
                       TaxCut for Windows 1993

                     Final Edition ReadMe Notes


1. Disk space.  

If you installed the Headstart Edition of TaxCut, but you do 
not have enough room to install the Final Edition, you can 
erase some of your Headstart files to make room.  First, be 
sure to save your data files.  These are the ones whose 
names end, ".P93."  Just to be safe, you might want to copy 
all the files that end ".P93" onto a floppy disk as your 
first step.  Then, you can delete all the files in your 
TaxCut93 directory that begin "tc" and end with the two 
characters ".93."  Again, be careful NOT to erase the ones 
that end with the three characters ".P93"--those are your 
data files.  In addition, you can delete the file tcwin.exe.  
That should make enough room to install the Final Edition.


2. Installation with Anti-Virus.  

Please turn off anti-virus checking before you install 
TaxCut.  The anti-virus program sold by Central Point 
Software, as well as the anti-virus programs in MS-DOS 6.0  
and 6.2 conflict with TaxCut's installation program.  Please 
turn off the anti-virus program before you install TaxCut.  
If you have already installed TaxCut but it will not start, 
try scanning the drive that TaxCut is on for viruses.  Once 
that is complete, try double-clicking the TaxCut icon again.  
If it still does not work, turn off the anti-virus software 
and re-install TaxCut.

Here is how to turn off the Anti-Virus software and install 
TaxCut.
	
1)  Start your Anti-Virus software.
2)  Find the Options Menu.
3)  De-select all of the options.
4)  Exit the anti-virus software and save the new 
configuration.
5)  Install TaxCut.
6)  Re-enter Anti-Virus software and select the options you 
wish.

There may be more information about interactions with the 
Anti-virus software and various programs in your DOS manual 
or Central Point Software user's manual.


3. Stacker or DoubleSpace.  

If you are using Stacker or DoubleSpace, you may find that 
you need additional free disk space in order to install 
TaxCut.  The report by Stacker or DoubleSpace of the amount 
of free disk space assumes that Stacker or DoubleSpace will 
be able to compress the TaxCut files.  TaxCut files are 
already compressed, though, so they take up "more" space 
than Stacker or DoubleSpace expect.  If you get part way 
through your installation and the system freezes, try 
freeing a few more megabytes of disk space and then 
reinstalling.


4. CD-ROM edition.  

The CD-ROM edition of TaxCut contains the complete TaxCut 
for Windows, plus several video clips of TaxCut's Chief 
Developer, Daniel Caine, presenting tax tips and highlights.  
Also, in the CD-ROM edition, the Assistant speaks, so you 
can just lean back and listen.  The CD-ROM edition requires 
a CD-ROM drive, 4 Megabytes of RAM, a 486 processor, a sound 
card, and a mouse.  It is available from MECA, for a $10 
upgrade fee, plus $6.50 shipping and handling.  If you would 
like to order the CD-ROM upgrade, please call (800) 820-7462 
and ask for the TaxCut CD-ROM, item #W120.


5. Depreciation.  

One nice feature of TaxCut is that TaxCut automatically 
fills in Form 4562 (the IRS depreciation form) for you when 
you enter your assets on TaxCut's Depreciation Worksheet or 
Vehicle Worksheet.  One note of caution, though:  If you try 
to visit a Form 4562 that TaxCut has not created, then 
TaxCut will create a blank one for you to look at.  In order 
to avoid getting blank Form 4562's, we suggest that you not 
look at Form 4562 until you have filled in at least one 
Depreciation Worksheet or Vehicle Worksheet.


6. Electronic Filing from Home.  

TaxCut is participating in an IRS test of Electronic filing 
directly from your home.  Test participants will mail Form 
8453-OL direct to the IRS; the IRS will check and make sure 
it receives the form from each test participant before 
mailing the refund.  In order to participate, you MUST live 
in one of the following nine states:  Illinois, Iowa, 
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, 
Wisconsin.  

Also, in order to participate, you must be a member of 
CompuServe.  (You can join CompuServe any time.  To join, 
call (800) 848-8199 and ask for Representative 335, or buy a 
CompuServe membership kit at your local retailer.)  The fee 
for filing this way will be the same as with regular TaxCut 
electronic filing: $14.95. For details, see TaxCut's on-line 
help under electronic filing.


7. Headstart Topics.  

If you used TaxCut for Headstart, we will "clear the slate" 
of topics you completed in the Navigator when you first load 
the file for final.


8. Electronic filing by Modem using Gateway computers.

If you are filing electronically, you have a Gateway 2000 
computer with an internal modem, your transmission does not 
work, and you are handy with a word processor, try this:  
Create a "text only" file in your TaxCut directory (usually 
TaxCut93) called "comport.cfg."  The contents of the file 
should be this single line:

COM3 $03E8 5 $D

Then try transmitting again.  If it still does not work, 
then we suggest that you simply mail your electronic return 
on a diskette to Universal Tax Systems.


9. Screen Fonts

TaxCut requires that the Windows True Type font "Courier 
New" be installed.  This is a default font with Windows 3.1 
and so usually there is nothing you have to do.  To insure 
that Courier New is part of your system, enter TaxCut and 
choose the View menu and then Screen Fonts.


10. Registration.  

If we do not have your address, please mail in the 
registration card that came with TaxCut.  Only then can we 
send you the TaxCut Spring News, with its important tax and 
program updates.  If you ordered TaxCut directly from MECA, 
or if you already registered the Headstart Edition, then we 
have your address and there is no need to mail us a second 
registration card.

And again, thank you for purchasing TaxCut!



