating…" shows on the numbers a correction changes while the checks run again. The banner and count update with them.